[Summerwolf]

Originally Posted by strat61caster

C5 Corvettes less than the price of a brand new 86, 345hp, 350 ft-lbs, <5s 0-60, and that's for the base model. Z06's are still cheaper than BRZ's looking at my local craigslist for 385hp & ft-lbs. Yeah a little chubby at 3,200+ lbs but everything in the car was built to handle that kind of power, no shopping for wheels/tires, injectors, radiators, worrying about the transmission, driveshafts, clutch, or overall engine longevity because you're stretching what the factory designed it for, all things known to be issues with high horsepower 86's.



Great book, just finished reading it, fits the thread perfectly. And for those who don't know, he was discussing the Porsche 917 with the Porsche engineers which some claims place at 1,000-1,500+ horsepower. I can't even fathom that, let alone on 1970's tires. Thing was at or better than 1/2 hp/lb at certain points, and we're playing with 1/14...



So any regrets settling for 'fun' instead of 'FUN'?

I had a Z06, and built three other LSx platforms. I wanted to try something different. Once I put the edelbrock SC and get CCW's I'll be happy.