100hp/ liter normal aspiration
Detroit is on the onset of 100 hp/liter over the next 10 months with a few interesting production engines...
how long is it before we are running 8000 rpm pushrod engines with 2 cams, and 5 valve heads, and variants of BMW's Vano's variable valve timing... and still 7 liters... 8 liters of displacement...
Will 100 hp/ liter no longer be the european benchmark of an engine? What will the european answer be? Turbocharging is coming back into style.. as can be seen in the 335 i, and the Milichilli concept from Ferrari being the future of the next super ferrari ("small displacement" twin turbo engine)
It's coming, and coming very very quickly...
What will it mean? Is this the future demise of engine building excess? will it be legislated right out altogether?
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