Yes, but we're not laughing with you. I hate to break it to you, but Bugatti is owned by VW. And if that's the Lamborghini you're talking about and not a body kit or something, um, they're part of Audi now, which is also a subsidiary of Volkswagen. Time to un-pimp zee auto boys.
Then, there's the team at Modified magazine. They seem to be tiptoeing 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 a naturally aspirated engine, because it's really challenging to build an NA powerplant." -Bisi Ezerioha
For more information on the competition, visit www.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 also register to win the winning motor. In our next update, we'll dive back into the technical aspects of our qualifying spec VQ35. -AH