turbo...

[JoshS]

My bet - 3.0L twin turbo 135i BMW...:-) Might just make the weight too!

I'll eat my BMW hat if anyone gets a 135i within 300 lbs of that minimum weight. No way!

[Chip42]

but the mill might fit in an old E30 and that should make the weight, right?

eek.

[DoubleXL240Z]

DOOOOOOOOHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

[mossaidis]

LOL! I gonna let this pot boil a little longer... Any more ideas?

Also, it seems we can take a rotary and place a HUGE turbo on it with a 33m plate and still run at 2200lbs... there's another idea.

[Chip42]

Also, it seems we can take a rotary and place a HUGE turbo on it with a 33m plate and still run at 2200lbs... there's another idea.

the theory is that there's a maximum HP potential for a given inlet, regardless of the type of heat engine you are feeding. barring heat-recovery setups like power plants use, I think it's probobly close to accurate. If someone has differing information that says a Wankel makes more power than an Otto or Diesel under this limit, please speak up, loudly.

[Chip42]

Any more ideas?

Mitsubishi 6G72/DOHC a'la 3000GT VR4 in an eclipse?
Toyota 2JZ-GTE in a 1985 corolla RWD (why you would do this I don't know) or lexus IS300?

I think both of the above would be too heavy, and I don't know how the rules work with twin, non-sequential turblows. I think smart money is on the N54/55 BMW right now.

[Matt93SE]

Ron Pawley runs an IS300 with a 2JZ turbo in it. ex Grand-Am car from what I understand. faaaaast on the straights.

[Z3_GoCar]

LOL! I gonna let this pot boil a little longer... Any more ideas?

Also, it seems we can take a rotary and place a HUGE turbo on it with a 33m plate and still run at 2200lbs... there's another idea.

So, to follow this up: Since the twin-turbo N-54 is basically an M-54 with a twin-turbo kit on it. Can you start with a M-54 as a base and add the turbo to it?

[Greg Amy]

Can you start with a M-54 as a base and add the turbo to it?

Negative. "Turbochargers may not be added to engines that did not originally come equipped with one."

[benspeed]

Greg - the 968 came as a Turbo RS version but only a dozen or so were built. Does that qualify?

[mossaidis]

Negative. "Turbochargers may not be added to engines that did not originally come equipped with one."

Bingo - that is the answer to my question. I didn't see it inthe ST rules, but I didn't look that hard either.