Quote Originally Posted by hmd View Post
John,

First of all you are starting at a relative high base ~230bhp. Second of all talk to Spencer Harrison he runs very wild camshafts on his k-jet Carrera 3.
The 2 main thing would be can you get the weight down and will 225/50/16 tyres cope with the v8 power.

There are several cars (eg. 2.7's/Shelby's/TVR/Morgans) putting more hp than that through less tyre.