i'm aiming for 150 flywheel kW with a lumpy twin cam head on an 10.0:1 A14 bottom end, a TF035HM turbo pushing about 10psi, fuel and ignition management and individual throttles.

and no, i don;t want to hear about 10.0:0 CR and boost. it's all about swirl and squish.

that said, that's a pretty complete A14 in anyone's opinion.

150 flywheel kW out of an A12 with a blow thru weber and not even elec ignition is just...well...not gonna happen.

you also need a lot of torque to run fast times too, power isn't everything. torque is responsible for your performance beyond half track.

nice one Harry!

the poor d1ckheads are gonna have a cry because they're not allowed to be a public menace? puhleese...

how about i smoke em up in the middle of an intersection with YOUR family in an oncoming car - lets see what you have to say about that.

build a car to attract attention and that's what you'll get - attention.

Team_dat and i are planning to put one on an A14 with a lumpy cam, so yes.

i have driven plenty of hot and loud and attention attracting cars, including a 106dB-at-idle large EP RX7.

i have been pulled over more times than i can count.

not once have i left a "random license / breath check" or a "you were doing 64 in a 60 zone" with a yellow or a fine.

it's called the "d1ckhead test". they're bored, end of shift, need a quota...whatever. that's not their fault. just don't have an attitude when they pull you over to give them a reason to say "pop the bonnet, please".

saying dumbarse things like --->

"oh for fukcs sake, this is the third time i've been pulled over in as many days - this had better be good"

or

"don't you guys have some granny bashers to arrest"

or

"another random license check?"

<--- will only land you in the "d1ckhead" category, and the following "pop the bonnet" request.

if they do ask you to pop the bonnet, don't be the aforementioned d1ckhead and say things like --->

"you won't find anything"

or

"don't scratch the paint with your buttons / badge when you lean over the car"

or

"don;t touch anything under there okay? i've just had this thing tuned"

<--- or anything really stoopid like --->

"i'm yet to put this over the pits"

or

"funny thing, i'm just driving to the inspection centre, like, right now...!"

if the officer inspecting under the bonnet says "is that an oil leak?" or "what's that?"...for gods sake, be HONEST.

responses like --->

"i've never noticed that before - maybe it's overspill from when i changed the oil last sunday"

or

"i dunno - the guys at the pits said i needed all the factory emissions equipment so i had to source all this crap that have no idea what it does - so i'd guess that'd be some of that"

<--- will generally see you with a low grunt or a "hmm.." and move onto something else.

put up a fight before the process has begun and you will get stickered for stupid things like chrome wipers, aftermarket guages, detailing wax on the windscreen etc etc.

just be patient. if you were driving a white automatic excel you wouldn't have this problem, would you? so don't think they DON;T have the right to pull you over, because they do. they have an obligation to save a lot of morons from themselves, and potentially innocent motorists and pedestrians.

pass the d1ckhead test 3 times and i guarantee the only people pulling you over are power hungry rookies with "sarge" in the passenger seat calming him donw just having a gander at your car.

then there's the highway patrol - they're a whole other kettle of pigs .... er, i mean fish.

waaaaaaay too big.

go to GTRYDAZ forums or the MRT forums and look out of a TF035HM turbo off the subaru forester - a pair of these with low klms (like 20thou) delivered to my door for $150 each.

T28 compressor - T25 exhuast housing.

now i'm waiting for the post on

"so, how much will all this cost me? can i run a 12? i want to beat my brother's cordia..."

15.0:1 CR? 330bhp NA?

i see a BS flag on the horizon...

turbocharge it.

reliable power with correct tuning and easy torque.

if you use a correctly matched exhaust housing to a nice big compressor A/R like 0.6 or 0.7 then that equals cooler boost.

you can virtually eliminate lag with a correctly sized turbo - and get "free" power to boot.

because there's no money in it.

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no offence Dodgeman, but your idea of "scared sh1tless" is a lot different from mine.

i got bored after a lap passenger-ing in a triple rotor twin turbo cosmo around wanneroo - and that thing had over 350rwhp on tap.

i would say you could "get yourself into trouble" with 80rwhp in a little 1000 or 1200 ute, but "scared sh1tless"...? nuh-uh. no way.