Interesting wee article on naturally aspirated power output
https://www.blackartgraphics.com/pages/ ... our-engine
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interesting read
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I guess strictly speaking not mainstream but does anything get close to a K series R500? What were they, 230 or 250?
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Original K series r500 was a 1.8 at 230bhp, the evo model was 2.0 at 250bhp, I'm assuming the extra capacity was due to added bore.
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You often come across people who will quote figures to you that you know are just not true. It was something I learnt quite quickly with the Duratec builds and with the latest 2.5L engine, the article seems like a transcript of my discussion with Ultimate performance. Only by maintaining torque to a higher RPM do you get more power. The way I think about it is the area under the torque curve has a maximum, but you can move it around. But as the article rightly says, there are limits and it's the quality of the components that let you push towards those limits.