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Im getting ready to do an engine swap and im looking at either swapping in the 13bt ii or the Killer Bee engine. if u dont know the killer bee is a custom 13b street ported engine that uses a carb.....right now i have a deal for the killer bee, new exhaust and headers, and a weber carb. sad thing is that the killer bee is n/a but i can later on put on a blow-thru turbo....... if i use the killer bee i will have a bhp of 250...what if i used the 13bt ii? if anyone can tell me what would work better plz help me out, also im trying to get high performance without paying way too much b/c next year im going to buy a 3rd gen.
also another question is how can i modify my carb right now on my 12a to get faster acceleration. i was told to cut the spring for my secondaries by 2 coils but i did that and now i just have a massive top speed but absolutely no acceleration. also on the back of the carb theres a switch to activate the secondaries that a spring operated "T" handle is attached too. my "T" at first was not connected so i connected it and i noticed that it didnt do jack for the cars acceleration or top end speed, is it really necessary to have it connected. if u dont know exactly what im talking about ill take a pic of it tomorrow b/c its dark right now. thanks for any advice on this bs.
The difference between a 250hp NA engine and a 250hp TII engine is about 60ft/lbs of torque. The answer to your questions is in your own means. Do you have the time and money to start this project. Obviously, a turbo project will take longer, be more work, and would cost about the same or WAY more...depending how wild you go.......For reliability, definatly the NA.
Honestly, If I were buying a FD in a year I would be saving my pennys now and wouldn't be worrying about hopping up my current car. Unless you are buying a show car, there will be plenty of things you will want and need to do to most every FD you could possibly buy....oh ya and doing a lot of research will help. FD's are a different breed with their own do's and don'ts....And there are a lot more don'ts
Just adding to and waking up an old thread, but I had a custom template made based on the intake ports of one of Nick's Killer Bees. I'm currently rebuilding mine using modified and balanced genesis rotors and rotating assembly for a low HP (low being a theoretical 170whp with my current racing beat Holley setup), high acceleration NA build and basically leaving the ports overall the same Just cleaning up and refining a bit. But thought I'd share some pics and info if it would be helpful to anyone
06-20-04, 10:58 AM
