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12-04-2003, 10:45 AM | #121 | |
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Re: Lets slay some ricers!
Have you ever heard of Coates rotary valves?
Coates engineering makes heads for ford five ohs that will take the motor, stock bottom end mind you, from about 260 bhp to over 450 bhp just with their heads. You might want to check that out. They're expensive, but awesome. |
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12-04-2003, 12:48 PM | #122 | ||
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Before you go pay thousands of dollars for a pair of Coates rotary heads, wait untill they are proven on the track. I read quite a bit about them when they were in the development stage and they had alot of problems with sealing the hot gasses on the powerstroke. (which they swear they fixed) I love the idea and all, and the exta power that you save in valvetrain friction alone is significant, but let professional racers try them first and if they hold up to that then I would make that investment. A good word of adveice "always let people with more money than you be the first to try the newest craze." |
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12-04-2003, 01:51 PM | #123 | |
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Last I read they were in production on their industrial diesels and motorcycle line that they're building. But I won't have the cash for those for quite some time, so we shall see how the cookie crumbles.
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12-05-2003, 08:17 AM | #124 | |
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hehehehe, I blow past the rice with my old Cadillac, ahh wonders of good old American pushrod V8 torque =)
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12-05-2003, 08:42 AM | #125 | |
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WRX's(227hp) are pretty quick for an everyday driver, pretty economical too, but it sure can't hold a candle to American V8's in terms of raw power, for example if you do the math and calculate the power to cubic inch ratio, and you turbo a Corvette LS6.....just like Lingenfelter does.....by the same ratio as the WRX has, the LS6 would make 633+ hp. and thats mild for what a LS6 can really do. The 750hp package Lingenfelter Corvette runs 9.50 in the 1/4(street tires!!) And it still has warrany and A/C!!
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12-08-2003, 06:13 PM | #126 | |
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You must also realize that imports have been working with "4 bangers" a hell of a lot longer than domestics. And domestics have been working with V8 performance a hell of a lot longer than imports. Jared, you said earlier "what if the imports made V8's, how much horsepower could they get out of them." Well they might get them decent with their "DOHC techonolgy", but the truth of the matter is domestics have been tinkering with them a lot longer than the Japanese. Same thing with domestics, what if they put as much money into DOHC 4 cylinders- well Imports do that better. I guarantee you, if Domestic companies would have been making 4 cylinders for as long as imports have than they might be the ones putting "700-1200" street legal HP into their cars, it's the same thing with imports if they had been working with pushrod V8's. It's all about what they know..GM, Ford, Dodge- they know how to make torquey high octane V8's. Toyota, Honda, and Mitsu- they know how to make high HP quick revving 4 cylinders. And for the consumer, it all comes down to preference. There can't be to much wrong with pushrod technology, it is making a come back in the auto industry.
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My on the best engine thing is that It all depends on the situation. (Personally, I think General Electric makes the best, they make turbines.) For cars, I say Pontaic made the best in the past. Now, I'd put my bets on BMW.
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12-10-2003, 12:49 PM | #130 | ||
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3500 RPM's?
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12-10-2003, 03:18 PM | #132 | |
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You don't have to rev it to the redline for it to sound good, I think that's what he was getting at...
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