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Originally Posted by MrCool
I had in mind a standard F-Body engine (LT1 or LS1), particularly the LT1.
It would be really cool if you could stay street legal and still be able to keep up with a ZR1 on the highway or soemthign.
But I did some HW:
outlawz is running 5.882@120mph in the 1/8th mile, I found a Lingenfelter ZR1 time (from here) and it read 6.539@111.420.
(BTW, I hope he doesn't mind me using his Camaro as an example...) :(
So you probably can, but street legal? |
Street legal is not a matter of how much hp you've got. Its a matter of having a working horn, headlights, tail lights, wind shield, and whatever else they can give you a ticket for not having.
Too much hp? Never been an issue. There are guys with over 1000rwhp that drive their cars on the street.
btw, I've seen a Nova that would wax a zr1 on the 8th based on the time you gave. The thing is the nova is a purpose built race car. I doubt it had a horn(like the cops will tell you to honk your horn anyway), but the head lights and tail lights work on it. It runs like 4s I heard once it got in the 3s. I've seen 4s with my own eyes.
Trust me stay away from lt1s... Very difficult to work on, out dated, and they have some pretty jacked up design issues such as when the water pump goes out it WILL leak on the optispark which is not cheap.
They can be made fast just like anything else, but a much better engine is the ls1.
The ls1 is much more simple to me. Both are pretty cheap.
To put things into perspective... A buddy of mine had an lt1 and he had full boltons on it already and a cam planned. I told him my full bolton dyno numbers on my ls1 and he told me his with a cam would put out about the same. Then he bought an ls1 and cammed it
An important rule to remember is anything can be made fast.
2 of the fastest cars I've ridden in were a I think '68 roadrunner(reminds me of Vin Diesel's car at the end of Fast n Furious 1) and a I think '95 front wheel drive eclipse.
A 440CI roadrunner and a 4cyl eclipse... Think about that... lol
The road runner's power was breath taking from a dead stop. It was like you're sitting still and boom... FLIGHT! The most hauling ass I've done in my life from a dig lol.
My other buddy had an eclipse which had a built engine and turbo and who knows what all else. Well we were going around a curve at about 85mph and he decides to downshift to 3rd and softly lay into the pedal. This mfer started blowing the tires off at 85mph on a curve and had me about shitting my self. We were out in the country and I saw nothing but trees lol Guy could drive. He said he has stuck to Viper before...
anyways, built can be better than bought. Street legal is not decided by hp.
Get an ls1,6,3,7,9 and you'll be in good shape lol