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Old 10-26-2010, 07:20 AM   #25 (permalink)
Laurentiu
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Opel Corsa B - '96 Opel Corsa 1.2 8V
90 day: 47.27 mpg (US)

VW Bora 1.6 16V - '02 Volkswagen Bora/Jetta
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Originally Posted by pounsfos View Post
2 cylinder turbo'd "boxer" engine would be lots of fun, it would idle like a dam tractor but does that matter when your pulling 60mpg out of it??
as for tourque im impressed its almost half of what my 1.2L motor produces (300nm of pushrod power) ,
acceleration would be "snappy" on it but i do believe that it would struggle moving 2 people, especially if it is a 4 stroke
That must be one very heavily modified engine or it's a typo...300Nm out of a 1.2 non-turbo gasoline engine ?

According to the manuals, 3K-H engines have 54 BHP / 83Nm Link
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