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Look again, Great Planes is claiming 120 HP:

http://www.greatplainsas.com/llc1.html

As noted elsewhere in this thread, the conversion to liquid cooled
heads makes refering to it as a VW enigne questionable--sort of
like referring to a Lexus as a NIssan.

I don't see an estimate of total weight on that page, but it
seems that the power to weight ration may be a tad unrealistic.

Yep, and that has been scoffed upon by those better in the know than me. g

I can also get over 750 HP out of a Chevy 350. Only one catch. It will
blow up after about 6 hours. Is that what you want out of an airplane
engine?

Those kind of figures for a VW are about as realistic. Granted, the liquid
cooled head may help get sustainable HP up from a realistic 45 to a bit
more, but not that far, IMHO.
--
Jim in NC