'93 Olda Achieva SCX

[944racer]

I'm going to try and be competitive with this car in the Southeast. It is an ex-Hacker car. The motor I believe has spun a bearing and needs to be replaced. I have seen guys that are very knowledgable about these cars (like John Hermann). I need some advice, I'm only familiar with Porsche's. The car has the best hp/weight ratio of all the ITS cars in stock configuration. Do I even have a chance?
Andy Fox

[Ron Earp]

I don't know a lot about the car, but I did help do an engine swap with a Quad 4 into a Fiero in the late 80s and the motor is quite good. I was just grunt labor but did get to fool with the motor some. It is pretty stout and will make some good horsepower. I would suspect in the neighborhood of 200+ fairly easily. There is a fellow in Durham, Jeff Creech, that can help with chip tuning the GM computer in that car for more power.

R

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Ron
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[Tom Donnelly]

Try asking Tom Fowler at OPM. He drove the green achieva with Larry Stepp. The car know as 'kermit'. Todd Buras ran one in the southeast as well. He runs a spec miata now. I've been on the track with that car and it is stinking fast but they had breakage problems. CV joints and the like. And I think it was hard on brakes and tires as well.

But it was fast.

Tom

[John Herman]

Of course you stand a chance!

[Soflow1]

Do it Andy! The Oldsmobiles are the best bang for the buck ITS car your going to find. Reliability is not too much of an issue if you use the proper replacement parts. I have two (Calais and Achieva) and have a blast running them both. Haven't been racing them much this year due to time and other commitments. I'm in Atlanta, so if you have questions feel free to ask!

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Rod Strub
Alpharetta, GA