Why build 500+ bhp cossies?
18-02-2013, 05:02 PM
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If your driving style is shifting around 4000rpm, using mostly that powerband and you are building an 500bhp engine then you should tell this to your tuner. There are many ways you can build and map a 500bhp engine.. With todays good turbos spool should not be that much an issue.. My 2 cents 
18-02-2013, 05:11 PM
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the op should rename the thread "why do people build laggy 500 bhp engines?"
times have moved on, the stuff is out there to build that power of engine without it being much more laggy than t34
times have moved on, the stuff is out there to build that power of engine without it being much more laggy than t34
think i know enough about them James, you stick to your little T34.48 car
18-02-2013, 05:46 PM
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My .63 is indestructable dunno what's inside it but I've had it 5 years and it's still going strong runnin about 2 bar 
And theres no water cooling to
It either. I don't think the laws of physics apply to my turbo
And theres no water cooling toIt either. I don't think the laws of physics apply to my turbo
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18-02-2013, 05:50 PM
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After all the fun on this thread i've said it MANY times.
I think my best cossie was 12 years ago on a T34.48, greys and a NMS live map, loved it
18-02-2013, 06:22 PM
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fuckin lol i think 500bhp for a road car is a utter waste BUT all said and done thats the slippery slope of cossie ownership
the more you get the more you want ! Sensible head a good stage3 is more than ample but then the devil makes work for idle hands so whats wrong with 500 bhp
18-02-2013, 06:28 PM
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,You can have 600hp and responce of a T34 and better gear change responce,
You would need to go in one to see the diff,
I am doing a 480hp twin scroll YB now but I wont be able to post on here
but it will be on the Escort cosworth one
.Mark
18-02-2013, 06:32 PM
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You are wrong about them but the last time I tried to show how much better they were I got a infraction,
You can have 600hp and responce of a T34 and better gear change responce,
You would need to go in one to see the diff,
I am doing a 480hp twin scroll YB now but I wont be able to post on here but it will be on the Escort cosworth one.
Mark
,You can have 600hp and responce of a T34 and better gear change responce,
You would need to go in one to see the diff,
I am doing a 480hp twin scroll YB now but I wont be able to post on here
but it will be on the Escort cosworth one.Mark
Cheers Mark will take a look.... It was only what I was told..
18-02-2013, 06:44 PM
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18-02-2013, 07:06 PM
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You are wrong about them but the last time I tried to show how much better they were I got a infraction,
You can have 600hp and responce of a T34 and better gear change responce,
You would need to go in one to see the diff,
I am doing a 480hp twin scroll YB now but I wont be able to post on here but it will be on the Escort cosworth one.
Mark
,You can have 600hp and responce of a T34 and better gear change responce,
You would need to go in one to see the diff,
I am doing a 480hp twin scroll YB now but I wont be able to post on here
but it will be on the Escort cosworth one.Mark
is that on a standard engine mark ?and what boost would it be running
18-02-2013, 07:15 PM
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18-02-2013, 09:31 PM
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some very interesting points on the thread.. so what would happen if a 500bhp saff cosworth was on the street and it happened to come accross a 400bhp t34.48 saff at 2bar side by side at 40mph..both floor it at same time? what would happen ? Here is another interesting point.. my mates 390bhp saff was a little quicker than hes mate cossie....but this wasnt enough he gave it in and got 517bhp about 6 months later.. they went to collect it and on the day he told me it was quick but laggy.. he then raced it against the same cossie and got dusted..not only that..he got dusted at every traffic lights,every roundabout,every straight.. he recalled that every time they came to a straight he started to pull him in but couldnt get past the t34 cossie ..after spending all the cash,time and effort he finally said the truth and said hes old t34 390bhp set up was quicker.. he said if he raced the new set up against the old set up the old setup was quicker.. its like having a massive t4 turbo what good is it if a average cossie running a small turbo would dust you? yes on the motorway it maybe a different story BUT racing on the motorway doesnt happen often so why spec a car to race people on motorway lol
18-02-2013, 09:34 PM
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lets put it this way..imagine if RSMAT [t34.48 36psi] came accross a t4 powered 450bhp monster.. on dual carriageways and roundabouts..who would you have your money on? id have mine on rs mats car thats because hes car would boost and be gone.. by the time the t4 comes on boost MATS car will be in the roundbout ALREADY on boost and gone again ..where as the t4 would be NA