Talk Morgan Forums Morgan Sports Cars Morgan Plus Four, Supersport & Plus Six (CX & CXV Generation Vehicles) 3 Write-Offs?

These two images show just how different the +8 and Plus 6 are....

Let's start with the new Straight 6. Peak torque at 1380 rpm, then flat to 5000.
The power rises steadily, but is already significant at 2000 rpm.


Now the lazy N62 V8: nothing much below 2500 rpm, it isn't until 3000 or so that it "gets on the cam" and peaks at over 4000 rpm. Power rises steadily, but it isn't until around 5000 rpm that the engine is truly bonkers.



It is hard to imagine how anyone could get themselves into trouble, without trying, but the Plus Six will bite, hard, from 2000 rpm, which is all too easily found.
The Plus Four, when it arrives, will have a similar performance characteristic, just less of it.