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Old Jul 5, 2003 | 02:43 PM
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Originally posted by rick
My friend is building his own Light Weight M Coupe.

he is currently Dinan Supercharged putting down close to 300at the rear wheel

he has removed about 150-200lbs from his car.

It's down to about 28xxlbs now :rick:


I can do the same :rick:
my friend's E46 is one of the evosport project cars. they are gonna get the weight down to ~3000 lbs. and supercharge it to get around 500 whp :rick: then again, so far the blower isn't on yet h:. it was supposedly on super tuner tv today but i didn't watch the show today. they should play the show again tommorow i think.
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Old Jul 5, 2003 | 05:14 PM
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Originally posted by wushu_civic
my friend's E46 is one of the evosport project cars. they are gonna get the weight down to ~3000 lbs. and supercharge it to get around 500 whp :rick: then again, so far the blower isn't on yet h:. it was supposedly on super tuner tv today but i didn't watch the show today. they should play the show again tommorow i think.


hmm s/c on a S54 = bad bad bad idea...

i believe the compression ratio is like 12:1 or something crazy like that.

There was already a S/Ced S54 M Roadster by Rotex? which blew up after 420hp (crank).
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Old Jul 5, 2003 | 05:32 PM
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wouldnt they lower the compression first b4 even thinking of supercharge a 12.0:1 engine??
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Old Jul 5, 2003 | 05:33 PM
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Originally posted by Morpheus
Cause there is much air and fuel going into those cylinder from the restrictive valvetrain. The S2K is dumping as much fuel and air into the cyliders that it can to make power from a small displacment. You could always use more power.
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Old Jul 5, 2003 | 05:37 PM
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Originally posted by Kevin



Originally posted by Morpheus


I think it is my bad wording, doesnt make sense when I read it either h:
:dunno:
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Old Jul 5, 2003 | 05:52 PM
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Originally posted by rick
I can easily add the same goodies to my engine :rick:

and I'll still be 3-400lbs lighter... how much do you weigh again? :rick:
You forgot your suspension setup is glorified E30 all the way.
You lose 100HP
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