Originally Posted by
entice
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and my dad's better than your dad.....
this thread is funny.
my 2c.
Out of the box the STI makes the 200Kw from 8.0 compression, running 16-7psi. Very safe levels, and can be tracked hard all day long as stock, and driven to work the next morning without an oil change
very few dollars spent on turbo management, and exhaust, and it will see 260+ flywheel KW's no problems, and still be trackable all day, every day.
I have seen some cars with 240All.W.KW (yes at all 4 wheels) being tracked all day without skipping a beat, standard engine internals (just bolt ons and electronics, fuel rails injectors etc etc).
These things I know from personal experience, not from what a friend told a friend from which he read in a magazine...
I havent seen a diesel in a 2.0l capacity come close to these figures, nor this punishment.
My anecdotal experience tells me that capacity for capacity, a diesel is not as powerful as the petrol equivalent.
all that said, bear in mind I am not bagging the diesel at all. I'm actually looking at purchasing one sometime this year (or maybe a Lotus Elise.. all depends on a few little things) to have for a couple of years. I just think that we need to be a tad realistic about it's potential and existing tuning experience on the market. (again, I know that DTUK is great, but there are many more petrol tuners and experience with the petrol motor out there)....