i read that autoweek article too and it caught my
attention..i believe 185 lb-ft torque for a 2.0l is
certainly laudable; that is, if it is possible..i
think you may be looking at a typo..i don't know who
the editors of autoweek are, but they've written some
funny stuff up every now and then..i'm not a
mechanical engineer or anything but to get that much
torque from a normally aspirated 2.0l engine sounds
astonishing..160hp and 185 torque sounds like a
typical buick pushrod v-6..
several months ago, they wrote a small article on
the vw golf gti vr-6..they said it weighed around 2550
lbs..uh, i don't think so..it's one thing to mis-state
the weight due to a simple typo, but then the article
went on to say how great the car is with a v-6 and
weight comparable to a type-r..i thought that was
pretty funny, but i'm sure there were some people who
actually believed it..
i'm not convinced the new neon acr will be any
faster than its predecessor..though hp is up, so is
weight and size..
ken
--- Lloyd.Wilson@Alcan.Com wrote:
>
> --Boundary_(ID_cj/2uUKwkUogWq8ru8cODQ)
>
> FYI,
> I read an interesting caption concerning the future
> Neon ACR. I read it in
> this week's Autoweek. The ACR is getting a large
> jump in engine performance.
> I believe the caption stated the new performance
> will increase to 160 hp and
> 180 ft/lb. I am not an ACR expert, but I believe
> this is a considerable jump
> in the published ratings. I have heard that
> personal ACR's can produce more
> performance than the published ratings, but that is
> for other people to
> discuss.
>
> I believe this should give a better chance for the
> new ACR to compete with the
> Type R, if that stock class move does occur. I do
> not know if this levels the
> "playing field" or not. This is for someone else to
> figure out. It does seem
> the new ACR would be better than the older one. Of
> course this all depends on
> other non mentioned items. Like car weight, shocks,
> alignment, wheels, c/g and
> other critical performance items.
>
> FYI reporter - not
>
> Lloyd Wilson
>
> --Boundary_(ID_cj/2uUKwkUogWq8ru8cODQ)--
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