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Is it wise to put an expensive high output engine into a cheap car?

I'm no racer by any stretch, but I haven't heard of any race cars with a 1000hp engine. As far as business sense goes, it doesn't make a lot of sense to manufacture multiple extremely high power engines and have them sit around waiting for a customer that wants to buy off-the-shelf.

All the best with your search.

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woah hold up u want to put a 1000hp engine in a shit box? ok firstly ull be putting out to much torque.. if its a E/W engine ur lookin at groundint ur engine into front bar. N/S ur looking at twisting ur chassis. if u want power u got to strengthen everything.. driveline, body, brakes. u cant exactly chuck a 1000hp engine into a datto and expect it to last a run.!

even 1000hp on a stock everything else GTR is a bit much IMO.. suspension wise.. prob wont hold up. and brakes wont stop. how will ur mounts hold? the chassis rails r strong but not bullet proof.

dnt go killing urself mate

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Pro Engines will be able to put something together for you, they are down in Queanbeyan (5 minutes out of Canberra).

Its not going to be cheap though... I know someone who recently had a GTR built which is capable of handling this amount of power (engine, driveline etc) and you could probably own 1/3 of a decent house for the money it cost.

If you got the cash, good on ya, keep us updated with how it goes :)

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