Rich wrote:
> "steve Taylor" <steve@thetaylorfamily.org.uk> wrote in message
> news:454e67f0$0$18050$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk...
>> Rich wrote:
>>
>>> So you all are not impressed with these then, dont they have loads of
>>> grunt and reliability going for them though?
>> They´re considered heavyweights even for a 101. And what do you think you
>> mean by grunt ? Power, or Torque, or Power/weight ratio.
>>
>> Steve
>
> Well in terms of grunt I would mean pulling ability so it would be torque !
> surely power is not that much of an importance as the torque,

Well, as I see it, Power = Torque x speed - unless you have enough of it
from the engine, an awful lot of torque from the gearbox won't make you
go any faster.

Not trying to be awkward, I'm just trying to understand !

Like Austin says, there are better engines. I nearly fitted a Perkins
Phaser to my Ambi, but in the end rebuilt a 200 TDI instead.

Steve