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could you please help me solve an argument.my mate reckons his mazda 323gtir twr with its 1.6 16v turbo pushin around 230bhp , stripped out interior and 4wd with a diff lock modded with most mod cons a turbo can have hybrid,intercooler,chip,cam etc etc. will out accelerate midrange and whip my top speed against my stripped mk1 that weights about 775kg and has about 275 bhp of naturally aspirated power with throttle bodies wild cams head mods from an ex caterham 2.0 16v. basically he reckons when he comes on boost he,ll be gone.
but i think when mine comes on cam @4000rpm and pulls like a train untill 8500rpm im thinking different
 please tell me what you all think. :?

275 bhp 8O surely that will tear the front off your car   . Bet it makes a nice noise with the throttle bodies. Really the only way to find out is to drag race them - on an airfield obviously. Would have thought your car is a lot lighter, even stripped out your mate still has turbo gear and 4wd to haul around. Having said that when you get into these power figures, you need to be able to deploy the power effectively to use it and 4wd ain't bad for that. Presumably its a heavily modded 323 (by Tom Walkinsaw Racing?), usually see 323's being driven by hairdresser or OAPs  

Cheers

yeah thats the right twr 323 but if you saw it you wouldnt think it was a hairdressers car he has latley stripped the interior and fitted buckets and he reckons its light as a feather yet he knows my golf rear can be lifted of the ground with your bare hands and my power to weight ratio is stupidly high hopfully when finished we will go head 2 head.i think he might cry when i beat him or hell be pissed

Yes, it would be foolish to call anything TWR a hairdressers car   . Post some pics of your car, sounds a bit of a beast.

Cheers

Santa pod, on a run what ya brung day! best way to settle it really….

just make sure you video it so you can watch your Mk1 beat him over and over again  

If you can keep the wheels from spinning too much you should take him. His car can't be much less than a tonne. Seeing as yours is only 3/4 the weight with more power, he'll need more than 4wd and a blower to take you in a race.
That said 275bhp in a 775kg car will likely need a fairly trick diff to help you get the power on the road? Thats huge power for such a light car, it must be very lively !!

yeh its got a quaife atb lsd and when im gonna be racing i can even take the bonnet offbut i think im going to need more weight not take it off for more traction of the line its a tricky one to figure

you cant argue with quaife products! how you planning on getting more weight over the front axle?

baddub we HAVE to see some pics of your car and its lump!!

(if you need somewhere free to upoad your pics to, try www.photobucket.com)

its a work in progress at the mo the engine is being rebuilt at the mo but if you want i can put some pics of the actual car engine will have to come later . i dont have any ideas on how to get weight over the front wheels without slowing it down when the car goes back on the road it will have a fibreglass front end if you have ideas let me know