Great!!! Now let's see some serious SP Neons, Preludes, etc and make this a
fun class!
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Hoelscher" <stevehh@hiwaay.net>
To: <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2000 8:19 PM
Subject: RE: Power Fantasies (was DSP, was Nationals entries)
>
> I found this thread in my e-mail, forwarded by someone on the list. After
I
> stopped laughing, I decided it was time to squish some of the myths on
this
> list.
>
>
>
> >>> "Jay Mitchell" <jemitchell@compuserve.com> 08/17/00 05:44PM >>>
> Mike said:
> >> Hard to believe a SP legal X1/9 can do 135 HP,
>
> >Can't. Try 100, maybe 110 tops. You're talkin 1500cc
> >non-crossflow motor here.
>
> All (repeat: All) of the horsepower numbers I have seen quoted in this
> thread are way over the horsepower my car makes. I have spent a lot of
time
> and money on the dyno looking for an additional pony or two and they are
> hard to come by. No, I won't quote any numbers for my car here, but the
> factory quoted horsepower rating for a stock 1500cc FI X1/9 was 75 HP.
If
> anyone out there is actually making 100 crankshaft horsepower with their
DSP
> X1/9, it won't survive impound.
>
> As for weight; at Topeka last fall most of the trophy winning SP cars were
> weighed by the Solo Board in impound. My car weighed 1925 pounds. It was
> the lightest of the X1/9s weighed.
>
> If you look at the numbers, stock horsepower for an X1/9 is 75, stock
> horsepower for a Neon is 150. You do the math. Yes the X1/9 has a lower
> center of gravity, but not A LOT lower. Yes, the X1/9 is lighter, but no
A
> LOT lighter. However, the Neon has A LOT more horsepower (assuming you
> consider double, a lot).
>
> I have not yet seen a well prepared, well driven DSP Neon. When I do, I
> expect it will be a threat to win.
>
> Steve Hoelscher
>
>
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