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Originally Posted by Disturbed
What are the limitations of the S65 V8? It seems that the engines have never been pushed beyond 700hp give or take a bit. At this point in its life cycle I would have expected a 1000hp E85/C16 car. Why is that?
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It takes a lot of things coming together at the same time for something like that to happen. A few of them are:
- an individual or company willing to blow a few expensive S65 motors in the pursuit of that kind of power
- a massive amount of money for forced induction, testing, replacing, labor, and development of new internals to handle the added stress - plus stronger transmission components and drive axles
- months, or even years for testing, development, and more testing
ESS has a 1,000hp build in progress at the moment, but add in the factors above, and progress can be slow.