ok i was reading an article on the MSP and as a side note it had something about someone getting 500 HP out of a MP3

who did this, and does anyone have any info on it??

-Jason

 

The engine couldnt hold 300 hp let alone 500hp.


WAKE UP

 

hey thats exactly what i thought so dont go blaiming me for the article, i only wish i remember which article it was. how many mags issued the MSP this month i'll go and check them all for the line.

shooting the messanger....dammit.

-Jason

 

What I was told from Jim at Sunbelt performance the stock motor can handle up to 250 HP with a turbo psi would be about 10.

to achieve anything over 250 or more you need to change the valves, rods, pistons for more boost. Clucth to a stage 2 or 3. Stand alone computer stock cannot handle changing the fuel curve.


PS What ever you can do to a Honda Motor we can due to ours it all depends on how much $$$$$$$$ you have.

Think + instead of -

If you read about tripoint and foos they are running now 300 HP on a non turbo motor. Oh and they are not the japenese spec Protege motors either.

 

You upgrade the heads and the block enough our motor should handle more than 500HP. But at that level of HP you will also need to upgrade almost all of the drivetrain components to handle that much horsepower. It would cost more money than it is worth on a FWD vehicle.

 

i totaly agree.

u need serious cash, and a die hard love for a protege to get 500 horses outta it, there are alot cheaper ways to go about getting a car so quick and it starts with a better car. ( not ragging on the pro in any way) its just a fact oflife.

 

Speaking of more power, about how much more horses would high-compression pistonts give me? Also, what would have to be done to the engine? Would $2-3 grand be enough?

 

To install high compression pistons at a shop will probably cost around $1,500 or so. They will have to do a lot of work to put the new pistons in. I would estimate around 10hp. I don't believe I have actually seen anyone do a dyno with the upgraded pistons. Remember the JSpec car they are off of is only doing around 170hp at the crank and that is with upgraded cams and stuff like that. You want power go get a turbocharger. You want a challenge (expensive) then go naturally aspirated.

 

In one of my Super Street mags. there is a Tripoint MP3 with just over 500hp. I've seen it also.

 

The engine was built, obviously.... Yes, it's in the super street magazine article.

 

Yeah. Thats kind of like calling a NASCAR vehicle a 700hp Taurus (I'm not sure if that is right, I don't really watch Nascar so I made it up.). Its almost right but its oh so wrong.