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IIRC, that was during the fuel/energy crisis when severe emissions regulations were brought in - everything was hardcore detuned/restricted because that was the most cost effective way to meet the regulations. They also put a bunch of small engines in their large cars. If you look at American engines of similar size from the 60s, or late 70s, the power is a very different story!

Nonetheless, torque was more important than power from these engines as they were coupled with tall gears/diffs and even with limited power the bigger engines still pulled respectable quarter mile times. It also didn't stop people from modifying them to remove the restrictive nature of the engine.

I just find it surprising the most common (and successful) motors at world time attack are 20 years old lol

As much as i wish people could manipulate and change modern engines the same way people do 90's engines... Its just not heading that way. Even if there was a large customer base, theyre getting harder to crack.

The only real modern engine i can think of that still gets massive modification treatment is the LS series, but the base motor has been around for ages

Actually I don;t think it due to not being able to tune the egine, look at the R35 for example.

I think a fair bit of it how heavy the cars ended up getting.

now that they are looking at efficient cars getting lighter again so I think the next generation will be looked at for TA again.

but think about getting around a corner,

Evo 8 is 1320 kg,

R35 1740

S15 1200

with a limit to the weight reduction based on a % factor you still end up with a very heavy car and weight is the bane of racing.

I just find it surprising the most common (and successful) motors at world time attack are 20 years old lol

As much as i wish people could manipulate and change modern engines the same way people do 90's engines... Its just not heading that way. Even if there was a large customer base, theyre getting harder to crack.

The only real modern engine i can think of that still gets massive modification treatment is the LS series, but the base motor has been around for ages

What kind of engines are you talking about?

RB's, SR's and 4G63's?

These days when its all about cost cutting efficiency, fuel economy and emissions, there's hardly any Over-Engineering which allows you to make 2-3x standard power on an engine, simply by adding boltons...

^exactly...? Over-engineering is certainly cost cutting from a tuning perspective, but look at subaru... Many parts are like glass but theres demand and therefore solid replacements. Just most of the base motors are still over 20years old lol.

But theres no V8's, and few 6-cylinders even. Rotories are really only still in the picture because their fans are purists

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