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436 ps . second is the bored and stroked 3.2 litres 195.3 cu in model which produces up to 500 horsepower 373 kw ; 507 ps . the older 2.8 engine powered the radical sr8lm to the production vehicles lap record see list of n rburgring nordschleife lap times competition use edit radical sportscars edit a large quantity of rpe s engines are produced and maintained for use by radical sportscars . these engines range from the original 1100cc engines used in radical s clubsport up to the very latest rpx 2.7 engine used in the sr8 . the most popular engine is the rpe gsx r series engine a 1500cc engine used in radical s very successful sr3 model . radical are now developing a road going model the sr3 sl for which a ford ecoboost engine will be used . hillclimb & autograss edit rpe also provide engines for use in hillclimb and autograss competitions . engines used here vary between the rpe gsx r and the rp v8 series . success rates are high here with many races and championships being contested and won by cars powered by rpe engines . super tc 2000 edit starting in 2012 rpe provided their 2.7 l v8 engine to the argentine tc 2000 series in a front wheel drive configuration . other uses edit some rpe engines have been used in more interesting examples such as the zapata jetski . references edit http www.radicalperformanceengines.com powertec macroblock v8 http www.radicalperformanceengines.com 4 cylinder external links edit radical performance engines uk radical sportscars uk retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title radical performance engines & oldid 728363063 categories engine manufacturerscompanies based in peterboroughhidden categories articles with topics of unclear notability from september 2011all articles with topics of unclear notabilityarticles needing additional references from august 2011all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 4 july 2016 at 22 00 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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