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Originally Posted by DAEMANO
1. A person would have to accept all the above assumptions to agree to your point. Not very convincing. Not likely to happen.
2. You're thinking like someone who mods cars and not like an OEM. More power = dirtier emissions, greater tarrifs, and most importantly, greater cost. Not only because of the above mention considerations, but also due to changes needed to supporting vehicle components to make a more powerful car reliable enough to put a warranty on it.
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1. Go read Rennlist.
2. Wait, how is an X51 911S not OEM?
3. 430/3.8=113, okay that's not 120, but again, the Porsche has much less RPM to work with and this number is not as hard to increase as you think. Emissions is not a concern at 8000rpm, the OEM can do whatever they want if the valvetrain and head can provide stable combustion at low speed.
4. Honda knows how to make a good engine, probably better than Porsche does. The Earthdreams K24 is very powerful considering how low its rev limit is, and Honda knows how to make high revving engines too.
5. I agree that there's R&D and stuff, but isn't the choice to not invest in that because Honda doesn't desire to make a powerful NA engine? By definition..