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Old 12-19-2003, 11:08 PM   #3109
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Originally posted by SmokeyTheBandit


but i wanna know why a superbike motor puts down more ponies than an inline 4 engine in a car. i mean honestly. comparing two engines, exact same style, only difference is displacement, yet the one with less makes more hp

you are comparing two completely different engines. bike engines have crazy short rods and relatively large pistons in order to rev sky high (vs long stroke/small bore) . they run super high cr's compared to the average toyota/honda/nissan 4cyl and have MUCH lighter flywheels, about the ONLY similarities would be the DOHC 16V I4 configuration.

also cars are designed to be driven 2-300'000+ K, how long will your 1L gixxer motor last?

seriously dude, either check out bcsportbikes.com or leave the bike preaching out of all your future posts, it is getting a touch old. cars and bikes are two very different machines, to compare them is pointless.
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