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Originally Posted by unstable bob gable
I remember seeing a Cosworth Vega in a magazine years ago, and the owner had ditched the stock FI for some side draft Webers. Had all kinds of other mods, too. Pretty neat car from what I remember.
And to see a Vega now a days that hadn't rusted on the show room floor is just plain good.  |
all true!
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Originally Posted by Blacdout96
600 lbs. difference stock. Cozy Vega is 2700 lbs. stock, Opel is 2100 with the 1.9 Litre, and in the teens with the 1.1 Litre engine and options missing.
Power to weight ratio
DZ 302 Camaro - 0.10 hp/lbs. ( w/ 400hp and 3,765 lbs.)
Opel/Cozy engine - 0.12 hp/lbs ( w 240hp and 1,900 lbs.)
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I love weight talk. a race trim z28 is probably closer to 3200 lbs. it's longer & wider too, I'd guess and that should help on a road course, at least to offset some of the weight. To be apples to apples let's estimate a basic race trim z28 with a far more reliable drive train
600hp / 3200 = 0.1875 hp/lbs
550 / 3200 = 0.1719
huh.
vega has a half decent suspension for racing. not sure what the opel has or how easy it is to get parts. can you even get parts for it? you cannot overlook the entire package in the single name of weight.
plus it would be silly to take apart a good cosworth vega. it's a cool little car.
I'd rather build a mustang II with an LS motor in it. put some stickies on it and some other stuff and go racing. far better than an old opal and a troublesome cosworth motor. An ecotech, a honda vtec or hell even a full built quad 4 is better. I can think out of the box. But you have to identify the bad, more expensive, albeit maybe 'cooler' boxes lol
different can be cool. the cosworth vega is cool. a fiero with a northstar or lsx for instance. it can be stupid too, like a 3rd gen with 24s on it, one with a turbo 2.8L.
I'll take cubic displacement for $500 Alex.