The '63 Corvair Spyder Turbo was the first American engine I believe to produce more than 1 hp per ci--150 hp out of 145 ci flat six. The '65 Turbos produced 180 hp out of 164 ci. Jay
Ari Ollikainen <Ari@OLTECO.COM>@gerry.vanagon.com> on 03/23/2002 06:05:32 PM Please respond to Ari Ollikainen <Ari@OLTECO.COM> Sent by: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM cc: Subject: Re: Using American engines for Vanagon swap - why the heck not?
At 6:34 PM +0100 3/23/02, Raimund Feussner wrote: > > >426 cubes? > > >426 horse's? > > > > > >I am not aware of any road worthy, available to the public, standard > > >import that cranks out as much horspower as it's displacement. > >BMW M3. 321hp, 3.2litre, without turbo or anything. The new M3 >around 340hp, also form 3.2litres. >More than 100hp per litre Yep...the original VW Scirocco ('86.5) 16v engine was 1.8L (~110cu.in.) rated at 134HP... 1.2HP/cu.in. |
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