Answer to devylboi - who wants an engine that only produces some ridiculous power figure in a rev range that you only spend 5% in ? If your building a track car thats going to spend all day long between 7000 and 8000 rpm then fine, keep a 2.0 and make it rev.
I couldn't give a toss if my car only makes 300 bhp, if it has 300 ft/lb of torque from 2500 to 6000 It'll piss anything 'more powerful' all day, everyday. But hey, I wont be able to boast down the pub that my car has xxx bhp....
It seems lots of people are obsessed about huge power figures, regardless of how the car actually drives. You spend 90% of your time driving below 6000rpm, so who wants a stupid high peak bhp figure at 8000 rpm with feck all torque just because your turning high rpms, its absolutely meaningless. And who is going to fork out on new gear ratios to spread the power at 8000 rpm ?
Apologies to Edd and Robinsongtir who clearly know what they're talking about and know exactly what they want, my comments not intended at you guys, rather the 'peak bhp over a 200 rpm range is better than high torque over a 4000 rpm range' people


Feel free to flame me to a crisp ( but not Rob

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