Originally Posted by stevenjames
well how 'bout this for an inspiration, there is a guy in ohio that has taken the brand new pontiac solstice and dropped the new ls6 motor in it (an article can be found in car and driver, p.132, february 2006). thats over 400 hp with a manual trans. now if he can do that why can't we do something similar to our cars? it can't be that tough if people are taking a cheap car like the solstice and turning it into a hell on wheels honest to god barn burner.
Well the answer is that there is nothing stopping anyone from doing this with our cars - it just needs the time, money and the commitment to do it. I would quite happily start up a business doing something like this (MB V8 though) if I thought I could make a living at it, but I really don't believe there is the demand, definitely not over here, and probably not in the US. Sure, everyone says they would do it, but when it comes to actually laying out the cash it all goes very quiet - there were hardly a handful of people willing to pay $$ for a dyno run. If one is serious about doing this sort of thing, you just get on and do it. Just my .02