[Stan]

>>>Not on the board, but a guy on the SIG posted a 253rwhp in his 2.5l "street" S14. Thats a good 330 flywheel hp out of a NA S14. Wow.<<<

Ralph's car? If so that is a 2.3 sprint race motor with 13.5 :1 compression running straight race gas, fully worked head, knife edged crank, paperweight flywheel, etc, etc. . But he still has that nasty AFM in place, so more is possible!!! Probably not too streetable using pump gas. Likely another chip would be needed.

I wish that more folks had performance measurements on their cars. Cuz peak numbers can get confusing. And then there is gearing.

At the moment my car does easy 5.8 0-60s with potential for going 2-3 tenths quicker with some practice getting off the line. Or a grippier road!! Cuz the launch is so *very* crucial. 60-90 MPH in 3rd takes about 5.3 seconds. It does 60-100 MPH in around 8.2 seconds using 3rd/4th. That's a 0-100 MPH time of about 14 flat, with potential for high 13s against a stocker's 19.5 seconds. An E46 M3 can break 12 seconds to 100 MPH (although some reports show 12.8) and a CSL is supposed to do it in 11 flat. My best 1/4 mile is a 14.17 / high 90s MPH with a 2.26 60 foot time. I think it can potentially do a bit better as I have more top end HP now. Not to mention that some have done 2.0 60 foot times - that would cut about 2 tenths right there.

When I check the datalogger, the best 0-30 times are when I maintained what I thought at the time was moderate wheelspin but for too long - for much of first gear. Theoretically if you can mantain about 10% slip (wheel rpm 10% higher than the noslip RPM) you'd get the best results. Lowered cars likely don't launch well due to camber.

Stan