Re: 364 HP Beetle?!?!?!?@?!@

[ti@amb.org (Ti Kan)]

ScottyCBoy@aol.com writes:
> I just read an article in Turbo and High Tech Performance about a 364 HP 
> beetle running 14 PSI of boost from a 2.0 liter 8v!! My question is what the 
> hell was the dyno guy smoking?? Even with a 50 hp shot off nitrous how the 
> hell can you get 364 horsepower from a 8v 2.0 liter with stock internals??? 
> That's equivalent to almost 400 HP from our favorite 10V 5 cylinder. Am I way 
> out of line or is there some merit to this claim???

I think that was not a 2.0 four, but a twin turbo VR6.

-Ti
96 A4 2.8 quattro
84 5000S 2.1 turbo
80 4000 2.0
-- 
    ///  Ti Kan                Vorsprung durch Technik
   ///   AMB Research Laboratories, Sunnyvale, CA. USA
  ///    ti@amb.org
 //////  http://metalab.unc.edu/tkan/
///