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Question for everyone For all you turbo guys, could you post up your whp on pump gas and what time of mpg (yes gas mileage) you get on the highway and avg?
I am just trying to get an idea to see if going up to a V8 is worth it or if I should just buy another one of my little forced 4 banger. I was getting over 400whp (with more time and tuning should have been over 500) with about 27 mpg on the highway and avg about 23. Car got totaled in a wreck and now I deciding what route to take for a new car.
I am just trying to get an idea to see if going up to a V8 is worth it or if I should just buy another one of my little forced 4 banger. I was getting over 400whp (with more time and tuning should have been over 500) with about 27 mpg on the highway and avg about 23. Car got totaled in a wreck and now I deciding what route to take for a new car.
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I hope tossing out those numbers does not make me seem to greedy or silly. I figure if I can get 125+ mph trap and 27mpg on the highway in a neon then I figure going up to the more big boy cars while I might get a bit less mpg I should really be able to jump up in the trap and power. Or is my thinking flawed? I know that the fact that the car was doing that with a weight of about 3300+lbs with driver I do have a couple hundred lbs less in the car then what a V8 would but over time I am sure that replacing parts with light weight ones would help that out.
Im just now building my turbo set up but was very inspired by the HP/ MPG others were getting with their turbo set ups, which is what led to me doing mine. I say just go for it. If you liked your turbo 4 banger youre probably going to like a turbo V-8 twice as much 
and you wouldnt be wrong wheel drive anymore 
Look up the name Black x on the forum and maybe PM him. He is running somewhere in the 9s making re-goddamn-diculous horsepower and pulling down high 20's with the A/C blowing... in a 4000lb truck.
and you wouldnt be wrong wheel drive anymore Look up the name Black x on the forum and maybe PM him. He is running somewhere in the 9s making re-goddamn-diculous horsepower and pulling down high 20's with the A/C blowing... in a 4000lb truck.
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The thing that I dont understand about people wanting better MPG is if you go from something that gets 25 to something that gets 15, the actual fuel cost difference is pretty minimal unless youre racking up 20k miles a year. Dont let MPG steer you from anything, we still get 15+ MPG and can run single digits, you cant do that in a 4 banger.
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The thing that I dont understand about people wanting better MPG is if you go from something that gets 25 to something that gets 15, the actual fuel cost difference is pretty minimal unless youre racking up 20k miles a year. Dont let MPG steer you from anything, we still get 15+ MPG and can run single digits, you cant do that in a 4 banger.
But you have definitely made me think. It really is a lot more car I am getting for not much more money a month when I think of it that way.
to you for getting me to look at it in a different way. I do put on like 1500-2000 miles a month. I was able to make 500whp on 93 and get 27mpg roughly so to me yeah going down to 15mpg highway would mean what like 10 avg and I avg about 23 where I live so that would be a huge cost difference. But I do see your point if I did not put so many miles on as a daily driver it might not be as big a deal. Of course that would also mean I would spend about 120 a month more on gas. So about 1440 a year more. And at times when money is tight that can hurt more then others. And there is only so much I can sell on ebay
But you have definitely made me think. It really is a lot more car I am getting for not much more money a month when I think of it that way. to you for getting me to look at it in a different way.
But you have definitely made me think. It really is a lot more car I am getting for not much more money a month when I think of it that way.
to you for getting me to look at it in a different way.
you will spend that much or more in maintenance. the speed game is not for you my friend. 
one other thing..... What kind of ET you running with that 500whp and 125mph trap speed?
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actually I was not complaining at all. Was saying that the cost per year was not as much as I thought it would be that 1400 bucks for all that I would be getting is actually a bargin.
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If I was willing to build a low 10sec neon and drive it everyday I think I pretty sure that speed is my game or less a game and more so my passion. Some of us just are willing to work harder to get as much as they can out of their cars and I want to find the best new set up I can.
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yep I have seen that happen a lot myself. Or even worse they spend the money to build a bad *** car then never really use the power. I know someone around my area that has a GTO with all the normal bolt on stuff, a cam and a flash and he has never went to the track nor does much more then potter around and rev it up to make noise. To me it's a shame to see so much money and work go into a car that might never go faster then the speed limit.