What engines can you think of that had a very low specific output for the time they were produced? I'm thinking engines like the Iron Duke...

17 Jun 2015

Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.

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Ll2 2.8 in the 1991 Isuzu trooper 115hp 4,000lbs

Ww2 rollsrouce v8 sumfing ng like 20ls bt only couple hundred hp

The 1981-84 Datsun 810 had some thing like 118 hp out of the fuel injected L24E engine out of the classic 240z witch is a 2.4L straight 6 and with some haveing the option of a 3 speed automatic transmission u could only imagine I just straight swaped my 810 with the L28E out of the 81-83 280zx

Ford 4.9 liter L-6 with 122bhp

I have owned a 1987 nissan 300zx for a few months now. I have to say 80s tech was pretty bad, but come on, a 3L v6 should make more than 160hp. seriously, I think the 280z made more power.

Pontiac Trans-Am… One of them had something like a 6.0 TURBO V8 with a feeble ~200hp

My bad; googled it and it was 4.9 Turbo with 205hp in 1980.

Subaru EJ16 90 hp. Seriously!? NA version with 90 hp it wont survive on the wide roads and freeways of the US. And what kind of 1.6 only makes 90 hp? Even Suzuki can do better than that!