Re: SV: [debate][140hp JH?]

["Wm. Josiah Erikson" <josiah@gsinet.net>]

So, if I fed my car with trash like the guy in Back to the Future would I get
more power?
    -Josiah
    http://www.gsinet.net/~josiah

Roland Johansson wrote:

> You missed the most important thing, he feeds it with potato
> chips, guess you could never find that one out yourself. And if
> you start to add the power every of his mods can gain I'm shure
> he has at least 150 but says 140 so others shouldn't get angry.
>
> Roland Johansson
> Scirocco 1,6l TIC -82
> Http://hem.passagen.se/toker
>
> > I was cruizing thru te newsgroup and under a topic of car
> colors i was
> > refered to this web site:
> >
> > http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Flats/2727/
> >
> > This guy has a 91' Cab and claims he is putting out 140 hp.
> His mods are
> > relatively simple. Thisis direct from his web page:
> >
>
> +5hp    > K&N filter
> +7hp    > Techtonics 2.25" exhaust
> +5hp    > Brospeed Header w/ modfied cat
> +15hp   > Hor 270 Cam
> +10hp   > AMS chip
> +5hp    > Autotech ported head
> Why so low > 9.4:1 compression
> +2hp    > Titanium spring reatiners
> +1hp just for the name > Raceware stud kit
>
> > New valves
> > New lifters
> > *7.5 sec 0-60* (That's VR6 territory) *120+ MPH*
> >
> > Um, I dunno but my car, which weighs around 2250 lbs is
> running low 7
> > second 0-60's (guessing) and runs well over 120mph and *I*
> only have 117
> > hp to the crank! (Dyno results no less.)
> >
> > Anybody see anything on his page that im missing that could
> give him an
> > extra 23hp?
> >
> >
> >               Shawn Meze
> > 86' Jetta GLi           82' Scirocco GTi
>
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