Ryan,
Bravo! I have always thought that a V8 was not the answer for the TR6. In
recent years I have come to believe that turbo charged engines are way cool.
There is a TR6 with a turbocharged Ford (not my personal taste, but I guess it
runs) 4 cylinder engine that makes ~300 horsepower. Personally I would like to
see someone put a Porsche 944 Turbo engine and management system in a TR6. A
stock 944 turbo does 0 to sixty in the low 6's and the passing power is
incredible. The 944 motors were factory tested on the high side of 300, and
modified they can make 600. I bet the Supra motor would reall shove the car
along nicely too.
As neat as I think a turbocharged engine would be, I would also like to point
out that you can make a TR6 engine run well enough to have a lot of fun. I
don't really know why, but I am having more fun trying to make power with the
original engine than I ever would if I tried to put a completely different
engine in the car. The job of hacking the car apart sounds like a lot of work
to me, and I would be afraid of getting discouraged and giving up. My car makes
about 140 horsepower right now, and of course I want more. I am building
another engine for my TR250 that should have quite a little more grunt to it.
Today I got my newest go fast goodie.... a supercharger. I really think that
turbos are neater, but the price was right, so I will play with it and see if I
can make it run well.
It's all about having fun... make sure that you build the car that YOU want,
not the car that will get you the least amount of flack from others, you will
enjoy it more in the end.
Ryan Miles
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