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Steady ED wrote: skidder wrote: andrich wrote: P100 Ute wrote: fordfreak ef wrote: how bout a BA i6 worked in a cortina?? now why hasnt sumone thort of this before ? coz a 351 C is better lol cause either you want it for straight lines or not, and if you want straight lines most people would rather an 8....and if not it weighs s**t and your better off with a lighter turbo engine Explain, using logic, how a Clevo is better at "straight lines" then a turbo DOHC 4L. Cause I think you are both on crack. sorry i was assuming if you were going to the trouble of doing engine changes you would also rebuild, which for the clevo would mean a blower (if it was me)...if your comparing stock clevo to stock turbo i6 then the i6 is better. i think personally the i6 for pure performance on the track however would be too heavy. as an example sr20det weight=149kg....guessing i6 would be around 40kg more? Now if a cortina weighs around 1000kg, 40kg on the front would take the weight ratio from 51:49 to 53:47, or 50:50 to 52:48....you could accomodate for this in suspension (but not completely) and argue that it would be worth it having the i6 for power etc...all comes down to personal choice i know that i have driven 240z's (one with an sr20, one with an rb25....grandfather is a 240z fiend) and that while the 25 was more impressive in straight line speed you could notice it wasn't as well balanced as the one with the sr20
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thats what i meant by my comment, that a worked clevo is better. though you can get an I6 turbo just as quick and even quicker, it has no chance in hell of matching the sound of a big V8, making the V8 better
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andrich wrote: thats what i meant by my comment, that a worked clevo is better. though you can get an I6 turbo just as quick and even quicker, it has no chance in hell of matching the sound of a big V8, making the V8 better but SOUNDING better does not make your car handle better or faster down the quater mile..
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fordfreak ef wrote: andrich wrote: thats what i meant by my comment, that a worked clevo is better. though you can get an I6 turbo just as quick and even quicker, it has no chance in hell of matching the sound of a big V8, making the V8 better but SOUNDING better does not make your car handle better or faster down the quater mile..yeh but a worked/blown clevo can be just as quick, if not quicker then an I6 turbo, and sounds heaps better in doing so
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andrich wrote: fordfreak ef wrote: andrich wrote: thats what i meant by my comment, that a worked clevo is better. though you can get an I6 turbo just as quick and even quicker, it has no chance in hell of matching the sound of a big V8, making the V8 better but SOUNDING better does not make your car handle better or faster down the quater mile..yeh but a worked/blown clevo can be just as quick, if not quicker then an I6 turbo, and sounds heaps better in doing so So you'd rather spend more money on making the clevo quick, because it sounds better? Personally I'd rather spend less on the turbo DOHC 4L and go just as quick for less cash. Plus I don't have to get my hands dirty, seeing as I wont even have to open the motor or change the turbo. How far is 400rwkw gonna get a Corty? 9s in a well setup car? How much have you spent on the clevo to get that? And how many blocks have you had to have sonic tested to find one with enough bore left to fix the coreshift 
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Exactly Steedy. To get a clevo to reliabilly produce that sort of power is going to cost a mint no matter which way you try and tackle the problem.
Turbo 6 hands down. But whilst on topic of I6 engines and drag racing. Why on earth is it that I see more and more VL turbo's these days running deep into the 8's (on a 10.5" tire and stock rear suspension) and our 4litre motors seem to be only good for a high 9. I know of one case of a 3.3 xflow turbo pulling a mid 8 in a TD cortina (with a competition 4 link rear end and 11" rubber) but I'm yet to see similar performance from the mighty 4.0 even though on paper the 4.0 craps all over the tiny little 3.3. Both in torque and HP. Is this where a target rpm range comes into play or something? |
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Weight, and no one has gotten as serious as the VL boys.
Mock is probably looking good for it with the EB, running 9.98? (from memory, cant be F**k searching to back that up :p) with the motor from the EF, not in kill mode. From memory he was going 9" cause he keeps twisting axle tubes with the borgy. That should go deep 9s at least when he turns the wick up, hopefully.
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xcabbi wrote: Exactly Steedy. To get a clevo to reliabilly produce that sort of power is going to cost a mint no matter which way you try and tackle the problem.
Turbo 6 hands down. But whilst on topic of I6 engines and drag racing. Why on earth is it that I see more and more VL turbo's these days running deep into the 8's (on a 10.5" tire and stock rear suspension) and our 4litre motors seem to be only good for a high 9. I know of one case of a 3.3 xflow turbo pulling a mid 8 in a TD cortina (with a competition 4 link rear end and 11" rubber) but I'm yet to see similar performance from the mighty 4.0 even though on paper the 4.0 craps all over the tiny little 3.3. Both in torque and HP. Is this where a target rpm range comes into play or something? less weight = more traction less weight + traction = quicker acceleration less weight + traction + quick acceleration = good times it really comes down to drive ability, lets just say the xr6 turbos running 9's arent the most powerful
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Steady ED wrote: andrich wrote: fordfreak ef wrote: andrich wrote: thats what i meant by my comment, that a worked clevo is better. though you can get an I6 turbo just as quick and even quicker, it has no chance in hell of matching the sound of a big V8, making the V8 better but SOUNDING better does not make your car handle better or faster down the quater mile..yeh but a worked/blown clevo can be just as quick, if not quicker then an I6 turbo, and sounds heaps better in doing so So you'd rather spend more money on making the clevo quick, because it sounds better? Personally I'd rather spend less on the turbo DOHC 4L and go just as quick for less cash. Plus I don't have to get my hands dirty, seeing as I wont even have to open the motor or change the turbo. How far is 400rwkw gonna get a Corty? 9s in a well setup car? How much have you spent on the clevo to get that? And how many blocks have you had to have sonic tested to find one with enough bore left to fix the coreshift well yes, your either in the V8 or turbo person. why do ppl buy FPV GT's over the F6 when the F6 is easily faster, because they like the sound and what a V8 brings. So really if u want a V8 u want a V8 and wouldnt go for the I6 Turbo
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Steady ED wrote: Weight, and no one has gotten as serious as the VL boys.
Mock is probably looking good for it with the EB, running 9.98? (from memory, cant be F**k searching to back that up :p) with the motor from the EF, not in kill mode. From memory he was going 9" cause he keeps twisting axle tubes with the borgy. That should go deep 9s at least when he turns the wick up, hopefully. The only SOHC falcons into the 9's belong to Mock, Mikes Dyno and Jason Ghiller (Ghiller pulled it off on LPG). Don't know what sort of power the Mock and Mikes dyno cars are making but Ghiller was making 550hp at the wheels when he was pulling wheelspinning 10.20's 5 years ago. That sort of power in a VL is good to go deep into the 9's. Ghiller has since improved to a 9.87 (IIRC) in his XE (quickest and fastest LPG car in AUs) which only weighs between 150 and 200kg more than a VL. Weight aint that much of an issue. Me thinks its more to do with the power delivery and torque converter development. The VL guys spend top dollar on their converters and transmissions. Looking at what most ford guys have at the track it all seems to be of the near enough off the shell solutions. Although a dominator 2000 or 3000rpm converter is better than stock its still far from optimal. I think the ford guys are too scared of letting the bottom end torque the mighty 4.0 is renowned for go to waste with a big converter. But if they want to chase records and serve it up to the VL brigade then they will have to bite the bullet and forget about the 0-2500+rpm range. |
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sorry about pic size its straight from the guys photobucket page.
as you can see changing spark plugs would be a mission 
oh yeah was RWD too 
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why so far back into the chassis?
im thinking too tall to clear the steering rack maybe? or weight distribution? lol now that i think about it there're a few reasons for doing it, but still there's a lot of empty space to fill there
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That's amazing!
 /me drulin'
Cheers ToranaGuy
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nah i would like to see a rear wheel drive small block v8 mid mounted in a focus coupe that would be sweet to drive oh and with hicas 4 wheel steer too hehe
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Steady ED wrote: And how many blocks have you had to have sonic tested to find one with enough bore left to fix the coreshift
the 3rd block took a 40thou over bore and has done 35 odd passes with nitroused 500hp. it was the C4 that let go on the weekend. you can't 'fix' core shift. you can only find a block with enough metal to take the bore you want. |
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