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<x-charset iso-8859-1>Hello- > Something just doesnt seem right though... if Im only getting 54HP out of > the crank, and then losing some in the drivetrain, Id never get a fully > loaded car, with a 600lb boat up the hills in the Adirondacks... I may have > noodled with my injection a bit to squeeze out a little more but I know its > not THAT much. It doesn't take all that much horsepower to keep a car moving. It just takes a lot of horsepower to climb steep grades and/or accelerate quickly. 54hp is plenty to do what you described. > Ive driven a 40 horse beetle... a much lighter car, unloaded, and it had > a hard time getting out of its own way. 40hp is another SAE rating. It really only had 34hp DIN. The 36hp SAE engine also only had 30hp DIN. The 25hp DIN engine is properly termed as-is... if you've ever wondered why the small jump from the 1131cc to the 1192cc engine resulted in a 11hp (or 44%!) increase, that's why... Take care, Shad Laws LN Engineering - Aircooled Precision Performance http://www.LNengineering.com ------------------------------------------------------------------- Too much? Digest! mailto:type3-d-request@vwtype3.org Subj=subscribe </x-charset>