Re: Is this the engine that performance companies will concentrate on? (joshuajmurray)
I'll be very surprised if it's the same as the 2.8L block.
There's a fairly persistent rumor floating around that the MkV R36 (available 2006ish)
starts with the 3.2L block, and is bored out to 3.6L. We *know* that no current 2.8L
block can do that. We also know that HPA/HPG are pushing 550-600hp through the 3.2L
block changing nothing but the connecting rods and adding a big fat head spacer (7:1
compression), so again, I doubt that it's an extremely bored out 2.8.
As for the "simple bolt ons" argument.
According to AmD, the R32 motor is good for 270hp with chip and exhaust, and 300hp with
chip+exhaust+cams. Also The R32's whp numbers are always misleading, as so far
every dyno run I've seen has been from a 4 wheel dyno, thus it's running at its maximum drivetrain
loss. On the road, once you're past 1st and 2nd gear Haldex makes this basically a
FWD car just towing around an unloaded rear drivetrain. It's going to put a lot more
power down to the ground at the front wheels, than what you'll see on an AWD dyno.
(BTW, rumor has it, that like the TTq, you can pull the e-brake all the way up to disable
Haldex, and run it on a 2 wheel dyno).
ian