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Old 2005-01-04, 05:06 PM   #24
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Apples to oranges if you're talking N/A vs. forced. All things being equal, the bigger engine is going to make more power.


Question??
Is this true without having to use race fuel/methanol?
Actually, more displacement helps you out by letting you run ower octane in most cases. If you take a given motor setup- NA, a given supercharger, a given turbo, the larger motor is going to make more torque at a lower RPM. It's particularly true of big NA motors like V8s, but not so much with turbocharged motors. Your limits of torque are determined solely by the size of the turbo and your fuel. Motor size only changes how fast it has to spin to flow the amount of air needed to make the torque the turbo supports.
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