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Originally Posted by strat61caster
You can output a lot of BHP if it only has to last 1,000 miles and if you can spend five to six figures building each unit, it's not a useful comparison imho.
380+ horsepower with a restrictor plate for the record;
https://toyotagazooracing.com/wrc/cars/2020/
2019 WRC championship averaged about 200 miles per rally and allowed 3 engines for each car for the whole season of <2800 miles of racing.
Plenty of 'headroom' if you're in for 1k mile engine rebuilds I suppose. |
IMHO, I think that there will about 20 or 30bhp lurking in the engine due to emission control etc. So get the breathing right and a small tune, perhaps a slightly bigger turbo will see some gains.. I'm just really hoping that it lives up to its current spec..and fingers crossed, Toyota may build one without the rear seats and other lightweight goodies.. and sell it as a 'track-lite' road version...
When I look back at previous homologated cars such as the Cosworths, E30 M3s, Subarus, Mitsubishis, Lancias etc.. all had conservative bhp for the road versions but easily let up extra bhp through aftermarket tuning..