Hello,
I just joined this forum and I must say, I am thoroughly impressed! I have already learned a lot about GT40's just reading a few articles... Sorry guys, but I am an import car fan and drive a Honda Prelude... for now... Anyways, I was driving into Hooters this weekend when I saw a GT40 parked in the lot... OH MY GOD!!! I almost took a slam in my pants right there... I was immediately hooked... So this is how my thoughts proceeded... I am starting my own car audio and preformance shop when I get out of college. I plan on buying an ERA kit and writing it off on my business expenditure tax breaks (because I am using it as a promo-type car to bring people to my shop)...
After thinking about that, I figured I should add something of my own to the car... Being a big import kid (haha...) I know a good deal about turbos and the potential they unlock from an engine... I thought about turbo applied to large engines and started reading up... this is where the kilo-horses start rolling and made me think about the GT40... I want to use a small 260 or 289 and twin turbocharge it... I would not apply too much boost so small turbos could be used... I could even use turbos small enough to spool at very very low rpms... that would add up to some big power pretty low in the rpm band...
I did read another post similar to this one, and I am not talking about a super whp beast here... A small engine = lightweight... so my GT would be very light and still have 350-400 whp...
Also, I have been communicating with the folks at ERA... they said that they could modify their body so I could fit a new RBT 6-spd from the new GT40 into their replica...
What do yall think about all this? Lightweight, fairly high whp, 6-spd... This is still just an idea so I want everyones opinions and any helpfull ideas... I want this to be a big show off, over the top kind of car, but also fun to drive without fearing the accelerator pedal...
Thank you all!
I just joined this forum and I must say, I am thoroughly impressed! I have already learned a lot about GT40's just reading a few articles... Sorry guys, but I am an import car fan and drive a Honda Prelude... for now... Anyways, I was driving into Hooters this weekend when I saw a GT40 parked in the lot... OH MY GOD!!! I almost took a slam in my pants right there... I was immediately hooked... So this is how my thoughts proceeded... I am starting my own car audio and preformance shop when I get out of college. I plan on buying an ERA kit and writing it off on my business expenditure tax breaks (because I am using it as a promo-type car to bring people to my shop)...
After thinking about that, I figured I should add something of my own to the car... Being a big import kid (haha...) I know a good deal about turbos and the potential they unlock from an engine... I thought about turbo applied to large engines and started reading up... this is where the kilo-horses start rolling and made me think about the GT40... I want to use a small 260 or 289 and twin turbocharge it... I would not apply too much boost so small turbos could be used... I could even use turbos small enough to spool at very very low rpms... that would add up to some big power pretty low in the rpm band...
I did read another post similar to this one, and I am not talking about a super whp beast here... A small engine = lightweight... so my GT would be very light and still have 350-400 whp...
Also, I have been communicating with the folks at ERA... they said that they could modify their body so I could fit a new RBT 6-spd from the new GT40 into their replica...
What do yall think about all this? Lightweight, fairly high whp, 6-spd... This is still just an idea so I want everyones opinions and any helpfull ideas... I want this to be a big show off, over the top kind of car, but also fun to drive without fearing the accelerator pedal...
Thank you all!