Re: [DMCForum] Fuel requirements

["Jim Strickland" <ihaveanaccount@xxxxxxxx>]

AGGH!!!   Your numbers!!

The '95 US s4s was 2.174 liter, 300 hp.  

Also, you should have said "otto cycle" engine, as even the mid-90s
rotaries were making 255hp from 1.3 liters.  Hey, even my engine was
production and is 300hp/ 1.962 liter. 

Also, the japanese law for hp regulation is 280hp. 

Jim

On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 01:35:58 +0100 Martin Gutkowski
<webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Just for interest's sake, the highest power/displacement ratio of any 
> 
> production engine was that used in the Lotus Esprit S4s with a 2.2 
> litre 
> single turbo producing 307bhp (that's from memory).
> 
> The Nissan Skyline RB26DETT 2.6 litre twin turbo inline-6 can be 
> tuned 
> to well over 600hp, and with enough money, over 1000hp. Thanks to 
> Japanese laws regarding engine ouput power, they're only allowed to 
> leave the factory with 240hp
> 
> Martin
> 
> timnagin wrote:
> 
> >>Apparently the
> >>volumetic efficiency (effiency of the output power to the 
> displacement of
> >>the engine) of the s2000 is almost 100%.  I guess this metric was
> >>determined many years ago, when american engines couldn't manage 
> 80%.
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >I am not arguing your other points, but I am not sure if I am 
> understanding
> >you or not.  From what I remember, the 1956(?)Chevrolet 283 was the 
> first
> >engine, at least in the US, to develop one horsepower per cubic 
> inch.  283
> >cid / 283hp.
> >
> >Greg
> >
> >  
> >
> 
> 
> 
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