What car thread - power to weight versus cash...

[VerySideways]

So, come on then chaps (and ladies), how much power-to-weight can we conjure up for how little money?

No NOS, i'm thinking forced induction or pure old fashioned capacity.

E.g.
Toyota Supra Twin Turbo, 326bhp/1.6tonnes/£5k = 40.75bhp/tonne/£k
Westfield Megablade, 125bhp/0.5tonnes/£6k = 42bhp/tonne/£k
Celica GT4, 250/1.2/3 = 69.5bhp/tonne/£k

Game on!

[Sods Law]

Clio 172 Sport 160hp/tonne £1350 = 118hp/£1k?

[VerySideways]

Blimey, that's a good start!

[Sods Law]

VerySideways said:

Blimey, that's a good start!

And its sat on my drive. What about old R5 turbo's or 1.9 205 GTi

[Dave 500]

Rover 220 GSI Turbo, 200bhp/1.1t/£1k = 181.81 what do I win

[nonuts]

MK3 Supra Turbo Manual 231bhp (I think) and about a grand if you can find one.

ETA: So it's in at 1540KG for a manual, http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/1220139.htm this is £1,500

So that's 231bhp/1.55/£1,500 or 99.35bhp/tonne/£k and can be modded to make it quite a bit faster for not silly money.

[PhilipAlfa]

How about an Alfa 75 3.0? 190bhp/1.25tonnes/£500 = 304bhp/tonne/£k

Edited by PhilipAlfa on Monday 19th October 10:38

[900T-R]

Does the £500 example have things like floors and working electrics?

[PhilipAlfa]

of course not! why would you want a Italian car with such things

[funwithrevs]

PhilipAlfa said:

How about an Alfa 75 3.0? 190bhp/1.25tonnes/£500 = 304bhp/tonne/£k

Edited by PhilipAlfa on Monday 19th October 10:38

The 75's I've seen recently have been quite expensive, I think they are getting rarity value.

Should be able to get a 146ti for the same sort of weight & money though, but only 150/155bhp.

Need to get cheaper though. How about:

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/1287843.htm

155 widebody 2.0l, 150bhp/1.3 tonnes (about, not checked)/£250 = 462BHP/tonne/K

Can anyone find a Fiat Uno Turbo for a tenner

[shimmey69]

i was never very good at math (also 6 Stella dont help) so if anyone can do the but a mi16 pug 205 weighs about 800kgish, mine has 190bhp and cost £2k but you can get them for about a £1k (usually with neon lights and other "chavstic" mods)

Anyone care to figure that out please???

[VerySideways]

shimmey69 said:

i was never very good at math (also 6 Stella dont help) so if anyone can do the but a mi16 pug 205 weighs about 800kgish, mine has 190bhp and cost £2k but you can get them for about a £1k (usually with neon lights and other "chavstic" mods)

Anyone care to figure that out please???

Call it £1.5k?

So 190/0.8/1.5 = 158bhp/tonne/£k

[VerySideways]

For fun - Veyron
1087bhp/1.9t/£1,000k = 0.57bhp/tonne/£k

Oh dear

[Robatr0n]

£1,000 for a Veyron? Bargain.

[Sods Law]

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2009...

merc 500SEL £995 231bhp = 231bhp/£1k = naf all per tonne

Edited by Sods Law on Wednesday 21st October 08:36

[VerySideways]

Sods Law said:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2009...

merc 500SEL £995 231bhp = 231bhp/£1k

Gotta weigh almost 2 tonnes though right?
Nice motor though

[hewlett]

I was looking at a mini turbo powered NCF Blitz, road legal version. Half a tonne and 120bhp (the most highly tuned 1275 engine), 240bhp/tonne for very little money. The guys at NCF vow to fit 'any engine' to their Blitz frame, so, find a cheap and powerful engine (Rover T16 220bhp?) 440bhp/tonne for beer money

[VerySideways]

http://www.ncfblitz.co.uk/

Edited by VerySideways on Friday 23 October 09:46

[aqualung666]

a turbo charged r1 with a dyno showing 292 BHP went on ebay a few mouths ago with damaged fairings and bent forks for 2K

so thats 292/0.195/2 = 748 bhp / ton / k

[jaibk]

PhilipAlfa said:

Can anyone find a Fiat Uno Turbo for a tenner

not quite a tenner:

137bhp, 850kg, £120 = 1343...can't be right.....

Edited by jaibk on Sunday 27th December 14:26