I know I'm going to catch slack for ripping fours but...YOU HAVE A 4 BANGER! Look I have nothing against the duke engine. It's good on gas and enough pick up to motor around but if you wanted to race people you should have started with a 6cyl. Example....Galen doesn't like to race or drive particularly fast but he loves the looks of the fiero.....so he bought a 4. That's perfect for him. I on the other hand like to drive fast so when I decided i Wanted a fiero I was getting a 6 or I wan't getting one. To anwser your question their is no possible way you should be able to keep up with any model supra.
Originally posted by firstfiero: I know I'm going to catch slack for ripping fours but...YOU HAVE A 4 BANGER! Look I have nothing against the duke engine. It's good on gas and enough pick up to motor around but if you wanted to race people you should have started with a 6cyl. Example....Galen doesn't like to race or drive particularly fast but he loves the looks of the fiero.....so he bought a 4. That's perfect for him. I on the other hand like to drive fast so when I decided i Wanted a fiero I was getting a 6 or I wan't getting one. To anwser your question their is no possible way you should be able to keep up with any model supra.
Unless the guy with the supra is horrible at shifting... I mean, if he misses some gears...... well, actually... you don't have anyway of keeping up with him. Maybe if his engine blew...
I'm hoping that question was a joke. I have a 4cyl, and all i can ysa is... Um, no.
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Report this Post07-19-2001 04:48 PM
Galen
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You're right.. I'm not exactly particular about really fast. But, I do however enjoy curvy roads. Other than the fact I find Fiero's plain out beautiful, is why I got a Fiero. kinda 50/50 on being happy about having a 88. I might one day do a engine swap. If I do its either gonna be a 3800 S/C or a N*. In either case, I will still drive it as much as I do now.
hey you want some advice, put a sbc in that damn thing and youll eat up supras all day long. Sh!t you could even be horrible at shifting and still win. Even brand new supras only have 305 HP. Emagine a SBC with 305 HP. But look at whos car is lighter. If your serious about speed do it right. What do you guys think. J
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GTMike Member
Posts: 626 From: denver, co, usa Registered: Jun 2001
well if you already have the v6 i think i would go with the stage 1 turbo for design one. 3100 bucks. 14 hours install.
or 3800 sc. 2100 for kit. at least 2000 for engine. and at least 100 hours laber. that doesn't include exaust and stuff. im guessin it would cost over 5000 and 100 hours of laber.
0-60 in less than 6 sec with a turbo is the way i would go.
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1FST2M6 Member
Posts: 3905 From: Dallas, GA. Registered: Jan 2000
OH come one guys.. he's got an IRON duke.. that'll smoke anything on the road! I've had a couple honda friends of mine want me to swap our set up into their cars!! HELLA displacement and high revs...
LONG LIVE THE DUKE!
oh crap... my nose keeps on hitting the monitor...
Originally posted by JayUSA77: hey you want some advice, put a sbc in that damn thing and youll eat up supras all day long. Sh!t you could even be horrible at shifting and still win. Even brand new supras only have 305 HP. Emagine a SBC with 305 HP. But look at whos car is lighter. If your serious about speed do it right. What do you guys think. J
Small Block Chevy I was looking at quarter mile times on for Supras yesterday. Basically to beat an 80's Supra turbo (stock) you have to run in the high 14's. To beat a newer one you have to be about a second quicker.
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Shaun41178 Member
Posts: 1285 From: Whiney McWhinersons Moms Coochie Registered: Jan 99
I raced a modded MKIII Supra back when I lived in Toledo twice in the same night. I have a V6 and let me tell you if I didn't have Nitrous I would have been smoked and he even had 2 passengers. To keep up with a MKIII Supra you have to be high 14's. You want to be it you will have to be mid to low 14's if not faster.
I was running about 14.6 at the time I ran that supra and I beat him by half a car from 45-85 the first time we raced and the second time we raced I took him by two cars(he might have missed a shift) But without my nitrous I would have gone home with my tail between my legs. Dump that 4 banger if you want to go fast in a straight line. You dont' stand a chance
If you want to race a MK4 supra anytime you will need to run at least 13's if that supra is BPU. BPU+++ and you will need low 12's and 117-120 trap speeds to hang with one. They have killer top end
MkIII supras had around 230-240 hp from the factory and the MK4 had 320 if I am not mistaken from the factory. Correct me if I am wrong
------------------ Shaun 85 GT with nitrous 0-60 in 5.6 seconds Preferred Performance
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saleenfiero Member
Posts: 451 From: Medicine Hat, Alberta, CANADA Registered: Sep 2000
Why anyone's even thinking of taking on the 4th gen or even 3rd gen supras is insane. Anyone who tunes a 4th gen supra with a few simple turbo upgrades and an exhaust job will be hard competition for a viper. Anything short of the Purple Pavement Eater would surely be sucide in a race.
thanks for the info on the sbc I was talking to a friend today about making a 88 fiero formula a drag car ! and we are doing it ! we are putting a 1969 352 Chevy in ! we are rebuilding it now , we are trying to make it around 700 hp ! then NOS 25 pound 1 shot ! this IS NOT A JOKE ! it will probably take a year or so to finish put we're doing it ! I will show pics when we start .
