Faster than an M5 for £25k
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Fastdruid said:
I was going to suggest that 900HP in a Mondeo would be impossible...but then I considered that the 2.5T is essentially the same as the Focus RS, or at least close enough that the RS block should fit and there are reports of >900hp on those!
It might be possible, but not for 25k. There is a well known Focus RS Mk2 up here with a tuned 2.5 engine. Over 1000bhp was achieved but reputedly at a cost of... 110 grand.V8RX7 said:
Yes
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mazda-RX-7-FD-V8-LS2/30...
500bhp and circa 1300kg
I owned similar and it cost me £10k a few years ago
This looks awesome. How much do you think it might go for?https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mazda-RX-7-FD-V8-LS2/30...
500bhp and circa 1300kg
I owned similar and it cost me £10k a few years ago
What are they like to drive?
Fastdruid said:
I don't see the point though, it's FWD and while I'm not one to blanket state RWD good, FWD bad that's *way* too much power for the front wheels alone to handle. Same issue with pretty much anything else that isn't already pretty expensive, they're all fwd.
not this again, if you have 900hp going through 2 wheels at the front or the back it will be a handful if you can only treat the throttle like an on/off switch. Once rolling along 900hp will go through front or rear wheels just the same.With £25k you could build a beast of a LS based car, say £15k on a LS2 based VXR8 plus £10k on a Supercharger/turbo & supporting mods should see you pushing 700hp and into the 11sec 1/4 territory as per a a 2018 M5.
aka_kerrly said:
not this again, if you have 900hp going through 2 wheels at the front or the back it will be a handful if you can only treat the throttle like an on/off switch. Once rolling along 900hp will go through front or rear wheels just the same.
With £25k you could build a beast of a LS based car, say £15k on a LS2 based VXR8 plus £10k on a Supercharger/turbo & supporting mods should see you pushing 700hp and into the 11sec 1/4 territory as per a a 2018 M5.
What if you DMSd a F10 M5 that’s what 750bhp with a remapWith £25k you could build a beast of a LS based car, say £15k on a LS2 based VXR8 plus £10k on a Supercharger/turbo & supporting mods should see you pushing 700hp and into the 11sec 1/4 territory as per a a 2018 M5.
aka_kerrly said:
Fastdruid said:
I don't see the point though, it's FWD and while I'm not one to blanket state RWD good, FWD bad that's *way* too much power for the front wheels alone to handle. Same issue with pretty much anything else that isn't already pretty expensive, they're all fwd.
not this again, if you have 900hp going through 2 wheels at the front or the back it will be a handful if you can only treat the throttle like an on/off switch. Once rolling along 900hp will go through front or rear wheels just the same.If you can't use it then it's pointless.
I have a Mondeo 2.5T and with "only" 217hp it'll get seriously scrabbly at times as it is and will (if you turn the traction control off and drive it like a ham footed oaf) understeer like a vectra driven by Clarkson.
I would not want ~700hp *more*. While there isn't a hp limit as per se for a FWD in a straight line, about 250-300hp is probably about right for anything you want to handle before it you end up with something that will just end up power understeering everywhere.
If you want more go RWD or AWD.
Pistonheads member WorldBoss has got a W221 S600 bi turbo for £3k and is trying to tune it so it will hit 200 mph......
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
MDMA . said:
How about a W211 E55 AMG with a smaller pulley and remap. No more than 15k in for a good one.
I was thinking exactly the same thing, even a re-map on the 5.5 supercharged engine sees 540bhp so pulleys as well and you'd be over that of the M5. Admittedly a lot more 'old school' than the F10 but if you're talking sheer BHP that would do it.
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