Who knows if it was even designed for a high performance application? It debuted in the Q7 concept. If it was designed with more focus on the SUV application than the sports car application, I gotta think that performance is somehow compromised. It is generally a bad idea to have an SUV engine in a sports car.
the army hummer has a big na V8 diesel...AFAIK
why? power is power, torque curve is a torque curve. look at the difference between the SC V8 in the XKR and Range Rover Sport, perhaps a wee ECU tweak to suit vehicle dynamics..very similar (except sump modification for off road..little things like that)
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My point was that it is unlikely that a truck engine is gonna be pushed to the limit or capable of being pushed to the limit in the way that a sports car engine is. Were this engine designed solely with performance in mind, it would probably rev higher, produce more power and be lighter.
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I see your point and from a first principle design point of view you could see it that way. Obviously in a really high end sports car you might not expect an engine shared with an SUV (think Ford GT -ok, slightly modified), point is it still works! when they put the rover k series engine in the lotus elise you could say has that regular car engine been designed to work in a track orientated car thats going to be used at typically higher revs.
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