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Originally Posted by niterydr
Chris Hill was making somewhere around 750FWHP in T2 when he set that record if memory serves correct.
If I were to do a FWD drag car I would focus on getting it light and dialed in. I would ditch the twins and go single, much like I did with the stealth at the end. I had a custom spec'd 76GTS that should have made 900 or so to all 4 wheels w/o spray if the motor could hold together.
The 6g72 is pretty damn reliable to I would say 650-700hp. Once you cross that bridge, it gets expensive quick.
Put your FWD together with the 16g kit if you have all the bugs worked out and get a baseline. Power is just power, getting it to the ground and getting passes under your belt is where you will beat the ET record.
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I thought he was at 850FWHP when he made that pass. I can't say for sure though.
My engine "should" be able to handle the power. I have cp pistons, pauter rods, forged crank. I will be getting h13 tool steel wrist pins, then it will all be put in my 4 bolt block. Theoretically the parts are there but we will see if its capable or not.
The 16g kit is long gone, I sold most of my stuff to be able to come to school out of state. I am kind of starting from scratch again. Slit second is having a sale on their tdo5 manifold kit, so that is the reason I even got this idea in my head.
I want a single kit but I can't seem to find any I like. The ips kit is like 8 grand, I like the placement of that kit since its not above the tranny so it wont melt stuff. I just don't personally think that kit is worth the money even though it is super high quality.
Like you said its all about driving ability also so that is definitely something I need to work on. I am taking some chassis design classes right now so hopefully I can use some of that knowledge and figure some ways to get traction. I already have a few ideas in mind for that part. I just want to do one build and be done with it. For now at least. I was kind of thinking getting some 10:1 mahle pistons and running a high compression turbo motor on e98 but that may come later.