15's possible on auto SOHC (1/4 mile)?

No, the DOHC wouldn't have existed if it weren't for the SOHC. So, no SOHC, no 3000GT.

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Originally Posted by stealthee

No, the DOHC wouldn't have existed if it weren't for the SOHC. So, no SOHC, no 3000GT.

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I don't really think it's valid to make an assumption like that. Saying that the DOHC simply would never have existed if the SOHC didn't isn't true... it just happened that the SOHC did exist prior to the DOHC. Saying the 3000GT wouldn't have existed without the SOHC engine also doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me.

But anyway, back on track. The SOHC is the weak link in the platform. IF the SOHC was the only engine in the platform, maybe the modding would be justified... but when there's another trim level with a DOHC TT motor and an AWD drivetrain, it doesn't make much sense to go all out on the weakest engine and longest transmission.

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Originally Posted by x2xtreme360

Saying that the DOHC simply would never have existed if the SOHC didn't isn't true... it just happened that the SOHC did exist prior to the DOHC.

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You're making an assuption with a stretch there. Mitsubishi had the tooling for the engine BECAUSE of the SOHC.

Another question I've seen people with 187-196 whp DOHCs with stock injectors. Do the SOHCs have the same injectors and if I do all those mods they should be more then enough?

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Originally Posted by SOHC

Another question I've seen people with 187-196 whp DOHCs with stock injectors. Do the SOHCs have the same injectors and if I do all those mods they should be more then enough?

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based on what I have heard the SOHC injectors are slightly smaller than DOHC injectors, but just putting DOHC injectors on will be a waste of money with out some way to get more air in cause your engine is already on the rich side of things.

SOHC injectors are identical in size to DOHC injectors. They are both 210 CC.

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Originally Posted by stealthee

SOHC injectors are identical in size to DOHC injectors. They are both 210 CC.

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Awesome, I take it they should be enough then?

Yeah, they're plenty big enough for anything you're looking at. The only way you'd need to upgrade injectors would be if you went FI or Nitrous...

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Originally Posted by 11secondFWD

Oh, if you haven't dont those then I dont know if you are going to have luck. And do not waste money on them. A vr4 can be had for cheap. Keep the basic mods and keep the car daily like stealthee said. Also, if you pursue this the best mod to tranny (other than making sure you have a good cooler and temp gauge) is to make a shift box so you have full line pressure shift. It cut a second off my 1/4 mile, the shifts are violent and instantaneous, which is good. All you need is 2 toggle switches, a positive source, and make shift a plug for the tranny so you can switch back to stock with only pulling off an electrical plug. Shift kits and crap are a waste.

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Is this the one? Doesn't seem like the installation should be too bad. I just hope it won't lower the life of the trans "significantly" but I'll throw a trans cooler on there. The shift kit seems like a cheap mod why is it garbage? I've read lots of good things about it on the other >> 3s site.

http://www.importperformancetrans.co...ller-1891.html

lol yea i want you to mod this thing although i do agree its better to just to do a mtx and a fwd tt you be blazing IMO and much more satisfied but its a fun project just being able to say i have the fastest n/a on the planet and would be awsome as well as beating stock TT's with it but the list of mods gos on and on and are way more money for the sohc that makes no sense to me but how i see its that manufacturers look at it as not worth making parts because of no peformance value the sohc was never branded as being a "peformance car" besides why make it for that when the TT's stomp it already its all custom work and that cash down the drain. if you have to mod it id say do a single turby or supercharged :)