As opposed to a V-4??

 

V4 would have been an early Saab

 

well i figured all you guys knew about was a v8

 

proof of what? that i owned the car or it had 400 horse?

 

400 horse

 

400 horese on a 4 banger would be some serious work, it can be done but is not cheap, seen some hondas around here with a 200 shot that are rockets but the guys have a ton of money into them. one guy i know could build 2 408's for what hes got in his civic and ive seen dynos on it at 518 horse with titanium cv axles. ridiculous power.

 

well i never did get it dynoed but the kit that was on it was rated at that. slowboyracing.com was where i got the kit from. i was running 1000cc fuel injectors and 27psi of boost, just to give you an idea, and if you dont believe you cant get that much horse out of a 4 banger check this out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHpEn8yPIy8

same motor as mine, just alot more work done to it...

 

My gst had 425whp(22psi, water/meth injection, 75 shot of nitrous), its not hard to get power out of a dsm, the hard part is keeping them running. I skipped timing and destroyed my head and pistons, sold the car a month later. The entire build cost about 11k including the car.

 

yeah good to no someone else on here knows whats going on. their fun cars, and if your complaining about not being american, my old girlfriends mom work on the eclipses(possibly the one i owned) right here in bloomington, il 20 mins from where i live

 

Well, I've been in the ACVW world for a long time and know quite a few people with Flat-4 VW engines who like to go out and spank Mustangs and Camaros for grins. There have also been cars out there with 2-bangers and 3-bangers (ever hear of the old Crosleys?), so don't ASSume too much with this crowd