DoggyB22

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& its a 1.5L that weighs just 88lbs. Makes 400 hp & 280 lbtq. Nissan putting it in their 2014 ZEOD RC electrified race car


http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1...015-lmp1-entry

PlatnumStatuz

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looks pretty cool

Tainted

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Lmao the turbo is bigger than the engine

Z28Mayhem

Dumb.

Irunelevens

I'll bite...why?

JD_AMG

This is cool as hell, Id like to see a dyno graph though.
Would be a sick swap in something like a Caterham or better yet a shifter cart

LS1rob00

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Put two in an F-Body and you have 800hp lol.

Cool design. I wonder what psi they are using to make that power.

RaggedRides

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That's incredible. I'd also like a look at the dyno for this little terror. It makes roughly the same peak power and torque as a Ferrari Modena with less than half the displacement. What amazes me is the weight. I'd like to see this in a gutted Honda or, better yet, a bike. Fantastic engineering.

Tainted

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Well one big thing to bear in mind about the weight.

This engine has no accessories of any kind really. So eliminate all that weight, brackets, bolts. It adds up quick. Still no doubt a great achievment

JHL88

neat-o

Litoflow

Pretty sick! But can that even fit a person?

caseypayne69

There are some that are saying this image is photoshopped and that he is not holding this engine.

DietCoke

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IT is obviously shopped. You can easily lift a 88lb engine, but it wouldnt sit perfectly straight up and obviously you would strain a little.

1994Z28Lt1

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So this is an engine for a race car... color me impressed when this is coming from a production engine.

otherwise this is no different than the 3.0 supra putting 700 to the wheels at your local track which is quite common and many of them have much more.

And there are a ton more examples of 2.something 4 cylinders in cars and bikes putting out similar power per liter figures. The point being they are all purpose built race engines.

The weight is impressive but attach accessory brackets, exhaust, intake, intercooler, cooling, transmission, oil tank, plumbing and the lines begin to blur quite a bit

Irunelevens

I don't think they blur much at all, given that this engine is all it's cracked up to be. Add all that **** to a conventional engine, and it's still weighs WAY more than this engine.

1994Z28Lt1

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Still this is a purpose built race engine with zero real world applications, im sure this little guy isn't running oxygenated 91 octane from the corner loaf n jug, or even e85 either.

I would hope that since the one and only application is known that the engineers would run countless FEA's (where max power output figures are known) and get rid of every last unneeded ounce of material, its probably made out of magnesium too or some other lightweight alloy only cost justifiable for an all out racing application.

sure its awesome and incredibly light but its like comparing a horse to a unicorn