penski said:
Sorry...I just fail to understand how two engines with the same horsepower and torque outputs can give different results...one being better simply by virtue of being by VW... :/
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Ok perhaps bad wording on my part, and I can fully understand what you're saying. Sorry. Contrary to popular believe I'm not saying an engine is better purely on the fact is a VW engine ;D
If you look at the spec of the engine I posted up, all the parts are top quality items that are commonly used for race use. Compare this to another engine which produces 200bhp as standard, without such components (or even 276bhp as standard as I have done), and I'd favour the 'built engine' to come out on top over a quarter mile.
However, I have tried to compensate for this by suggesting it wouldn't be as reliable for daily use/wouldn't maintain a top speed as well/wouldn't be as nice to drive as the other engine.
Hope this makes it clearer for you.