Performance Questions 225 vs. 360
Bill,
Your argument is old and tired. I would have a lot more respect for you if you used video of your "own" build,instead of the same old videos you trot out every time this issue comes out. I'm still waiting to see any kind of time slip out of you. I don't think I have seen your car make it out of the driveway yet. And how long have you been working on that thing ?
The fact of the matter is the OP is not going to build a turbo,and will stay naturally aspirated.
You build a naturally aspirated /6 Bill, and I will build a junkyard 360.
Be ready to put your lipstick on Bill,because you will be kissing my tail lights all day long ! Lol
I don't think you are reading my posts very closely, Johnny, because I harp on the fact that ther cylinder head that a slant six has to work with cannot be modified to make much power, and that's a fact.
You are right in tht a normally-aspirated slant 6 is no match for a 360.
I never contended that it was.
But, you never answered my question that pertained to whether your 360 will outrun the two slant sixes in the videos. Will it?
I doubt it.
I have been working on my own slant six/turbo car for three years and it is finally ready for the strip, I think.
Believe me, it seems like eons that I have been working on this car, and three years IS a long time, but health isssues and the fact that we had to build a whole car (it was in terrible shape) has turned it into a long-term project.
But, whether it is MY car or somebody else's, what difference does it make to my argument as to how fast they can be made to go? The fact is, those cars are both 500 HP cars and are both faster than most normally-aspirated 360s in the quarter. It's expensive to go tens with a N/A small block.
I am anxious to see how quick my car will be, and I hope it doesn't take me another YEAR to get it sorted out. This is my first slant six car and my first turbo car, so the learning curve will undoubttedly be pretty steep for me.
My engine is a clone of the engines in those two cars, so if I am any kind of a mechanic at all, it should run something like those two cars do. It weighs 2,680 without driver. The Dart in that video weighs 3,300.
Again let me say one more time, I make NO claims for the performance potential of a N/A slant six. They need help in the breathing dept... big time. If yourrs wasn't fast, that's probably why.
I'll let you know when I get a timeslip on it. I gayroanteee...
Might be sometime this fall. I sure hope so!
