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Old 8th Aug 2013, 12:50
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I dont want to hi-jack your thread, but want to add something(question along the same topic)

So:

Why do they produce so little power from massive displacements?

Take a Lycoming O-360 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lycoming 0 306 - displacement is 5.9litres! it produces 180hp.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Car engine on the otherhand

some 2.0L engines are producing 180hp?

So why the massive displacement for A/C engines?

A 5.9L n/a car engine would probably produce 350-500hp

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