Cheapest way to 500bhp

[xRIEx]

The Stagea YKYWT got me thinking - that was decried as too expensive for what it is, even though it's claiming 500bhp. So how little can you spend to get that much power? Either something secondhand that already has that, or buying something really cheap and getting it modded?

[kentao]

Supra TT

One of the Jap Mags done something similar was called faster than a GT-R think the supra was the cheapest one at 13k.

9k for the TT Supra and 4k on performance mods.

[Fittster]

http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/how-get...

9.5K

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/m...

Edited by Fittster on Friday 13th March 09:19

[D4MJT]

Surely a leggy e60 M5 as far as fairly standard / reliable power goes?

Otherwise a Saab turbo / jap turbo with the boost whacked up, little in the way of supporting mods or mapping, for not very long? Lol

[xRIEx]

kentao said:

Supra TT

One of the Jap Mags done something similar was called faster than a GT-R think the supra was the cheapest one at 13k.

9k for the TT Supra and 4k on performance mods.

The Stagea is/was advertised for a fiver shy of £14k, before haggling, so about the same. That article said 500bhp Skylines are about the same price, so is £13k about the minimum to get that power?

[McWigglebum4th]

10 x K11 Nissan micras

[PanzerCommander]

Jap turbo or Yank V8 is going to be the cheapest way to go, as another poster already mentioned a turbo supra for example.

Either way you could probably have a reliable 500hp car. Modifying German cars tends to be more expensive so I wouldn't go down that route myself.

A big Yank V8 with nitrous will probably be the cheapest way to get 500hp in the short term but if you get it wrong it will go wrong in a big way. You also have the continued cost of filling the bottle(s).

[xRIEx]

McWigglebum4th said:

10 x K11 Nissan micras

Yeah, but it weighs about 10 tonnes.

[xRIEx]

Fittster said:

9.5K

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/m...

We have an advance on £13k, the bidding now stands at sub-£10k.

[Looket]

Probably a Saab 9000.

Not sure if most reliable.

[papercup]

Brand new LS3 makes 420. I added a cam (and uprated valve springs and pushrods) to get 517. Total cost was about £750 plus mapping.

So buy a LS3-equipped Monaro and do what I did

[Stu R]

Get rather a lot of chainsaw engines and a welder. For 500bhp you might need a few more than this guy though

[amoeba]

You could buy a Jaguar S-Type R for about 4k (probably even less for a ropey one) and then put a better supercharger on.

There is some bloke in Belgium (Avos?) that does a kit. I would guess the price is 5-7k, and he claims about 600bhp with more possible with further tweaking.

Another option - a BMW M6. They seem a bit unloved, would have thought they are around the 10-14k range now?

Edited by amoeba on Friday 13th March 09:30

[OzzyR1]

Bit cheaper unless this is a scam:

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/m...

[xRIEx]

papercup said:

Brand new LS3 makes 420. I added a cam (and uprated valve springs and pushrods) to get 517. Total cost was about £750 plus mapping.

So buy a LS3-equipped Monaro and do what I did

I have casually been looking at V8 coupes and saloons recently, Monaros and VXR8s aren't particularly numerous in the classifieds at the moment. There are a couple of 5.7l for between £6k and 8k. Is the LS3 a 6.0 or 6.2l?

[Fittster]

OzzyR1 said:

Bit cheaper unless this is a scam:

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/m...

178,000 miles is quite a few.

It does seem the Merc CL is the way to go.

[R8Steve]

There's loads cheaper than that!

£6995
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/m...

£7995
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/m...

£8995
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/m...

£9995
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/s...

£10500
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/m...

£11979
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/p...

£11995
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/m...

[Fittster]

R8Steve said:

There's loads cheaper than that!

£6995
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/m...

Does the S Class have 500 BHP? The details in the add say:

Engine power (BHP): 362

[SuperVM]

While there are the numerous 13b scare stories, little makes power as cheaply as an FD RX-7, if only for a limited number of miles. When I had mine, from memory it was about £4k to put a single turbo on there with fuel mods, which should have seen it above the 500 BHP level.

[ikarl]

This has been done loads of times before, but I can't be bothered trawling through everyone's suggestions/links


The answer is the Mercedes CL600 bi turbo

More power than the cl55 AMG and a simple remap can easily achieve 600bhp!

Few owners on here and cars can be had from £8-9k