Then there's the team at Modified Magazine. They seem to be tip-toeing around like they know they'll be eating their words later.
"One of the bigger names in the competition is Cosworth who's building the motor for Sport Compact Car. They are using a VQ35DE out of a Nissan 350Z and interestingly enough they are going the naturally aspirated route. They have plenty of racing heritage especially with their F1 and Champ Car programs but we're not sure if that's going to have what it takes."
Finally we hear from Bisi Ezerioha from Bisimoto who's building an F23 Accord motor for Super Street. He almost sounds like he's rooting for us.
"A lot of the teams are taking the easy way out with turbocharged applications. If the other companies wanted to show-off their work and their merit, they should be doing what Cosworth and I are doing, which is to build an N.A. engine because it's really challenging to build an N.A. power plant."
"Anyone can put together an engine, throw some boost at it and make power. It takes a special team of people to get power naturally aspirated. That's what I have to say to my peers at the other magazines."
"When it comes to Cosworth and what they're doing, it's really a David versus Goliath [situation]. I have some technology up my sleeve that I'm going to put out there that should give them a very hard run for their money. But Cosworth is a respectable company; I really like what they're doing. But big-bore engines are pretty nice, but are easier to make power from. It would be nice if they used a smaller bore engine to see what kind of power they could extract from it, but I guess that's our job!"
- Bisi Ezerioha
Thanks Bisi! We expect both of the NA motors to surprise people with their performance and reliability. Unlike the boosted motors that will scare everyone with shrapnel.
For more information on the competition, you can visit SyntecTopShop.com. There you can see videos of the Cosworth engineers in action. That's been good enough to keep us satisfied for the last month. While you're there you can register to win the winning motor. In our next update we'll dive back into the technical aspects of our qualifying spec VQ35.