Re: [DML] Re: okay...what are the actual figures...

[fjk143@xxxx]

500 hp and 500 lb ft equal fun in the right car. Ask any Viper, big block Cobra, big block Corvette or Porsche Twin Turbo or Turbo owner...sometimes cars that have been breathed on to reach those figures...and they will tell you it is fun. Put that in a Corvair and you have death as is likely the case in a DeLorean as it was drawing board designed NOT to handle the stresses brought on by that kind of juice - broken welds, twisted frame and suspension members, failed trannys, broken prop shafts and half shafts, brake failure from high speed deacceleration, boiling brake fluid from repeated braking from high speeds, destroyed tires, sheared bolts, etc. How do I know? Been there, done that as a kid. Accept your car for what it is and maybe get a little more power/torque/handling from tuning. If you need the huge numbers, save your money and get a car designed for it. Take care and be safe.

Fred
6894 - getting the Houston Stage One tuning treatment now
2001 996 Twin Turbo with tuning to 480 and 480 (have seen 177.5 (computers!) with 2000 RPM left