I like the turbo setup. It is quite nicely done.

So why is that when people start talking about how fast something is, everyone throws out things like "my 4-cylinder mustang" runs this, my air-cooled such and such runs that? People really like to throw out that they have 4 cylinder vehicles that are fast.

Are they trying to get an arguement? Are they trying to get someone to call BS then "prove them wrong"?

I just don't get it. Really some of the fastest true production cars (I am not talking "production" cars that are race cars that are made street legal in some other country and a minimum quantity built, but true production cars) are 6 cylinder cars.

Really, it doesn't matter how many cylinders or how they are configured. What matters is power, weight, traction, and gearing. The rest is just how you get there.

The little dune buggy weighing about 1500lbs and making 150hp will be about as fast as a 3000lb car making 300hp.

Also, when racing here (denver) people must keep in mind that its the actual power that the car makes here. That is why a C5 isn't as fast as people think. That 350hp C5 is only making about 280hp here. Take driveline loss and RWP is probably in the 240-250 range. That is a solid 15 second car with the weight of C5.

To break 100mph in a 3450b C5 (weight of the car and driver) needs to make about 270rwhp to break 100mph. That means the car needs to be about 50hp more than stock to break 100mph. Gaining 50 hp is harder than people believe.

-Dana