Originally Posted by Stavros
stock 302, decent blow thru, decent cooling, decent fueling, 15psi on twin coosie or similar t3's, 500bhp and 650lbft torque.
happy days.
lovin the 302 and 351 windsor i own, esp as paid 20quid foe the 351, inc unused boxed forgies
This is what you need, everyone else is totally missing the point.
Spending a fortune on a brand new Ford/Chevy smallblock for about 350bhp
XR8 conversion parts are out there and sold by a guy called Jim Deberry in America as V8 conversions for the Merkur XR4tis. The parts cost a lot and god knows how much it would be to import them.
Off the shelf conversion parts in this country are barely in existance, places like Magnum engineering are supposed to do engine mounts but I've never known anyone use them.
Pete (Doh) from the XROC has just done this conversion and despite conciously keeping the costs down where he can, the whole conversion doesn't come cheap. I'm sure plenty of forumites would be happy to tell him how he should have done it though
Basically if you go the big power NA route it will cost as much as a similar power YB. If you want a V8 for the sake of having a V8 that's fine, but if you're just after big power for cheap money it's not economical.
The difference is going the turbo route, this is where they tip the balance. It's already been proven time and time again in the Mustang scene, hopefully someone will prove it here too