In a message dated 99-03-12 09:33:41 EST, sugar@holly.ColoState.EDU writes:
> There really are no cheap way to increase horsepower a noticable
> amount. <snip> The way to really start making
> more horsepower is this formula $=horsepower. <snip> $100-300 <snip>
$50-1000 <snip> 200 bucks
<snip>$800 <snip> ($100 or so). <snip> $200 <snip> $4.50 a gallon for gas
<snip> $1600 <snip> You now have an engine with about 230
> horse and no reliability. <snip>
Aaron,
Actually, there is a "relatively" cheap way - pick up the phone and order a
Ford crate enigine and stick it in where the tired old six used to be. For a
little more than the cost of a good rebuild, you can have 230 very reliable
and very streetable horses. Or, spend another grand or so and get the GT40
engine with aluminum heads and 320 horsepower - streetability yet to be
determined.
Your equation $ = horsepower is valid, but there is one other equation that
also works, and that is displacement = horsepower. Unfortuneately,
displacement often equals dollars as well, so we have HP = displacement = $.
All the above said with tongue firmly in cheek!
Dan Masters,
Http://members.aol.com/danmas
Atlanta GA (till tomorrow)
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