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      01-01-2017, 09:35 PM   #116
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Originally Posted by shaq diesel View Post
It's economies of scale.

If this engine architecture turns out to have great real-world reliability, all they'll have to do in 3-5 years is bump up the boost/tuning to keep up with the competition. If they can just play that game to keep in the HP wars that means they'll get a lot of years out of this basic engine architecture, which means a lot of design/construction savings down the road. It also means they'll have that much longer to design and test its eventual replacement.

A much better path financially than building the motor at peak power now and having to completely redesign in to 3-5 years to keep up with the competition.
Shaq diesel is bang-on correct. Look at the date of his post.

Here it is now 2017 and we've had stock @ 560HP, CP @ 575HP, Jarhe 30 @ 600 HP and now rumours of the F90/G30 or what ever it's called will be 600HP+ all with assuringly the same basic configuration. I'd predict this engine @ 650HP+ before the production ends.

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