thrash;288829 wrote:
[i.e. more power than most of the 5.0 V8s Ford was putting in Fox mustangs...]

Only 15 more but less torque. I imagine it has a higher redline than the 302's 5500.

thrash;288829 wrote:
Formula 1 is running 2.4 liter V8s. They are making around 800hp, iirc.

They make that kind of power by revving the nuts out of them tho.

Cobra Rob;288813 wrote:
3.6 L V8 is tiny what the HP

Yea, it is small. They switched from the 3.6 (89-91) to the 4.2l (92-94and 97-present) later on. Its been redesigned like 4-5times, going from belt to chain driven, and a twin turbo rendition, from radical cams as well, on up to direct injection now.

Good motors, they respond well to intake/upper end mods, heads flow very well, and they like to rev like nuts from the factory.

Also, the motor is all aluminum (audiworld is wrong) and high silicon content block (~15%) which allowed them to acid-treat the cylinder walls, making most of the exposed wall silicon, and incredibly tough/durable, and some motors themselves run past 300k, the rest of the car, another story...

[i.e. more power than most of the 5.0 V8s Ford was putting in Fox mustangs...]

Formula 1 is running 2.4 liter V8s. They are making around 800hp, iirc.

thrash;288674 wrote:
+1 on old Audis!

One thing that made a HUGE difference on my B3 platform car was going to solid mounts in the CAs and subframes. 034motorsport has solid aluminum subframe mounts; putting these in took an incredible amount of slop out of the handling. They also had some nice CA bushings. Not sure what their D1/V8 parts are like but its worth a look, and if you don't see anything, the motorgeek.com forums are where the 034 guys hang out and you could certainly ask what they have / what adapts / what they can make for you.

the 3.6L V8 also takes nicely to turbo charging.. there are a couple of bi-turbo V8s with that motor running around the USA

Oh, I know, I've seen guys making crap-tons of power with turbos and with centri/roots blowers as well. Wish I could do something like that, but this car isn't a good candidate.

Not sure if you can go solid control arm bushings in my setup? The T44 has a lame front suspension design, and the control arm/swaybar are the only lower mounting structure. its very... odd. to say the least.

I'm on MG often, though. I'll check out 034's stuff again, see if I missed anything.

One thing that made a HUGE difference on my B3 platform car was going to solid mounts in the CAs and subframes. 034motorsport has solid aluminum subframe mounts; putting these in took an incredible amount of slop out of the handling. They also had some nice CA bushings. Not sure what their D1/V8 parts are like but its worth a look, and if you don't see anything, the motorgeek.com forums are where the 034 guys hang out and you could certainly ask what they have / what adapts / what they can make for you.

the 3.6L V8 also takes nicely to turbo charging.. there are a couple of bi-turbo V8s with that motor running around the USA

Grr;288599 wrote:
very nice, i love beater builds

Oh yea, its fun.. nowhere to go but up with a broken down car. Granted, this one is in pretty good shape all around. The V8 have good ratios for stretching its limbs on the freeway.

Spent about 2 hours sanding down that Fiberglass roof. Should be laying the headliner material soon.