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russotto · 05-06-2001, 02:50 PM

That's quite a rant, but what it lacks is any indication of why HP/l should be considered a measure of performance. The RX/7 13B twin turbo would probably be the highest performance engine ever sold in America, with an astonishing 194 hp/l (255hp @ 1300cc). Yet while it is a high perfomance engine, it's not considered astoundingly superior to anything else out there. That's because while hp/l is an interesting benchmark, and also has some relevance due to foreign taxes on displacement, it's not a particularly good measure of performance.

05-06-2001, 02:50 PM	#24
russotto Professor Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,788	Re: Re: What companies do you like? That's quite a rant, but what it lacks is any indication of why HP/l should be considered a measure of performance. The RX/7 13B twin turbo would probably be the highest performance engine ever sold in America, with an astonishing 194 hp/l (255hp @ 1300cc). Yet while it is a high perfomance engine, it's not considered astoundingly superior to anything else out there. That's because while hp/l is an interesting benchmark, and also has some relevance due to foreign taxes on displacement, it's not a particularly good measure of performance.