Re: 220hp? [All this carb crap]

[Dan Bubb <jdbubb@ix.netcom.com>]

I'm with you on most of this post Jason, but (and I don't know why
everybody seems to think this) the BMW and Honda engines are not "short
stoke motors."
The Acura Type R is in the range of 81mm bore and 87mm stroke, so it's
pretty undersquare. Not as undersquare as a 2.0 VW, but not much
different.
The BMW M3 is 3.43" bore x 3.58" stroke.
So, it's not like they have massive valve area for their displacement.
I'm willing to say that a 2.0 16V can get to 220 HP normally aspirated,
but it's going to have NO guts below 4500 RPM. Is that "streetable"?
Depends on how much the power rush will offset the irritation of driving
an engine with this kind of power curve.
Dan

16V Jason wrote:
> 
>Honda and BMW can produce engines
> with that kind of specific power, but there are many differences.  First
> and foremost, they have an almost 20-year advantage in technology compared
> to the VW 16V, which was, remember, one of the first multivalve engines on
> the market.  Secondly, and perhaps more important, they use a >sophisticated engine management that, in one computer, has complete control >over ignition timing, fuel injection timing (and quantity), and valve >timing.  CIS-E (and Motronic) aren't even in the same league.  And third, >also very important, they're very short-stroke motors.  The 16V isn't.

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