RE: Paeco

From: Jarrid Gross (Yorba Linda, Ca) (GROSS(at)unit.com)
Date: Tue Mar 04 1997 - 15:06:00 CST


Hey Jay and Alpiners,

Thanks for the uhhh interesting info and specs.

I can see now I've spent too much money on an obviously inferior
endeaver.
I should have just gone straight to them.

I wonder if thier stage 4 really revs to the 9000RPM you would need to
spin to make
161 BHP.

Either that, or thier version of "HP" stands for "Hare" power.
You know small yet equally fierce rabbit.

Jarrid Gross

"This is the fiercest beast in the land."
"Where behind the rabbit?"
"No!, It is the rabbit"

Monte Python The Holy Grail.

Jay wrote....

Ok, before I give you all the Paeco number, I want to reiterate that I
have heard nothing but bad things about them:

Paeco, 2400 Mountain Drive, Birmingham AL 35226
(800) 326-6401 orders
(205) 823-7278 everything else

Open Mon-Fri 8-5

From my 1994 Catalog ($5):
Engine Stage 1 $3500 (110 hp) [street (these comments are from catalog)]
       SRE $4200 (123 hp) [SRE= Super Reliable, Stage 2, detuned to
1]
       Stage 2 $4200 (132) [street and rally, autox, drivers schools
                            built stronger]
       Stage 3 $5000 (145) [racing engine, not suitable for street]
       Stage 4 $5600 (161) [high rpm for scca sprint racing - needing
                             high maintenance, like new bearings every
                             four race weekends]
$900 core charge
Subtract $800-$1000 for kit form

Short block: $1440, $1690, $2040, $2190 (Stage 1, SRE/2, 3, 4)

Aluminum flywheel $400 - old one used as pattern

Weber Kit - Not Available

Headers - $250

Lumenition Ignition $265

Ok, so you are salivating now. Don't say I didn't warn you!
Also, you have to question some of the information. For instance, how
are they planning on making a Stage 4 Alpine engine using Strombergs?

Jay Laifman



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