well from wat ive seen honda puts out alot hp but very little torque....were as a vw tends to lean on the torquey side of things with a good amount of horsepower...horsepower figures alone dont define the overall performance.
Subject: RE: (Kent 258 Cams/Dyno) Fuel Pressure/Delivery >Clayton, >If that's all I'm realistically putting out, I have to say I'm embarassed. >I've spent all that money and time and I'm just about the same as a f%^&*^# >Si? 1.6L? What gives? There isn't much more to do to it other than 268's, >50mm intake and a better (hannaford) Head. Where will that put me? I want >about 200-215hp, without turbo/nitrous. >If Honda can do it,and with less diplacement, then why cant we? > >Fred(very disappointed) > > >>From: Clayton <[email protected]> >>To: [email protected], vw racer <[email protected]> >>Subject: RE: (Kent 258 Cams/Dyno) Fuel Pressure/Delivery >>Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 21:16:22 -0800 >> >>Fred, I have everything you have done to your motor except that I have >>stock sized pistons... the balancing is more for smooth >>running up high and the forged pistons don't give hp or torque. So, >>anyways, I have about 134 or so HP at the wheels according to >>Dynojet. That translates to 157@15% and 163@18% eff. losses. When I >>called the Neuspeed tech department, they told me that a >>typical VW loses around 18% and that is what they use for their wheel to >>crank conversions. I imagine Neuspeed probably knows >>their stuff! There was another guy in the dyno group who had nearly the >>same stuff as me but he also had his engine balanced and >>blueprinted... he put out 138 at the wheels. I just wish I could have >>dyno'd my car without a broken clutch and all those large >>chunks of material floating around in there! I would imagine your car is >>putting out about 160-165 hp is everything is working >>properly. >>Later, >>Clayton >> >> >>Fred wrote: >>I haven't dynoed it yet. Someone speculated 14's- but I dont drag anyway. >>As >>for 0-60, I hope for 6's atleast, as stock is, what, 7.9 or less? I >>suspect, >>optimistically, that hp is atleast 190-195 at the crank. With: >>2035cc,balanced,RPI port/polished head,shrick 256's,head may be decked a >>little,garrett custom chip,K&N,drilled box,JE Forged pistons,SuperSprint >>dual-downpipe(noncat) and TT exhaust. I may be optimistic about but oh >>well. >>Holland, feel free to bring me down on this. I want to add 268's, 50mm >>intake and a Hannaford stage 3 head (claims 35hp!!). I also hace a 3.89 r&p >>and lightened flywheel. >> >>Fred >> > >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > >_____________ >List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com >To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message >See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com >Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org > _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
