well, someone wants to beat me good... ive been working to have the fastest capri on this side of the mississippi river for the past 2.5 years... and i think, I THINK, i may hold that title...
im currently making about 220 or so to the wheels and have a best time in the 1/4 mile of 12.88 ....i also have a high compression b6-t with a mitsubishi 14b (405 cfm) turbocharger
and about 6,000 invested into the car as a whole....
now rocket is right, you will not build 500 hp with this motor.. or any non honda 1.6 litre engine that i know of ...well i take that back a fully built and tweaked isuzu 1.6 from a lotus
m-100 may handle 500 but not a pony more....
now that being said, with only the 220.. i crush 300hp cars all the time due to the power to weight factor (one example would be a wrx sti)
they run good times, but in the 300 hp stock trim there not running a 12.8 and if they are, they got some sticky assed tires and one hell of a driver behind the wheel.... another would be a 350z with its 280hp they are decent 13.5 cars but not fast...
i had a sort of rivalry going with a friend here in lexington from st.louis... he has an srt4 caliber making 310 to the wheels. and he beats me by about 2 cars every time. but there again lighter than a sti or evo, but heavier than a capri xr2...
to put it into perspective the opposite way, 2 years ago, another friend of mine. built a ford festiva with a B6T in the nose, and only had an ecu,downpipe,intercooler with hard pipes and an intake the car only made about 170-180 hp.. but a gutted and fabed up festy weighs only 1600lbs
that car ran a 12.5 @110 so you can see power to weight ratio makes a world of difference when it comes to making a "FAST" car....
the festiva....
my capri...
boy, id love to see you do it...Joe...RCICustoms