Thread: HP Vs. Dollar, Bang for Buck...

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We are having a great discussion in our car club about HP per dollar ratio and what is the most bang for the buck. I would love hearing what you all think would be the way to go, duel carb blower? Single or duel turbo's?(Ernie Banks style?) Nitrious? Big compression, Big cam? Stroker kits? Let me Know, I think around here it's a toss up between Blower and Nitrious. Spout off guys & Gals and let it fly, no feelings to get hurt here!!

Dollar for dollar, my bet goes on nitros.

Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

Dollar for dollar, my bet goes on nitros.

Don

.....I'll also bet on the nitrous..... I mean, after all, how can one possibly beat hundreds of HP for hundreds of dollars???? Everything else is hundreds of dollars for dozens of HP or thousands of dollars for hundreds of HP....

well I'll go for the blower, because over time you have to keep filling up the bottle and thet is an ongoing expense

large bore small stroke and for add on's blowers or alcahol guy who uses it round here said its only 2.50 a gallon i was like :O i havent looked so i wouldnt know lol

I'd start with a 500 Caddy,can't beat cubic inches,and I can generally get good ones for less than a buck an inch, and giggle gas, let it blow if it wants. Hank

I like Halftanked's way of thinking! Stock cubes are the cheapest, and a 500 Cad is tops. Let 'er blow, they're cheap!

he guys quit picking on the 500
ill need another one of those when mine eventually goes to the great steel pile in the sky
go get a olds 455 the bottom ends are pretty tough, i think they would handle the gas better

i'd buy a cheap handgun, shoot my opponent and slowly cross the finish line... and it does have a lotta bang too

How about oxygen and acetlyne. Cut it up to make it lighter, don't spend any money on parts just cut old parts off.

my vote goes to any forced induction, a couple grand for just about double the HP of what you had, continuesly, whenever you need it.

Originally Posted by brickman

We are having a great discussion in our car club about HP per dollar ratio and what is the most bang for the buck. I would love hearing what you all think would be the way to go, duel carb blower? Single or duel turbo's?(Ernie Banks style?) Nitrious? Big compression, Big cam? Stroker kits? Let me Know, I think around here it's a toss up between Blower and Nitrious. Spout off guys & Gals and let it fly, no feelings to get hurt here!!

N2O,by far is the cheapest investment.Over time a blower or a turbo becomes less expensive than N2O.

BLOWER!!!!!!

Id say forced induction turbos are nice but i have a supercharger and i can get the power quicker then they can both are nice and weight reduction is helpfull but if youre like me and like a good stereo nice seats and such thats a hard thing to cut the car apart .

I have a single carb blower on a sbc 350 had 230 crank horses did nothing but a blower and blower carb and went to 320 at the crank 90 horses added for 2,400$ a few bucks on a cam and some roller rockers maybe another 50 -60 horses all with 8lbs of boost .. BUT A BLOWER CARB IS A MUST HAVE ITEM i learned the expensive way now i have a holley sitting on the shelf and one hell of a 750 cfm demon carb

Originally Posted by chevydrivin

How about oxygen and acetlyne. Cut it up to make it lighter, don't spend any money on parts just cut old parts off.

.....yeah I'd forgotten about this one. Just cut off everything that doesn't make it go faster! I once had an '84 Camero that weighted around 2700 lbs. I cut EVERYTHING off that didn't pertain to making it go faster. Even lexan windows, cut the ends off of long bolts, etcccccc..... It sure was faster cuz of this! zzz