Originally Posted by Kariba
I am curious about the R&D that goes into these touring cars. These guys are making 300bhp from SR20 engines that most struggle to make 200bhp from. This technology has been around since JTCC days but under tight lock & key. I'm even more curious into the design for the reverse head SR20s that were used a lot of those same touring cars. This is what Nissan needs to be competitive within the 2L 4cylinder arena; we need a serious contender for those K-series.
I am curious about the R&D that goes into these touring cars. These guys are making 300bhp from SR20 engines that most struggle to make 200bhp from. This technology has been around since JTCC days but under tight lock & key. I'm even more curious into the design for the reverse head SR20s that were used a lot of those same touring cars. This is what Nissan needs to be competitive within the 2L 4cylinder arena; we need a serious contender for those K-series.
Actually, the CMR team out of NZ took their SR20 farther than the BTCC teams did in terms of power. Granted it was for a land speed vs a road race application. So I'm sure they had a little more room to stretch it.
I'm guessing Reg Cook and company "borrowed" a lot of their high tech tricks from the BTCC engines. So it's not exactly locked up. For most of us, even if we did have a playbook right in front of us, it would be way too expensive for it to make sense in doing. As it is, a lot of the cutting edge guys in this community are doing silly things in terms of dollars/hp in the NA game. $3-4K for an intake? Ya, i'll pass.
Last edited by hammerin hank
on 2013-08-21
at 15-57-46.