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      10-26-2016, 02:55 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by mkoesel View Post
Not sure about the regulatory explanation, but indeed the two use completely separate engines.
My point about regulation is that using a derivative of an "off-the-shelf" engine and adapt it to the meet regulation would have likely yielded a non-competitive result. Hence the "clean-sheet design".

...not that regulation stipulates a clean-sheet design
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