bmanning wrote:
snip...
455ft/lb out of 3L is VERY impressive.
GM's 8.1L big-block V8 puts out around that amount.
While not apples-to-apples, still pretty amazing that a 3L motor can put out the same torque as an 8.1L motor.
What many 'newbie' folks to boy racer stuff forget or do not know
that force feeding a small ICE (internal combustion engine) makes it
perform like a larger displacement ICE that is not forced fed (naturally
aspired)
That that 3L V6 with a turbo...it depends on the controls (old days
waste gate, but today computer controlled vanes inside the turbo) might
allow 15PSI over atmosphere...meaning that 3L V6 now ingests big block
amounts of air and fuel, which is both why it has such high output
and low MPG when on the turbo
At about 15PSI...that 3L is being forced to ingest about twice that
amount of air...so really performing like a naturally aspired 6L
Key is it's longevity and the jury is still out for me
