I am the only one that I know of right now building a Celica GT-S for ITR. The car is almost to the point where I can start testing it. The car is by no means finished nor do I feel that it is maxed out. I have a set of Koni 2817's for the car, Camber plates front and rear and a speedway engineering rear bar, I have pretty much all of the components for a maxed out suspension. I have not weighed the car yet, but if I can make the process weight of 2380, the car should be pretty fast. With a header, an Intake and a 2.5 Inch Exhaust the car put down 185.5 at the wheels on a dyno dynamics dyno. I still have not done the computer but I feel that I can pick up a few extra whp with that mod.
If a 300ZX can make 250whp ( I don't know if that is even possible) and weighs 3250 that is 13 pounds per whp. The Celica at weight currently is at 12.83 lbs per WHP.
I am waiting for someone to bring out an RSX. I have seen k20's (RSX type-S Engine) make over 220 at the wheels with headers, and intake and K-pro (computer) all day long some even make more. At process weight that comes out to 12.11 lb per hp, even better then the Celica.
My friends Type-R with bolt ons and a computer made 197 WHP at process weight that is 12.83 lbs per hp exactly the same as the Celica.
If a 328 can make 225 at the wheels (my 1995 M3 with an Intake and an exhaust made 225 whp) then it would have 12.6 lb per hp so it is right in line with the Celica, RSX and the Type-R.
I think that part of the atraction of ITR is all of the different types of cars in the same class. A BMW makes power differently from a, Mustang which makes power differently from a 300ZX which is different from a 944, etc, etc... Obviously the lack of torque is a big issue for the high reving cars but that should be offset by their relative lack of abuse on brakes and tires. I guess we will have to see how it all works when we get the car on track next month.
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