Beretta Turbo
- Thread starter Keiffith
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BMF_Racing
ONE B.M.F.
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- Apr 26, 2006
Are you still thinking a turbo Buick v6 for the powerplant? If so, when you say 500 hp, I can only assume you mean at the wheels and 93 octane. These are very conservative hp #'s and will be very easy to do. Not sure if an aluminum block would be the best choice for alot of street driven miles, no doubt it will work for sure but a stage 2 block (iron) would be another choice. If there will not be a ton of miles driven it will be just fine. Either way you will have the lowest hp T/A or Staged blocked ever, which only means it should last along time.
I always build everything way overkill, and then never have to work on the cars much, but a T/A or Staged block for only 500 hp seems excessive even to me.
Now if you had future intentions for it to be 800+ hp, I'd say go for it. Either way, should be an interesting project.
Pronto
Believe nothing you hear and half of what you see.
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- Dec 9, 2002
There was a guy around here the did a rwd conversion to a Old's Ingrigue (?) using a Nova subframe. The issue you got is the Berretta's too narrow for that. It might even be too narrow for a V6. How about the drivetrain from a turbo Eco Solstice? The turbo 4 can make alot of power.
the reason why im only aiming for 500hp is because people are running 3400 berettas with about 280, and they are running 13.9's at best. the aim is to have a daily driver that can beat most people out of the hole at a stop light, not to dominate the 1/4 mile. i know a 3.8 will fit, and because the strut towers will not be needed, there is even more room for the engine and etc. A/C will not be on the car, so there is even more room. i would like to have the T/A block thats .20 over and a stroker crank, bringing the displacement to about 4.5L, and allowing me to crank the boost down. the corvette running gear would work very nicely, giving me all that is necessary to make the car RWD and giving me handling to spare without having to cut halfe the car off. so at 500hp and 4.5l with mabye 15 PSI of boost, would the aluminum block handle daily driving?
http://www.turbobuick.com/forums/hybrids/272054-lg3-3-8-turbo-century-build-pictures.html
Something else for you to look at as well. I think this might be a better way to do what you want.
Something else for you to look at as well. I think this might be a better way to do what you want.
dr_frankenstein
Mad Scientist
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- Mar 17, 2008
If you want to spend 100K to do a tube chassis/completely ground up car that just has to be quicker than 13.9 that you don't even plan on racing that much you go right ahead. It's your money. Do whatever you want with it but don't get your undies in a wad when you ask for ideas and don't like what people give you. The car in the video I posted has ran a best of 12.2. That is quicker than 95% of the cars you will ever encounter on the street and nowhere near 100K to put it together.
Don't know how I missed that. I'm glad I had a video to add instead of just copying something already said.
Civette build.
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