How to get more HP?
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Re: How to get more HP?
Just to give you the way it is in the real world on horsepower for your car.
1. new car bought from dealer ship, say 350 hp, cost of mod per hp is 100lbs of weight off the car. or $100.00 that is for the first 20 hp.
then it changes to 300lbs or $500.00 per hp for the next 20 or so hp
by now your 1/4 mile time has gone from 14.10 to 12.99,
now you don't look at hp any more you look at lowering your ET so now you need to spend $1000.00 to $2000.000 to drop you by a tenth, so cost of the car + your mods and maybe you can run 12.00 or 11.90 .
2. you buy a so called race car ready for the track but want more say like a GTR cost $112,000 ,claimed 480hp runs in the 11's add $100,000.00 and run in the low 9's so that is $2600.00 per tenth. this was a friend of mine and it is facts. he did it because the first time he ran me he lost,,,didn't see him for 6 months , then he shows up at the track and said jim i want to run you again, i ran a 10.74, he ran a 9.32
3. now is the time for a V8 for a lot less money.
USAF 1964 to 1968 jim
also see the GTR's hp here Larry Webster: What is the GT-R's Real Horsepower? - Column - Car and Driver
1. new car bought from dealer ship, say 350 hp, cost of mod per hp is 100lbs of weight off the car. or $100.00 that is for the first 20 hp.
then it changes to 300lbs or $500.00 per hp for the next 20 or so hp
by now your 1/4 mile time has gone from 14.10 to 12.99,
now you don't look at hp any more you look at lowering your ET so now you need to spend $1000.00 to $2000.000 to drop you by a tenth, so cost of the car + your mods and maybe you can run 12.00 or 11.90 .
2. you buy a so called race car ready for the track but want more say like a GTR cost $112,000 ,claimed 480hp runs in the 11's add $100,000.00 and run in the low 9's so that is $2600.00 per tenth. this was a friend of mine and it is facts. he did it because the first time he ran me he lost,,,didn't see him for 6 months , then he shows up at the track and said jim i want to run you again, i ran a 10.74, he ran a 9.32
3. now is the time for a V8 for a lot less money.
USAF 1964 to 1968 jim
also see the GTR's hp here Larry Webster: What is the GT-R's Real Horsepower? - Column - Car and Driver
All figures are rough estimates. Assuming SRT = AMG32 hp.
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Re: How to get more HP?
Post 30 in the link that was provided, QUOTED "I am reviving this old thread because of a conversation I had with Kelleman USA (Denver) yesterday. He told me the cheapest free HP is removing not only this screen but also the plastic baffles in the lower section. they said it made 10hp on every car they did it too." END QUOTED. This looks like a 'reported' to me. It may not be 100% exactly 10HP, what is?, but it is free and didn't take too long to do it. .
Re: How to get more HP?
the gtr went from 435 WHEEL to, I don't know but he ,turns in the 9's and 9's at 4300 lbs = 800hp,,,, for me to run the 132 that i do i would need 530 hp but i have on dyno 620,
from 350 to 530 anyway horse power cost money. if you wanta play you gota pay. except for this one free hp is the best. if it works :
cheapest free HP is removing not only this screen but also the plastic baffles in the lower section. they said it made 10hp on every car they did it too.
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Yes do both, but be careful. There are a few posts regarding this MAF screen/elbow debaffle MOD. .
Re: How to get more HP?
"cheapest free HP is removing not only this screen but also the plastic baffles in the lower section. they said it made 10hp on every car they did it too."
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