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Kooldino;
You have to understand my perspective as a former figure 8, rally and SCCA racer
That said most autos come with engines designed for street use with an output of <200 BHP. Boost that to 300-400+ BHP and it's VERY likely the suspension, brakes and drive train will fail in relatively short order. It don't take 1000 BHP.
The corners are also very important because 99% of road suspensions and brakes are NOT capable of the handling and braking requirements of a performance car. The suspensions will squat & roll when loaded causing control problems and stock brakes will fry under heavy-duty use. Some (as in very few) performance models will be OK. The rest of the cars out there; no way in hell are they safe under performance conditions.
As far as magna-fluxing the block & heads go; that's basic hot rodding 101 in these parts, not just for race car design. This is one reason why we have a Ramchargers or some other performance oriented shop about every 2 miles around here, but then I live near Detroit....home of The Woodward Ave. Dream Cruise
A LOT of blocks & heads come off the line with subtle defects that pass quality control and won't affect road performance but will cause failure under the high outputs found in performance builds. Much like with CPU's some can handle "overclocking" while others will do a meltdown.
If you're really building for N20, turbos or other high power generating addons you'll have the engine apart anyhow, so why not get it and the heads checked? It only costs ~$250 +/- and is worth it if you find out your part isn't up to the much more expensive components you propose hanging off it. I've seen $1000+ addons ruined when a head came apart for lack of it being properly prepared.
Uppance: if you *really* want to go on the cheap you build the rest of the car to handle the new power instead of having to replace things every month.
Dr. Mordrid
You have to understand my perspective as a former figure 8, rally and SCCA racer
That said most autos come with engines designed for street use with an output of <200 BHP. Boost that to 300-400+ BHP and it's VERY likely the suspension, brakes and drive train will fail in relatively short order. It don't take 1000 BHP.
The corners are also very important because 99% of road suspensions and brakes are NOT capable of the handling and braking requirements of a performance car. The suspensions will squat & roll when loaded causing control problems and stock brakes will fry under heavy-duty use. Some (as in very few) performance models will be OK. The rest of the cars out there; no way in hell are they safe under performance conditions.
As far as magna-fluxing the block & heads go; that's basic hot rodding 101 in these parts, not just for race car design. This is one reason why we have a Ramchargers or some other performance oriented shop about every 2 miles around here, but then I live near Detroit....home of The Woodward Ave. Dream Cruise
A LOT of blocks & heads come off the line with subtle defects that pass quality control and won't affect road performance but will cause failure under the high outputs found in performance builds. Much like with CPU's some can handle "overclocking" while others will do a meltdown.
If you're really building for N20, turbos or other high power generating addons you'll have the engine apart anyhow, so why not get it and the heads checked? It only costs ~$250 +/- and is worth it if you find out your part isn't up to the much more expensive components you propose hanging off it. I've seen $1000+ addons ruined when a head came apart for lack of it being properly prepared.
Uppance: if you *really* want to go on the cheap you build the rest of the car to handle the new power instead of having to replace things every month.
Dr. Mordrid
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