This is what I was looking for....or tracking/drag racing/drifting/acting a fool/ect. Just something that shows the 400+ hp anyone car to post some more links? I remember I saw a video on youtube a while back of this miata chasing down porshes and ferrari's I believe on a track with a bumper mounted camera. Anyone know that one?

Hey, nice forum name... :cool:

I haven't seen many video's from the 400whp guys.

Here's a few examples of how a full weight 300whp NB does:

Stock 2011 LS3 C6:


Stock 2011 5.0 Mustang:


500whp Cobra:

Hey now my car is not running because i have an undefeatable clutch


preach it like it is sistah!


sick CDM mustang!


i have youtube vids. look at my build thread. see sig. I probably was putting down around 400ish depending on dyno before i took off my GT30. 26psi or so.


You need more power pdexta to stop the rape



This is just a circle jerk thread but here's the build list for 400hp.

1.8 longblock $400
pistons $500
rods $400
gaskets n bearings n shit $700
machining/assembly for motor $100
6 pseed tranny $600
some posi diff $300
sickass artech hotside $800
sickass downpipe and sexhaust $1500
wastegate $400
turbo $600-$2000 (go borg! don't support the garret chra rebuild syndicate!)
intercooler $500
pipez and fab $300
EMS - $500-$2000
injectors - $500 (1000cc or bigger)
fuel pump - $200
COPS/LS coils and wires- $300
sickass gauges and sensors - $400
tires - $600
Water injection shit (only if your gas is shit) - $400

Damn that is $10100 so far. I am forgetting lotsa stuff probably. Note that if you go this far you may as well go for 500. or 600...

Unfortunately, no. Dyno work at FM was done at just under 5,000 feet (uncorrected numbers were 355 rwhp, but high-boost tuning was stymied due to ignition woes that had us chasing our tail) and since then I've done essentially no tuning. This fall I put it on a local dynojet (2,000 feet) and ran just over 300 rwhp uncorrected at about 18-19 psi with some pretty wonky A/F ratios. I plan to do some proper dyno tuning next year and see if I can smooth things out a bit. The car is still scary fast.

Hey,OP, I will sell you my 400hp set up right now. Just PM me.
Engine, turbo set up,engine management, transmission, and rear end. Get at me...

Tell me about your queef gears. What power can they handle?

If anyone "happens" to show up with my name, you are either very clever, and atleast as cool as I am (not possible) or someone I will punch in the throat.


Shoulda gotta V8? I figured that out once I got past the point of no return. Hind sight is 20/V8. In short, after I built my car, and sav's post, I shoulda hada v8a.

Hey fagwad, I still have that input shaft if you need it, for reeelzs. :fawk:


LOL.

All that I can make (and probably a lot more). It's a nice box - IMO it shifts even better than stock. The only drawback is that the semi-straight cut gears are noisier than OEM. Running through the gears, gear whine almost drowns out exhaust noise (although it does sound supercharger-like). Fourth is quiet, being 1:1, but cruising in fifth at highway speeds for any length of time calls for earplugs.

small inboard vid showing me and passenger(3-4gear pull from 70kph to 185kph)


testing and fooling around on a trackday, passing some cars, but shitty camera angle. car will easily pass a gt3rs on the straights, and for comparisons, only car that could keep up that day was a ESS supercharged M3


400ish whp na, is silly fast, like embarrasing pretty much anything on 4 wheels except supercars.

I....want....toooooo.....seeee...ooooovver the dash dammmmiit. :vash:

Looks like fun though.

For the millionth time, I'm in love with your car:drool:

V8 route ain't available here, max 25% bigger engine so from 1.8 I can go to 2.2 and only V8 that is close is 2.0 and made by Ferrari and that has 185hp. Crate engine of 2.0 seems to go for 7k$ so... :jerkit:

Stupid question, have you ran against supercars on track? Not on highway pulls maybe, but I don't see why you wouldn't outrun those on track.

I have had a 180 rwh NA and now have a 440rwh na. Same car but did a LSX conversion. For me finding a tuner that would allow me to go more on the supercharging was difficult to say the least. Bad tuning cost me the last 1.8 so I decided normally aspirated with a factory tune (ish) was the way to go. A motor that only put about 180 pounds on the car in total but has given me over 400ft of torque at 1700 rpm.

The funny thing is even though I can pass a viper ACR and GT2 , R8 and such the supercharger was equally fun to drive and on a track would suggest a turbo would be even more fun from a sensation sense. An LSX hits so hard with it power so low you get the intial hit then it just keeps pulling but your sense of speed is gone. My miata is fast based on the numbers and cars I can pass on the straights but it doesn't feel it.

Power is a funny thing....it is not just the power but how it comes on that makes the ride satisfying. If you just want to pass people as the motor stretches it legs that is one thing but if youlike to feel the surge and sense of speed I am not sure a big v8 does that. Mine is more like an electric motor.

The other interesting thing is the sound. Yes the V8 sounds amazing to those I pass but for the driver on the track I don't hear much. I do hear my friends ported and polished MP62 screaming behind me.

I looked at all ways of getting alot of power and agree with most that it doesn't matter what you build to do it right is 20K. Can be done cheap yes and be done well but if 20K scares you that should tell you something.

Lastly I would say 400 is simply a number...why not 500....bet it would feel about the same. Had my motor not quit I would have been happy at 250rwh but the car fully dialed in. If you start chasing power you will never be satified. You need to truely understand your goal.

I did not go out and search for 440. Instead I wanted durable engine that was overbuild for my application. Was designed to pull power all day long on a heavier car, had a computer that was open to play with if need be and simple that also go great gas mileage but super car power. The answer was simple LSX. Idles at 1600 on the highway getting over 32 mpg.

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I hope you have a shitload of money.

One of the very reasons I;m going turbo instead of v8. The v8 feels is faster, turbo feels faster. Have had a ride and a few very powerful vettes, never really as impressed me as much as a much lower hp turbo car.

The turbo is also easier and lighter.

Depending on how one wants to keep the v8. If keeping the v8 stock, then one wouldnt have to tune a standalone.

never known Sav to be speechless