600 HP - very do-able, there are streetable cars running around central Carolinas, where I live, with 900+ Hp at the rear wheels. I assume cars like that exist just about everywhere. They aren't very civilized, and not really "daily driveable" -- most in fact are not really easy to drive: the driver has to stay very alert and be careful. And there aren't that many -- probably onlyone or two dozen in the area of maybe4 million population I'm aware of in central NC. But they are licensed and legal and cruising the street.

"Only" 600+ HP usually means a built up big, big, block (572 cubic inch Chevy, etc.) with fuel injection instead of carbs and premium parts throughout - something very do-able with about $20K and lots of time. The only downside is that these tall (decked an inch), deep sump (stroker crank, lots of oil needed for cooling), heavy (all that iron), big block engines really fit only in muscle-car era engine bays such as in Novas, Torinos, and Malibus, etc., or in trucks. Put a SCr on one and you have 800-900+ RWHP (and without stability and traction control, and with very old-fashioned brakes, a real nightmare to control).

My 'vette is quite powerful for a car that drives and behaves completely like stock, but it is not in the same league with cars like these. The Camaro is sort of in between (in power), belonging in the later category as far as rough edges and all goes, but down about 200+ HP from what it really takes for respect at the top end of "street-strip" cars.

 

I wouldn't mind a Nova. Id leave the paint original to make it look nasty but when you drop the gas, your flying. I would only do it at teh strip of course. Drag slicks would be a good idea as well. I have not seen any Novas in a long time though. Are they that rare?

 

yeah Novas are true street monsters, but not really sure why you would waste the gas to run the truck even with a supercharger.....

 

A car that weighs only 2800 lbs with 275 to the crank should run better than 15's in the quarter...

 

My guess would be 14's if not even high 13's with a good driver mod...

 

My car ran a 15.1 weighin 3020 with me in it and only 190 @ the crank...

 

The 67-era Chevy SS was rated 275 HP under the then standard SAE gross HP system, a rating often jokingly called "at the brochure"because it was so overblown. It had no meaning in the real world although generally a car rated 300 HP under than system did have more power than one rated 275, etc.

The 275 Hp gross ratingcorresponds to around 200-210 flywheel in today's SAE net at the flywheel system of measurement.

 

Oooooh...
Gotcha...
That's more of a 14-15 second car then dependin on the driver mod...
Ya'll don't have a very active S&S section do ya'll?
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-Coop

 

The forum used to be more active. Part of the problem is probably that there is some big internet conectivity issue on this and all the other forums driven off this same server-software set (i.e, the Porsche forum, the Camaro and Mustang forums). A big amount of postings never get posted. Not sure what the problem is or when it will be fixed. Very annoying.