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16v power debate...reopened!
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that kind of power is totally possible for a race engine. no doubt about it.
i personally saw, briefly drove and crewed for a '76 gt4 rabbit that had 188
dynoed wheel horse (at around 7k) out of its NA 1.6L 8v. the car ran a number
of seasons without a rebuild or DNF and is still going strong.
In a message dated 2/11/2002 4:37:21 PM Eastern Standard Time, UrGTI@aol.com
writes:
Its entirely possible for a motor in race trim like that with frequent
rebuilds on the cards to make that power. Back in 98-99 I belive the Audi A4
BTCC car had 290 HP with a rules mandated rev limit of 8500 its peak power
was at 8200. The motor used was of course the VW 2.0 16v that was actually
destroked yet bored to 85mm and I hear the head barely resembles the original
(lots of welding to reshape the air passages) . One more thing when it says
it uses Bosch Motronic its not the same stuff we get on street cars, its the
programmable stuff, for instance the Audi R8R uses Motronic too.
Jasin
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<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica>that kind of power is totally possible for a race engine. no doubt about it.
<BR>i personally saw, briefly drove and crewed for a '76 gt4 rabbit that had 188 dynoed wheel horse (at around 7k) out of its NA 1.6L 8v. the car ran a number of seasons without a rebuild or DNF and is still going strong.
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<BR>In a message dated 2/11/2002 4:37:21 PM Eastern Standard Time, UrGTI@aol.com writes:
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<BR>Its entirely possible for a motor in race trim like that with frequent
<BR>rebuilds on the cards to make that power. Back in 98-99 I belive the Audi A4
<BR>BTCC car had 290 HP with a rules mandated rev limit of 8500 its peak power
<BR>was at 8200. The motor used was of course the VW 2.0 16v that was actually
<BR>destroked yet bored to 85mm and I hear the head barely resembles the original
<BR>(lots of welding to reshape the air passages) . One more thing when it says
<BR>it uses Bosch Motronic its not the same stuff we get on street cars, its the
<BR>programmable stuff, for instance the Audi R8R uses Motronic too.
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<BR>Jasin
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