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Old 01-15-2008, 12:19 AM
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the army hummer has a big na V8 diesel...AFAIK

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Originally Posted by Kitdy View Post
Who knows if it was even designed for a high performance application? It debuted in the Q7 concept. If it was designed with more focus on the SUV application than the sports car application, I gotta think that performance is somehow compromised. It is generally a bad idea to have an SUV engine
why? power is power, torque curve is a torque curve. look at the difference between the SC V8 in the XKR and Range Rover Sport, perhaps a wee ECU tweak to suit vehicle dynamics..very similar (except sump modification for off road..little things like that)
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