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Subject:Re: Using American engines for Vanagon swap - why the heck not?
From:Ari Ollikainen
Date:Sat, 23 Mar 2002 15:05:32 -0800

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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