I put that information in the text:
…but it’s not in the bullet list.
…I’ll put it in the bullet list.
Edit: If any of you who already submitted had the same confusion, I’ll give you an additional free revision.
I did go pretty hard on fuel mixture for my car, not having running costs in mind at all. Even so, I’ll leave it as I sent it in because POWAAAH = Wheelspin and wheelspin is good 
I’m working on something for this challenge. After all, who doesn’t like doing burnouts?
ummm… i guess… me
my car has less than 15% wheelspin…
i threw wheelspin out the window because ‘actual decent acceleration’
@Mr.Regulars voice
oooooohhhh
soooooooo fannnnnnnnceeeeeeehhhhh
[quote=“koolkei”]
ummm… i guess… me
my car has less than 15% wheelspin…
i threw wheelspin out the window because ‘actual decent acceleration’[/quote]
I’m near 90% wheelspin, and acceleration is nothing special because of that.
90% wheelspin, Jesus!
I’m at 60% or slightly above, and that’s with a 4.8L V8 on 225mm tyres.
What manner of budget are we running to get that into a car?
I feel this whole 1.8L turbo 4 banger is like bringing a potato gun to a bazooka fight 
Should I strip the rear seats out and replace the front ones with a bench?
I managed to shoehorn a 3 liter V6 into the budget, in a 4 door car. Still, to use Strop’s analogy, if Tom’s brought a v8 to the party, and Strop has the turbo 4-cyl, and they’re the bazooka and the potato gun respectively, I’ve shown up with a slingshot.
I got a 5.4L V8 into the car at first, but with the $12,000 limit, I had to cut that out so that wheelspin wasn’t effectively the only criteria I filled.
Fun fact: the body I used (the Peugeot hatch) can somehow fit a 10.5L+ V8 in the engine bay, though part of the intake ends up sticking out through the hood.
I’m convinced Strop is still making more power than me, though If you’re gonna go for a V8, you can’t put expensive parts into it, otherwise there’s no way you’re gonna meet the 12.000$ price limit.
oh gawd… and i showed up just to run away. 
a 2 liter 100+hp FWD hatcback here
i tried to make a quick test of a cheap big engine v8…
made a 447HP out of a 6.3l V8… getting wheelspin up to 87.5%…
but. everything on minus and still sells for $12400. lower drivability, lower prestige, lower durability, lower cargo volume , nearly double the running cost.
nope not worth it…
so i submitted mine…
until i realized… no one said i have to use 91 octane fuel… just unleaded… god derp. resubmitting
There’s no way a 4.5L v8 is making less than 200hp. Wait, I forgot, this is the 90s, so I guess there is a way 
still. I feel compelled to up it a bit. My car only wheelspins at like 38%. It is kind of using pretty fat rear tyres though… And does 0-100 in 6.2s. So tell me, is it worth putting more donk in it?
[quote=“strop”]
There’s no way a 4.5L v8 is making less than 200hp. Wait, I forgot, this is the 90s, so I guess there is a way still. I feel compelled to up it a bit. My car only wheelspins at like 38%. It is kind of using pretty fat rear tyres though… And does 0-100 in 6.2s. So tell me, is it worth putting more donk in it?[/quote]
It’s a 4.8L and yes, it does make quite a bit more than 200hp. I thought you’d go a bit harder on the boost, though. I was expecting something like 350-400hp from your engine and that would definitely be more than I got 
As the contest organizer, all I have to say is (a) my Pteropus GT (ineligible) reference car uses the 1525cc I4 block from the Sell on Monday, Win on Sunday competition (okay, technically, the engine family is 1994 instead of 1993, but same dimensions, materials, and valvetrain), so don’t feel like you have to go high engine capacity and (b) I have confidence in your ability to make a fun car for me to review.
I decided to do the opposite from what everyone is doing, so I just picked a car that was already made and that will fail miserably at this challenge.
So I present the Quark 1.6 EX, with 89 hp from it’s 1.6 SOHC engine. All of that power goes to the front wheels via a 5-speed manual gearbox. And now I ran out of things to say about this car. Some pictures then:
That’s exactly what happened. I went with less cylinders and decent quality, and that’s turned out better than a low quality V8 could have. The engine I went with is about 1/4 of the car’s weight and makes 400+ hp, so there’s that…
[quote=“Leonardo9613”]I decided to do the opposite from what everyone is doing, so I just picked a car that was already made and that will fail miserably at this challenge.
So I present the Quark 1.6 EX, with 89 hp from it’s 1.6 SOHC engine. All of that power goes to the front wheels via a 5-speed manual gearbox. And now I ran out of things to say about this car. Some pictures then:
[/quote]
ummm
- that’s an eco car, not really a car made for hooning?? also, getting 20% efficiency in 1994… that’s something man
- 89hp from a 1.6l still have a higher specific power output than my engine. that’s 55 hp per liter.
my first engine design… 2 liter 4 stroker with a 102HP. that’s 51hp per liter (i kinda upped it now though)
Yup, totally an eco car, not designed to hooning at all, well at least I sent the manual version, would have been even worse if I had used a 4-speed automatic. The car isn’t even a 1994 model, I had made it to balance the somwos, so it is a 93 model with a 92 engine. That is why I think it will fail miserably. Or maybe it won’t.
And @nialloftara, more power = better, I would say.
I think the first one looks hoonier, but as far as power goes, probably the second. There’s no replacement for displacement when it comes to burning rubber.