Mk1 racer on eBay

[blake.irvin at gmail.com (Blake)]

oh man - enduro!  that's my dream (probably to be realized when i'm about 60)

blake/

On 3/3/06, Nate Mellom <doubt@inwave.com> wrote:
> Larry,
> I would agree that some numbers are rather mythical, but with the
> specifics he listed, and doing research on the engine builder
> (http://www.bertilsengines.com), I'd have to believe him.  Seems Bertils
> has been in the VW engine building business for a long time (1974), and
> VW contracted with him and only him to build racing engines for them in
> the GT3 cup series.  Not only does he build them, but I would assume he
> has a full test procedure.  He's invited me to his shop to check out his
> newest project (2.0 16v for an enduro series), I might just have to take
> him up on his offer, Antigo isn't that far from me.  Don, Tonee, Jim,
> want to make a mini-road trip and check his stuff out?
> Nate
>
>
> LEF wrote:
> >> I have always wondered what they do to these motors to make them have
> >> that much horsepower...
> >
> >
> > Well, for one, they can use any hp number they want....who is going to
> > take the time/expense to verify it by having the motor dyno'd?  And if
> > someone did dyno the engine (not a chassis dyno) and the numbers came up
> > short....so what?  The PO could say "My numbers were on a fresh motor,
> > this has xx racing hours on it....you must have changed
> > something....yadda, yadda, yadda"   Then, too, what would the new owner
> > do?  Say "take everything back, I don't want it because it's down 35hp
> > from what you said"?  Probably not.
> >
> >  No, race hp numbers are as reliable on a race car (especially one that
> > is on the auction block) are they are on someone's street car that just
> > came back from Roscoe's Dyno-Tune.  That is to say, not very.
> > They make for great debates, though.
> >
> > Larry
> > sandiego16v
> >
> >
> >
>
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