3.0L FAT performance engine for sale Options

[Cal]

This looks like a very cool plug-play build....245HP is pretty impressive. Any guess as to what something like this is worth?

http://www.pristineautosusa.com/detail-197...-18741990.html#

It's listed on eBay also....

https://www.ebay.com/itm/233176053778

[Mark Henry]

I always take HP claims with a grain of salt. My twin plug 3.0/6, webcams, weber's full balance, etc., is 250 to 280HP on paper and I think 280hp is very optimistic.
With a T4 245hp would be 61hp per jug, hard to break 50hp without nickies.

Back in the early 90's I bought my Type 1 2007cc engine kit w/carbs from Gene Berg, cost me almost $5K. It Has P&P heads but stock valves so I could run heater boxes. I had several conversations with Gene and one I asked how much HP the engine would be, there was a moment of silence then he said "Do you want the truth or what the other guys say to make a sale?"
I said truth, and he said "about 105hp", I gulped, because my buddy was finishing the same engine size (different supplier), slightly bigger cam and big valve/port heads and was claiming 150 hp. i still pulled the trigger and bought the Gene Berg kit.

I raced my buddy many times and he could never beat me, not a huge amount but I always pulled away from him. so my 105hp always beat a 150hp engine in two almost identical VW bugs.

Moral to the story, don't always believe HP claims, many builders exaggerate just to make a sale.