Originally Posted by
Chip
Its a 2.0 N/A engine, revs is the ONLY way to get power out of them.
You cant compare to a turbo engine
They rev to something like 9000 rpm IIRC, for the revs they pull the power isn't
that impressive.
I appreciate the engineering behind them adn i'm not going to say they are shite, but i just don't like them, to me they are all fart and no shite
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Drove a couple of them in the past and on a local private road
with a slight incline, whilst climbing said inclide, i did find them to start to struggle a bit. Whereas the RS 2000 i had at the time (150bhp and 150lb/ft and only revs to 6600ish) wasn't effected to anywhere near the same degree by the same section of 'track'
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From my experience i'd put some of it down to how they are geared - too long IMO, but the majority to how the power is delivered.
I'd like to drive one with a higher final drive to see if that livens them up.