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P-car 6 or SBC 8, for Ury |
Crazyhippy |
Aug 18 2005, 10:53 AM
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Insert witty comment here... Group: Members Posts: 1,659 Joined: 28-July 05 From: Home of the Coyotes, AZ Member No.: 4,493 Region Association: None |
Enough of the little horsepower pissing match, it's time for the fast cars to have their pissing match.
I'll be honest, my loyalty to the P-motor doesn't run very deep. They are WAY to expensive for the HP you get. The ONLY advantage i can see from a performance standpoint is the weight, and i'm not sure it's as big as everyone imagines (guessing less than the weight of a decent passenger). The SBC is easier to work on, builds more HP easily, lasts longer at the same HP level, and sounds better (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/flipa.gif) (subjective i know). You do lose the front trunk, but a 914 is not a practical car to start with, so no biggy (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/boldblue.gif) I understand people wanting to keep the bloodlines true and blah blah blah.. isn't that kinda like in-breeding? please discuss (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/driving-girl.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/driving.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/burnout.gif) |
mrihop |
Aug 19 2005, 06:11 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 265 Joined: 6-November 04 From: Pahrump, NV Member No.: 3,068 Region Association: None |
19 miles per gallon for me last time I did it at 75 mph, and I still don't have an H gear for my tranny....
It didn't bog down on any hill (obviously, being in my optimum torque range the entire time), when I saw a truck's blinker come on, I sped past the trucks instead of dropping to 60 mph for about a minute for a truck to pass like I have to in other cars I drive to Vegas. Running dual Flowmasters rendered my radio nearly useless at that high of rpm with the wind noise, even with windows up and roof on (rained on me when I took my car up that way). I wouldn't actually do 100 mph all the way to Vegas. With the stock gearing, my engine would probably tear apart spending 2.5 hours at ~5,000 rpm (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wacko.gif) ...Unless I build a 302 screamer...but then I'd probably loose in town streetability, and I love my car as a fast fun street cruiser. |