600hp??????

[aziza z]

http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/car/630598516.html

 

 

 

[cockerstar]

I'd put it closer to 400-450, but if he has the dynos more power to him

Email him asking?

[Guest 280ZForce]

yeah I saw that too... not too sure about that. Not only would I want to see the dyno sheets, but also videos that prove that's his car on the dyno.

[aziza z]

Im going to ask him for the dyno sheets just to see if its true.

[nando280zxt]

Sounds like a load of BS to me. "Estimated" 600 hp?

 

Idk.

[MJLamberson]

Actualy guys thats perfectly reasonable, in the book "how to modify your datsun engine" they show a 600 HP l6.

[slownrusty]

The Electromotive EFI, the manifolds and turbo are worth $8K alone...a smoking deal even if were a 400hp car.

 

WOW!

 

Yasin

[Guest 280ZForce]

Actualy guys thats perfectly reasonable, in the book "how to modify your datsun engine" they show a 600 HP l6.

It's not that we doubt the power of the L-series, but with what he describes for the engine, unless he is leaving out details, it wouldn't be capable of it unless he had some serious cash into that engine. I think he thinks with everything he's done he's convinced it would make 600 hp, but might be really surprised once he hits the dyno. Also, maybe his turbo is rated to 600 hp and because he has forged pistons and crank he figures, 600 hp rated turbo, then I've got 600 hp?

 

Take a look around and you will see not many in the 600 hp range and the ones that are have a crazy amount of $, work & engineering into them. It's no walk in the park. I don't know how well that manifold flows after seeing the intake manifold build thread w/ flow tests.

 

plus he says "race suspension setup to pin corners" yet the car looks high enough to be a 4x4.

 

Not doubting that it's a nice Z and performs well and that the price isn't good or not, just stating, it's not what it looks from what he claims it has.

[Evan Purple240zt]

Even if it has been on a dyno, its easy for a shady operator to make it read whatever they want.

 

That said, if its a sound car, I think it may be a reasonable deal.

 

Evn

[G.I.jonas]

Haha,thats funny.The car has one of my old strut bars that i used to make and sell on e-bay installed on it (almost 100% sure),i wonder how it has held up??

 

 

The design was far from perfect,so any corner carving it does has nothing to do with my bar lol.

[aziza z]

his response:

 

 

"Unfortunately the only dyno sheet i had from the previously owner is lost somewhere,and it only verified that the car made at least 548hp, but the owner did say that dyno sheet was made before he added some more modifications, sorry that i couldnt help you on that. If you have anymore questions or concerns feel free to ask."

[Guest 280ZForce]

well tell him to go dyno it again! ahahaha and take some video of that

[aziza z]

I think hes full of s@#$

[Mauisnow13]

Just ask him if you two can take it to the dyno. Say you don't want to buy a car unless it has serious power. haha

[evtech]

Hi Guys

 

Well he does talk of it 'handling 30psi boost' so 600 is well in that frame, providing you have big enough injectors and lots of fuel supply, he's already up on 3inch pipe so air ain't a worry.

 

I know he's not far off the mark because I had mine on the rollers over here in the UK, at 3000rpm with 18psi boost we had 280hp and 310ft/lb torque to the rollers with both lines going vertical, unfortunatley it was at this time I began to understand the concept of 'boost control':oops: and the NEED for a wastegate:oops:; went home embarassed but educated, just finished adding the gate and some more goodies, just got to tell the ECU it's got a new toy to play with and then back on the rollers later this month, I'm hoping to clear 450 but we need to decide a boost figure, with dash switch selectable mapping I can run three maps 'on the fly', so 3 different boost levels will keep me entertained.

 

Regards

 

Nigel

[G.I.jonas]

I would agree that despite the look of the engine compartment perhaps the guy is a form follows function type,with an engine that has 200 hours of tuning and 20 minutes of polish.

[Tony D]

I don't know about 'form follows function'---I'm one of those guys, and for the work you would do to get that power, I would have it a bit cleaner.

 

And a car that 'once made' any given HP level is just that: "Once Made"....patina comes from storage.

 

Or another way to put it, Patina comes from Neglect.

 

And remember, I don't polish my anything...but my engine doesn't look that bad!

 

I'm tending towards "B.S."

[MJLamberson]

What I want to know is how does somebody build and engine like that, regardless of what it really puts out, without becoming a member on hybridz.org along the way?

[getoffmyinternet]

LOL! Good point! WHY THE HELL HAVEN'T WE HEARD OF THIS GUY BEFORE? Haha! He's got some conspiracy going on and I just plain don't like it!

 

Either way, nothing about that thing says over 400hp to me. If it gets 600hp and is 8k, then I bought the wrong car...But still, on the cleanliness thing I would think if you had the mad skills and cash to get 600hp out of an old l28, you'd have a little pride in it and at least wash the freaking thing. I know I would have been sure to not "lose" that dyno sheet that I threw good money at.

[Gollum]

Even if it's only putting out 400hp... that's still a decent deal with all that it's got.

 

Gotta wonder why he's selling it, and if he's telling the truth he didn't build the motor, which means you KNOW it's going to come with problem to sort out.