GT2

Which engine is the best one?
The best total package.

ImaRacing 700

Has to be Cosworth without a doubt..infinately tunable!

L33 BYT

Think i'll get a ban for this but I think the Red Top Vauxhall engine is a good all round package

Jim Galbally

best how? max bhp per litre atainable?

big_wig_074

3SGE for being ultra reliable!

Paul J

Mazda triple rotary

GT2

The best designed engine...which in turn also will be the most reliable and the most tuneable engine. If there is such..

the strut brace

v tec

Phil

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Honda S2000 engine (or is that a 2.2?)
Cosworth YB
Redtop Vauxhall engine
Mitsibushi Evo engine

All worthy of a mention

GT2

Ok..lets say 1,8 to 2,3 ltr then

SteveB

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My favorite - red top vauxhall engine

Jamz

Nissan's SR20DET

JAP CRAP

H22A honda vtec engine. 200bhp N/A ultra reliable

Dunccoss

wasnt the red top developed by cosworth ? or am i very wrong

MadMac

The 2.0 Zetec, while expensive to tune aint to shy either.... but I woulds still say vauxhall red top

GT2

Does anyone know any links to turbocharged and powerful Vauxhall red top engines then?

Anonymous

yes the 16v astra engine originally is a cosworth engine.


Best one

BDT - RS200 EVO engine

BDA Variant - 250bhp NA - makes the honda seem a little behind the times - if only they were mass produced and did 90k LOL

rsnissan

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sr20 det

abdr500

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cosworth y8 the best all round strong as hell

Andy-R

2.0 litre Ford Duratec engine, alloy light weight and loads of tuning potential.

Red16

what about the peugeot 1.9 Mi16 engine, stormer of an engine 167bhp out the box supposed to have a brilliant cylinder head design so ive heard.

EIL132

Going by TOTB I'd put the Scoobie and Evo engine right up with the Cosworth/anything else

spenner

cossie excellent engine all steel internals cheap to tune in that repect my favourite is bdt engine in rs200 compact and mega powerful for era

Homer.

Toyota 3SGTE out of mr2 turbos celica gt4's ect meny been took to 900+hp and good power out of the box

Honda K20A2 out of the JDM ITR 220hp n/a 9000 rpm no silly power 1's built yet.

Mitsubishi 4G63 - evo's eclipse's/talons bullit proof, loads with huge power current 4wd 4cylinder world record holder 8.43 @ 170.

Nissan SR20DET - S15 silvia, GTIR ect can be taken to silly amounts of power very strong engine.

Cosworth YB - Escort cos rs500 ect i think we all know what these are capeable of

In no order at all just some very good 2lt engines i can think of this now

Stavros

As per PaulJ- Mazda 20B Triple Rotory, by a long long shot

warleydaddy

Vauxhall 2.0 XE (red top)

AWESOME engine!!!!!!!

Bullit proof,used in MANY cars,very tunable,just all round TOP WORK!!!!!!!!

Pete..

SPADGE

No mention of the BMW 4 pot used in the E30 M3 Cracking engine considering it was NA and is ancient now!

warleydaddy

yeh was a good engine J,but it was only used in that car...

The Red Top id used ina wide range of cars up and down the range,so surley that makes it better???

Pete...

EIL132

Power Spadge, it isn't that great. Max it ever made on a road car was 238bhp

Stavros

Well put it this way, the 20B i was on about will produce 250bhp with no turbos (normally aspirated) as STANDARD and only at 9:1 compression, which is mega low if not turbo'd.

Turbo'd versions have been known to produce over 1200bhp

2litres

Also the 2.2 16V Vauxhall Ecotec has been pushed to well over 1000bhp in america

SPADGE

But that was a lot for a 2 litre n/a road engine back in the 80's mate!
Of course it can't compete with modern stuff but thats an unfair comparison really a bit like putting a Lancaster against a fookin stealth bomber lol

cossiedaz

most 2 litre 16v engines could produce over a 1000bhp if you threw enough money and aftermarket internals at them

cossiedaz

for ease of tuning theres only 1 winner YB variants

Stavros

err, like mentioned, the 2litre 20B will do 250bhp without even any turbos and at only 9:1 comp, about 320bhp with some mild porting (but still std internals and non turbo!)

the turbod version with a normal turbo style "stage1" ie exhaust, filter, and 1bar boost, produces nigh on 400bhp...

somthing tells me it pisses on every other 2litre....

cossiedaz

so you havent seen the countless chips and injectors sets and tuning goodies for the yb on EBAY recently?

i didnt say it was the best engine, i said it was easy

Stavros

what, so fitting an exhaust, filter, and wanging the boost up to 1bar is harder than fucking about changing turbos, injectors, and a whole fuckload more to get the same power ona YB?

Snowy_Astra

I agree and thats not cos i have 3 of them either!

Economy (still getting 45MPG), performance (obviously not compared to a cossy, but they still shift), reliability (From what i have seen, its a lot more reliable than 90% of 2 litres, regardless of manufacturer)

Its used a lot in minis, caterhams, fords aswell

cossiedaz

no but getting the parts is

Stavros

you think getting hold of an exhaust, filter, and a bleed valve would be hard to get?

YB is a quality engine, but god knows why you in this specific argument as it cant win, to 400bhp a 20B is far cheaper and easier, thats all.

cossiedaz

i said my piece, but obviously im outta my league here.

the 20b is the best engine... end of.

my point of view was for a normal person would probably have to order and wait for the parts for that, whereas ebay and mega cheap cossie bits are in abundance.

maybe im wrong but thats the way things used to be