Engines everyone assumes are weak but actually arnt.
Discussion
Over the years there has been many engines that as soon as you mention, people instantly get an opinion on it and mention its 'well known' weakness.
For example:
The rotary engine.....as soon as you turn the boost above 1bar it will spit its apex seals out
Ive heard a few times that people have cracked a certain V8 block when upping the power.
The rover k series will blow a headgasket or crack a liner at the first sign of power.
Renault 5 turbo engine will melt a piston or pop a headgasket for fun
Yet to counter that you do some research and find examples of engines doing pretty big power without the issues mentioned.
For example the rotary engine until very recently has been making big power using all factory components as there wasnt a manufacturer prepared to make new stronger parts, yet these little 1.3 engines have been making over 1000bhp on 40psi+ of boost
The rover k series in my car has been run up to 27psi of boost and made 382bhp, in which i ran out of fuel and turbo, thats all stock bottom end components.
The renault 5 engine now that people have access to widebands and efi so can be tuned properly are going from 115bhp to over 300bhp and 30psi+ of boost all on stock components
So I wonder what other engines out there do people instantly state are rubbish but are actually pretty strong when tuned properly.
It would be great to get other peoples opinion and results.
For example:
The rotary engine.....as soon as you turn the boost above 1bar it will spit its apex seals out
Ive heard a few times that people have cracked a certain V8 block when upping the power.
The rover k series will blow a headgasket or crack a liner at the first sign of power.
Renault 5 turbo engine will melt a piston or pop a headgasket for fun
Yet to counter that you do some research and find examples of engines doing pretty big power without the issues mentioned.
For example the rotary engine until very recently has been making big power using all factory components as there wasnt a manufacturer prepared to make new stronger parts, yet these little 1.3 engines have been making over 1000bhp on 40psi+ of boost
The rover k series in my car has been run up to 27psi of boost and made 382bhp, in which i ran out of fuel and turbo, thats all stock bottom end components.
The renault 5 engine now that people have access to widebands and efi so can be tuned properly are going from 115bhp to over 300bhp and 30psi+ of boost all on stock components
So I wonder what other engines out there do people instantly state are rubbish but are actually pretty strong when tuned properly.
It would be great to get other peoples opinion and results.
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