What sort of mad power will we see in 2013 mid-high 600bhp monster coupes on fiat power plants

Watch this space

I'd only go for 600+bhp if the power band is wide ie 4k rpm width of power at least.

Until we are at this stage I'm not bothering.

You'll be waiting forever as 600bhp+ on a small displacement engine inherently goes hand in hand with a narrow power band and lots of laaaaaaaag.

Ask Johnny. His car starts spooling at 7.5krpm.

I Would be very very surprised to see one beat JBT'S but you never know.

lol, keep watching this space

I'd stay at 340hp (did I say that? yes!) and then also use my (100hp) 125S. Old man I am...

Don't give the clue away mate.
Would be nice to see a 2.0 actually break 500bhp next year too.

I would like to join the 400 hp club in Sweden. But it would be pretty lonely there. I would be the only member

You're just jealous that I'm above you in the dyno league table.

Why limit yourself to one where there will be many

On heartbreaker too, with nothing switched off or on.

Next year will bring a new table ,the table of truth my friend.

No pub figures just actual power,.
What's the point in having length if you can never use it

well whenever the table of truth comes in I hope we have some graph action so we can see who has the best power band and not just pub numbers

As I recall. my 2.0 was running 587 back in 2007, even allowing for race fuel

The only reason we won't be getting 700 from the 2.4 is I don't need 700 as much as I need a decent torque spread, so have cams timed up to suit my requirements rather than outright numbers

Might not be run up before 2014 though even though the lump is built and ready, its the car that's the hold up

Wasn't that a bomb, rather than an engine though?

Got quite a few races out of it before snapping a rod on the "slowing down" lap

did you have any graphs for that nyssa? what are you planning to get out of the 2.4l build aswell

Terror

I was just teasing you Trevor...

I hope next year brings a Table of Speediness too. See how many of these pub figures actually make it through the flywheel and on to the road! Bet that'll bring a few surprises

Never mind onto the road. A lot of the flywheel figures 'obtained' are very easy to blow out of the water. They require a VE of over 100% (N/A - and never seen on any turbo engine due to the necessary timing of the exhaust cam) - not even F1 engines of 'The Turbo Era' managed the claimed levels per litre and per level of boost....

Next year = more NOS.

I love your posts,
You talk so much sense.

Pity you don't post more fella

So true.. On paper mine is far from the powernumberjunkies in sweden. Still it seems as quick on the straights..

I could have seen 500 if I'd instructed Leighton to run 1.7 or 1.8 bar, but I wasn't interested in peak power.

Few people want to hear the truth, I fear...

I have no fear as I know the truth

So what your saying is Fiat/Lancia really pulled it out of the bag when they put together the 5 cylinder engine?!