Can a 1987 IROCZ'S 350 engine upgraded of course end up running 10.20's or should you just buy a new engine and start from there?

 

A lawn mower could be made to run 10.20's.

All it takes it $$$.

 

that still doesent solve my problem would it be cheaper to buy lets say a victory racing engine, then inhance a 350?

 

If you want to run 10.20's consistently on your 18yr old car/drivetrain, you are going to have to rebuild/upgrade everything (motor/tranny/rear/suspension)!

So the question is up to you-
Do you want to use totally different pieces (crate motor/aftermarket tranny/ 9" or 12 bolt) and maybe sell what you have to balance out some cost?

or

completely beef up your existing set up ( maybe stroke the motor and build for power adder/ mod tranny bigger stall/ gears-posi strength rear/ suspension upgades)

Either way is possible. Doubt you will get there (reliably/consistently) with out rebuilding existing set up.

Matt

 

id go EVERYTHING new like post above.. might as well do it right the first time...

cory

 

What kinda setup are you looking at? All motor? Nitrous fed? Does the thing have to be able to drive on the street or are you going to trailer it to the track? Because a 10.2 is one hell of a street car. Youre looking at the what 800-900 ish hp with a car this heavy, possibly even more power. Youre not running more then 500 hp through a factory block, and god knows youre not running anything close to that through a factory transmission or rear end.

 

Id be all motor so ill guess ill do what blown3rdgen said and get a victory race engine new tranny and rear end just got to scrape up a hefty amount of dough

 

do you guys think it would be possible to have a street car run 10.2's and still be emmisions legal?

 

Dont count on having a car that runs that fast NA that has anything that resembles street manners. It may be physically possible to drive it on the street but you aint sitting in rush hour traffic in the beast.

The only way to truly make a car run that fast and be streetable is either nitrous or forced induction. My buddies dad has the fastest car in north america that is actually fully driveable on the street, ie he drives it to kentucky and back every year for the Buick meet they have down there. Its a C4 with a 4.1L turbocharged V6 that runs a consistent 9.7 on E/T streets. To be able to go that fast on the track you have to be able to turn it down for the street, either by adjusting your wastegate to change your turbos output or by changing your pulleys on a blower. Turbo cars are probably easier to tune down when you want to go for a sunday drive because theres no changing parts out.

 

The easiest way to run quick and stay emissions legal would be to use a lot of nitrous. Staying emissions legal and running 10's would be pretty tough though.

 

You keep harping on 10.2, what's up with that? Spill the beens and tell us who runs a 10.3 that you want to beat!

 

If you could, I would give Nick and Eric my business at Victory Racing. If you're talking about the place in Michigan. We just got one of their pissed off 385 LT1's fired up last night. Man is that thing wicked.

 

OK you guys caught me I just moved into a new town and all they little ricers (that i have nothing against) rag on my camaro even though it beats the lot of them on the strip. But every saturday this guy brings a suped up evo and i jus wana teach the import guys how its done and so yes Kat you are right. And def rediroc ive been in touch with Eric of victory racing for some time now and im sure once i work out all the details they will be getting my order

 

It can be done with a 350 with a little bit of bottle. I had to drive my car back and forth to work this week due to my daily having problems (45 miles total) and my car had no problems (in traffic,etc). My car is perfectly streetable. Well, except for when it rained...MT ET radials do not work well in the rain.