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Originally Posted by strat61caster
300 bhp (at the crank), I agree, should be possible with some bolt ons and e85.
300 whp I'll bet against, that's almost what the wrc car puts out, someone will try and I bet it blows.
They can't make a profit overbuilding the engine compared to the wrc version. I guarantee it has cheaper pistons and rods and a less aggressive cam, I wouldn't be surprised if the wrc cars have intakes/exhausts sculpted by hand and checked on flow benches while the consumer products will make sacrifices for mass production.
Please show me the +20hp header without a tune, I must have missed that one.
There will be so few of these made that the aftermarket will be weak aside from stuff that can be easily brought over like coilovers due to shared tnga components. |
the wrc version has a massive restrictor. They made it 3 mm bigger and it added 70 hp. Unrestricted it could put out stupid power.
The wrc version is hand built and I am sure they use every trick in the world to strengthen everything. It will not be anything near that. I mean compared to a normal street engine.
There is a lot they cannot change because of homologation rules, so that helps in a lot of different ways. You are also assuming the rating they are advertising now is what the car actually has at the crank. Who knows if that is true, but it seems most turbocharged cars understate their actual power.