Nitto Jotech Modified tC (500 hp)
 

i posted these photos in general but they belong here. sry if it's a repost.

(on the way to 600 hp).

http://www.jotechracing.com/html/pro...ID=55&offset=0

I dont like the nasty 20 inchers on it... but I love the car! They are doing some nice work there!

ya its a repost about 2-3 months ago or something

thanks irvine, was new to me...2 to 3 months ago i was tuning an audi....i imagine i'm gonna have a lot of reposts. bear with me.. still....500 f'ing hp! jeez.

wonder what the engine build up cost would be....

Wait, is that an entirely new engine block? Would that just be the tC's platform?

stock engine block /head with: bloci guard, rods, pistons, head work: stock cams, and stock vibration damper.....

actually this engine has AEBS sleeves, a little more involved than just a block guard, but I would assume that just a block guard would hold up to the 500 they are currently making.

right sleeved... still for a first try, cams, alone could add 25+ HP... this engine takes to a turbo like my home boys to some fresh eye candy...

its actually 533 whp, and 600hp to the crank.

you realize that you would be in the 4-5 grand range for the block and machine work. Add in the Motec, the one-off intake and exhaust mani, and you're pressing 9 to 10 grand for the motor alone.

So... that's the point? If you're pushing 500+ hp obviously money isn't the problem!

An M5 would still cost more for less hp.

Say everything else is stock, this would make that tC about 30,000 dollars? Actually, for:

Than that would put the price of that tC at $26,456. Not bat at all!

But let us be pessimistic, spend twice the cost of the car on mods, add to the price of the car and thats about 50,000 for a 600 hp car. It's not a bad deal in my opinion.

geez lets get serious if a tC can last 5000 miles with 500+ HP I'd eat my hat. The BMW can go 200K with at least 400 HP. Anybody that kind of money on a tC must be either A) sponsored or B) insane. I'd take the M3 anyday. There is more to like then gross HP, or we would all have 1969 396 Novas 500 WHP no problem.

agreed, one could have a 600 hp, one of a kind tC or a bloated chevy corvette or mediocre mercedes. hmmmm, tough call. not!

even at $65,000.00, it's still a bargain. of course, then it competes with the cls.
http://www.mbusa.com/brand/models/CLS500C.jsp

but i'd still take 600hp over wood trim.

600 HP that can only go down a 1/4 mile. I'd rather have a 440 Mopar and a M3 for the hotties. You guys keep on making like this is a car... it is a FULL RACE MACHINE NOT CAPABLE OF DRIVING ON PUBLIC ROADS OR WORKING ON PUMP GAS.

Here is a dose of reality pump drags, where they drive to the track, have the tank filled with 93 octane. Fastest forced induction car last year? STOCK auto LS1 Vette with supercharger and slicks high 10's. the ONLY Asian car to make it was a single Supra running mid 11s... That's the reality or what is drivable and on pump gas, meaning NO ASIAN car no mater the $$$$$ are as quick as a stock LS1 with supercharger and slicks. Which ahem is stone stock out side of the mods listed with a/c etc...

600hp is for the track. I'd take my 106hp Civic LX (slightly modded with some bird poop and a bit of duct tape) over that 600 hp tC ANYday.. because I will probably never race on a track professionally.

But you gotta admit, if you were some company looking to join some race with some car, the tC isn't all that bad of an investment. Save some bucks from modding up a benz or something eh? True, money doesn't really matter if you're some big company, but for a smaller company... like you said, oldman, this car really takes to turbo. This would probably deter said company from buying a Civic EX (if I'm right... such high compression in the EX engine would not be condusive of a turbo).

What does that mean? The tC is cooler than a civic!

right, street is where I spend 99.99% of my time, comparing the WHP of a RACE car to something like a tweaked M3 is insane! The M3 is a better CAR, and not too bad a drag racer..

dude, i was speaking in terms of where would my money go in a perfect world. of course i can't drive that car to albertson's to get eggs and milk. by the same token, i wouldn't do it in the LS1 either. it's still a vette, and i'm not a bleached blond chick or an elderly banker.

jk, bro, it's just a perfect world where i can choose between the nitto/jotech tc, a supercharged vette and a clk.

In a perfect world, um I'd still take the M3.... just me.

Jeez, you're fast, oldman.. makes me feel old..

Anyhow, I'm still talking about track cars. I meant to compare to drag M3's. There was that one comparo of super fast cars on C&D where the M3 came in last. It also cost more than the Lancer Evolution that came in second. My point is that, still for some company out there or some club or some random team, the tC is NOT a bad deal.

Of course, an LS1 would probably be better to race and save money... but come on, this is the tC's forums!