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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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Tim+ wrote:
Turbos may be a nice cheap way of making an engine of a given output,
but with petrol engines are never as good as a larger NA unit of the
same output. Despite the marketing hype.


You‘re ignoring the weight/volume penalty of a large N/A engine as
opposed to a turbo engine. What weight engine would you need to replace
a 600 hp 2 litre three cylinder engine?


https://jalopnik.com/a-detailed-look...ing-1842073757


More to the point, who would want a crude 3 cylinder engine in a decent
road car anyway?


Irrelevant to my point about weight.

And of course that vehicle is a hybrid. So you get the
weight penalty from the electric motor and battery pack.


True, but the engine still produces 600 hp from a very neat 2 litres
package.

Tim



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