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Originally Posted by fierodeletre
I dunno man, at 3.6 liters, 304 hp NA is pretty dang good. Seems it's already been 'tuned' from the factory to scream at near its best. I'd be surprised if you could get 340 out of it with bolt ons (headers, exhaust, intake, computer tune). I mean, the little guy's already got DI and over 11:1 CR! He's already overworked! (but doing a fine job of it!  ) Another thing that I like to conveniently overlook is the 3.6's torque rating of 270 foot pounds. It's good, yes. But I'd like to see mods that bumped IT up into the 300s too. As cool as it is to say to a mustang GT owner "I have more hp than you," he can retort quite handily "Ah, but I have a substantial excess in torque. And I weigh less. " |
I doubt a couple of bolt on's could give it much more than 340 as well. But I was referring to a full on build up to get the maximum amount of power out of those things, naturally aspirated. Stock it does pretty good for its size, ~83 hp/L. My argument was based on if full on race engines can make over 140 hp/L then toping 110 hp/L should be build-able on a direct injected modern engine like the 3.6
IF you've got the cash, are willing to replace a
lot of parts, and do a lot of maintenance. Its still the same engine so long as you keep the same block . . .