Tell you what; I'll offer you a little incentive to get your goal accomplished. I'll encourage you the entire summer to do whatever you can to that stout little 4-banger. Post up your best Time-Slip with video of the car running that time to back it up, and I'll reply with a similar post up of one of my timeslips. We could call it a cross-country grudge match (??).


PS: The Satellite now runs a fairly stout 451; so you may need to wield your biggest hammer in getting the turbo car ready.

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We are not going to be able to get the car to beat your stroker motor this year in an even up race. We don't have the time or money. My son is 19 and a full time student. He also works 7 days a week.
Next year I'll take a shot at your offer. For now the goal is to run 12's. The motor is stock with a stage 2 computer. $150. Now we are bolting on a set of drag radials $350. I am hoping to get in the 12's with not much else but to run 11's and give your BB a run for the money we will have to buy some parts.
Maybe next year.

Is that a Turbo III motor with the intercooler? A buddy of mine had one from new with a 5 spd and with stock internals and some tweeking it ran IIRC high 12's and drove to work every day for over 100,000 miles. He sprung for the MP Performance ECU for it and said it was a waste of money. Basically zero gains for the $$.

His son has a turbo Neon (SRT4?)that runs mid to hi 12's when the clutch is fresh and it doesn't have anything exotic either.

Kevin

It is a turbo 2 intercooled motor. I'm planning on getting it into the 11's but to safely do that it needs new rods and pistons. These cars are much easier and cheaper to hot rod than the old muscle cars.It would take thousands of dollars to run 12's with a 340 or 383 muscle car.