Will this fit?
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KTG

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34 posts

284 months

Tuesday 16th August 2005
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An 11000rpm Ultima....and ear splitting too...
Sorry folks I'm new here and a bit of a nutter.....Has anyone placed a Ferrari engine in an Ultima....Sound is very important in a car....a raw V8 can sound amazing at first, but slowly can become just noise. I saw someone posted a Judd V10 Ultima...now we are talking! Or a cosworth V8

http://www.race-cars.com/engsales/other/1111621336/1111621336la.htm

htsd

263 posts

269 months

Tuesday 16th August 2005
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"At top performance, the engine will produce 660 horsepower at 10,700 RPM"

My question is, with an SBC able to make that power at far lower revs with (I imagine) significantly more torque, why would you bother? While it would be nice for the first few hours of running it, the frequent rebuilds would be a nightmare. GMan's car is plenty fast without getting too fancy behind the firewall.

KTG

Original Poster:

34 posts

284 months

Tuesday 16th August 2005
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htsd said:
"At top performance, the engine will produce 660 horsepower at 10,700 RPM"

My question is, with an SBC able to make that power at far lower revs with (I imagine) significantly more torque, why would you bother? While it would be nice for the first few hours of running it, the frequent rebuilds would be a nightmare. GMan's car is plenty fast without getting too fancy behind the firewall.


The sound of a small capacity motor always sounds VERY pleasent! Rebuilding would be a nightmare, but with a backup engine, this could be very fun! a true race car engine on the road....If the cops don't mind