bluelines:

I am fine with the current motor, if they could bump it up to 420-450hp that would be nice indecision It does not have to rev to 9k RPM, I rather sacrifice the last 1k RPM for more low end torque.

One thing that is often misunderstood is that by having a higher redline, you end up getting much more effective low-end torque, because the gearing should be adjusted lower to suit the new redline and the lower gears multiply the available torque at the motor when it gets to the tires.  And even before you look at gearing, the 9,000 rpm GT3 has more torque than the 7,800 rpm GT4 (i.e.with modern adjustable valve timing and effective intake tract length, you don't sacrifice low-end torque for revs).

This is why F1 cars from a few years ago (with 2.4L NA V-8) could absolutely smoke the tires even though they had very low torque 214 ft-lbs (about 290 Nm) - they redlined at close to 20,000 rpm so gears were super low (which puts lots of torque to the ground).


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