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Originally Posted by T Bone
Very interesting discussion....can you please explain your statement above?
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A good example to my statement is the RS4 engine and the M3 engine.
1. 4.2 litre V8 with 414 HP
2. 40 litre V8 with 414 HP.
Just looking at the HP numbers will tell you nothing about the engines, however when you normalize for the displacement:
1. 414/4.2 = 98.57 HP/litre
2. 414/4.0 = 103.5 HP/litre
After normalizing for the displacement you can see the difference in the engines- this is purely from the engine perspective decoupling gearing and transmission. The second (m3) engine is a more optimized than the first (RS4) engine.