I am wondering if he is the one who had Z-Car Care. It also ran under
another name. I had an acquaintance in the late '70s who worked for Z-Car
Care. They were in the business of putting turbochargers into 240, 260, and
280 Z's. This guy, after hours, put a turbocharger into a white '70 2000.
Ran like a scalded ape, could blow past the turbo-911's he said, and blew
the doors off the Corvettes of the time. I lost touch with him, and did not
know how the car lasted, or where it went. I know he buried the
speedometer.
figure he wrapped himself around a light pole if the engine lasted that
long.
jls
-----Original Message-----
From: Ronnie Day [mailto:ronday@home.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 6:57 PM
To: Daniel Neuman; Roadster List
Subject: Re: Major Armchair engineering A SuperCharged Roadster??
> So maybe I could do this for ~2000 bucks!?!?! That is crazy...but
>what-the-hey.. aren't signing bonus's meant to be spent on stuff like
this??
IMHO, you MIGHT get the major parts you'd need to put something like this
together for around $2K, but I'd budget $8K to $10K total to do it right,
seriously. If you want it to work well and stay together, you'd need
machine work by someone like Dave Rebello. You'd probably need to o-ring
the block, then there'd be custom forged pistons at probably $125-$150
each and maybe custom rods, too.
You might call Corky Bell (Bell Engineering in San Antonio) and get his
read on this idea. Back in the early '70s he had a shop here in Arlington
that specialized in high performance work and (I think) he ran a 2000 in
SCCA. Since then he's moved south and specializes in supercharging
current smaller cars like Sports Compact Car's MR-2 a year or two ago.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it can't be done. I'm just saying that
I think it'll cost a whole lot more than $2K to do it right.
FWIW,
Ron
Ronnie Day
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Dallas/Ft. Worth
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'71 510 2-dr (Prepared Class Autocrosser)
'73 510 2-dr (Street Toy)
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