turbo

The thing is, once you start swapping engines you can make any car quick. I used to be very much into hot rods. Basically street legal cars (usually really old, like 1930`s -> 1950`s) but with a big block chevy engine (or rover v8) in them. Most decent v8`s can kick out 600bhp in a road going car, which is mind blowing.

Ive a video of when jeremy clarkson used to boast each week on top gear about the latest super cars, so a bunch of hot rodders invited him to get the quickest car he could and bring it to the drag strip and they would teach him a lesson. He turned up in a cyclone pickup which as stock is as quick as a lambo diablo. They pitched it up against a street legal 1934 ford coupe, with a big block hemi engine in it. The bloke was still running his engine in, but he left the cyclone standing as if it was a bus.

One of my favourite hot rods was a completely stock looking ford anglia from the late 60`s. (harry potter car). The bloke fitted an rs500 cosworth engine in it & running gear. But, it looked stock. Around a proper race track, he was something like .4 seconds slower than a forumula 1 car. Amazing when you think he built the anglia in his garden shed.

Ive also seen a mk2 ford escort, space framed, rs500 engine kicking out 500bhp on a race track. That thing looked stock from the outside, but its the quickest car ive ever ever seen. It was leaving a ferrari f40 for dead on the back straight and nothing could keep up with it on the bends. He was getting wheelspin every time he changed gear. I spoke to the owner and he then told me that he also had nitrous on it, but darent use it!

I know another bloke who put an escort cossy engine & 4x4 running gear into a renault 5 gt turbo.

At the end of the day its all down to what money you want to spend on something!