Turbo 250 Results - 04/03/11 12:55 AM
Does anyone or does anyone know of somebody who runs a turbo 250 regularly on the street or the strip? I know a lot of people who run a turbo 292 (like santucci who runs low 10s with a hybrid head) but haven't seen anyone besides tom's slapped-together turbo 250 dyno. I'd just be interested to see what types of horsepower/tq a higher boost (10+psi) 250 with all the upgrades (4 barrel, built bottom end, turbo valvetrain, lumps, upgraded ignition, etc...) would make.
Please don't take this as an insult to what the 250 can do. The fact that a simple 5psi blow-though could make 350bhp and somewhere around 300hp at the wheels is awesome. That's comparable to a 350ci (280hp) or 400ci (340hp) size engine from back then even though they made quite a bit more torque.
EDIT: that makes me think of a question... hypothetically, if you had a 250 making 350hp/320ft-lbs and a 350 making 280hp/390ft-lbs, which would make an identical car run the quarter faster?
Please don't take this as an insult to what the 250 can do. The fact that a simple 5psi blow-though could make 350bhp and somewhere around 300hp at the wheels is awesome. That's comparable to a 350ci (280hp) or 400ci (340hp) size engine from back then even though they made quite a bit more torque.
EDIT: that makes me think of a question... hypothetically, if you had a 250 making 350hp/320ft-lbs and a 350 making 280hp/390ft-lbs, which would make an identical car run the quarter faster?