Pauter big block 3140cc type 4

[Wally]

So, your suggesting that my turbo engine gets hotter then a very large n/a version?
-> in normal daily driving (between 2000 and 3000 rpm), my engine is just a n/a engine with very low CR, so it usually runs a lot cooler then a large n/a...
That also applies (even more) in Athens
..and has nothing to do with cases or head studs.

The only application a Pauter cased engine would make sense imho is on the drag strip in a blown application above 750hp.

The torque he gets with his 3,1 ltr can easily be matched or exceeded with a type 4. Wrenchride his engine he just posted here on GermanLook engineforum is a perfect example i think

[don m]

Originally Posted by Wally

The only application a Pauter cased engine would make sense imho is on the drag strip in a blown application above 750hp.the torque he gets with his 3,1 ltr can easily be matched or exceeded with a type 4.

Don Pauter has been responding to questions about the road worthy-ness of his 3ltr KG on a couple of US forums for years, if you search you'll find it's been regularly driven on the street since 05'. Since being built as a rolling test bed he also often lets his friends and family members take it just to rack up the milage, I've been along myself on a numberous trips where refueling was needed for the return home, regular unleaded btw. True while in it's current state it's power may be matched by a well engineered type 4 but how easily, reliablly or cost effectively would be questionable, neither could be considered an entry level program. Seems to me someone with enough knowledge of a large 3ltr+ displaced air cooled engine program would certainly recognize the advantages of a readily available, over the counter roller cammed, flanged cranked, Detroit bearing based engine block.