What will it take?
mg:
Nice to see Bill comment. :)
He is the king of lower compression pump gas very fast N/A street VWs.
If you lose 15% power at 6000 feet would it be like trying to go 115mph at sea level?
I've been to Bandimere nice track, at 6000 feet I'd go turbo or electric. :-\
Turbo saves money on expensive heads and radical cams and higher compression.
If I were in Denver I would turbo.
If I just wanted 100mph and did not care about ET, easy launch on street tires and try to get to 100 with 2nd and 3rd stock gears.
Or else you have to have slicks, close ratio gears and a strong N/A engine.
I'd pass on nitrous or fuel additives like propylene oxide. ;)
I did my 100mph passes with carbs, slicks and close ratio gears.
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andrewlandon67:
Quote from: mg on September 17, 2022, 16:36:00 pm
Nice to see Bill comment. :)
He is the king of lower compression pump gas very fast N/A street VWs.
If you lose 15% power at 6000 feet would it be like trying to go 115mph at sea level?
I've been to Bandimere nice track, at 6000 feet I'd go turbo or electric. :-\
Turbo saves money on expensive heads and radical cams and higher compression.
If I were in Denver I would turbo.
If I just wanted 100mph and did not care about ET, easy launch on street tires and try to get to 100 with 2nd and 3rd stock gears.
Or else you have to have slicks, close ratio gears and a strong N/A engine.
I'd pass on nitrous or fuel additives like propylene oxide. ;)
I did my 100mph passes with carbs, slicks and close ratio gears.
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Man, that's an awesome certificate to have, especially from Carlsbad! The biggest part of this whole train of thought for me has been the three-way battle between a fairly tame BIG cc engine (2300+) vs smaller, more high-strung compromise engine vs just going all-out and doing a high-strung big cc monster (2300ccs again, but 270*+ at .050) since I still want this to be a proper street car, not running race fuel or close gears and possibly even being able to run big diameter heater boxes still or take sizeable road trips. Maybe I'm being a bit to ambitious without wanting to run nitrous or a hairdryer, but I still think it might be worth the moonshot, even if it's just one pass on a good-air day with some slicks and everything not bolted down taken out of the car.
Turbos are cool, and I've considered going that route before, but they're just too much complexity for me, and I don't have Richie Webb or Steve Dalton levels of patience to get one dialled in on a big motor.
I agree, it's nice to see Bill and some of these other guys still kicking around here from time to time. It's a pretty big honor when they respond to my dumbass questions, that's for sure. 8)
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