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15 entrants. 20 engine families. 43 engine variants. It pleases me enormously that this simple format attracted so much interest.
The Peppermint Automobile Company will, of course, have many factors to weigh in deciding what engine to buy - how far do they need to be shipped? will the supplier still be in business in five years? how hard will it be to train the mechanics at Peppermint's dealerships on maintenance procedures? and so on - but before asking any of those questions, they have to decide which engines most attract their interest. So, without further ado:
ResultsIn the Standard category, the winning engine is the Standard variant of
cpufreak101's VI-150 with 48 points, ahead of conan's Mitsushita 4J2Z-GG at 42.5 and vmo's Montes 634-I at 39 - congratulations to you.
In the Deluxe category, the winning engine is
Lordred's LHE X8M E85T with 45.5 points, ahead of koolkei's CE Lux at 43 and the Deluxe variant of Puffster's ABR Peppermint at 41 - congratulations to you.
In the Sport category, the winning engine is the Sport variant of
Puffster's ABR Peppermint at 42, ahead of vmo's Montes VE394-TT at 41 and the tie between the Sport variant of cpufreak101's VI-150 and High Octane Love's Bogliq 8BE40S at 40 - congratulations to you.
Winning the Single-Supplier category with 121.5 points is
Lordred - congratulations!
The winner of the One-Block category, and second place in the Single-Supplier category, is
cpufreak101 with 115.5 points, followed by conan with 112.5 points and Puffster with 112 points. Additionally, VicVictory gets an Honorable Mention for scoring 105 points using only two engine variants between the three trims, placing fourth in both Standard and Deluxe with the Taurus Phase 3 TB8-E. Congrants to all of you.
Finally, the sole entrant in the In-House category is
simo4295, who through heroic effort and a complete disregard for engine lifespan managed to produce 42 points. (Particularly impressive: 5th place in the Muscle metric for the Standard trim. Out of a 1.4L!) Congratulations, and thank you very much for entering.
Final ScoresItalics = multiple engine families;
underline = Peppermint 1.2 block. Tied entries are marked "(tied)"; otherwise, the first listed wins the tie.
Standard Scores:- cpufreak101 (VI-150 - 3.3L I6, DOHC 4v MPFI): 48
- conan (Mitsushita 4J2Z-GG - 3.0L I6, DOHC 4v MPFI): 42.5
- vmo (Montes 634-I - 3.0L I6, DOHC 4v MPFI): 39
- VicVictory (Taurus Phase 3 TB8-E - 4.4L V8XP, OHV MPFI): 38
- Rossriders (AR4p Standard - 2.5L I4, SOHC 4v MPFI): 37
- Lordred (LHE X4M E85T - 1.7L I4, OHV MPFI Turbo): 37 (tied)
- High Octane Love (Bogliq 8BE34B - 3.4L V8FP, SOHC 4v MPFI): 37 (tied)
- Riso (Ford 302 - 5.0L V8XP, OHV MPFI): 35
- MadamVastra (Argent 6 2.0 EFi - 2.0L I6, DOHC 4v MPFI): 33
- koolkei (Uni 19D2MP - 1.9L I4, DOHC 2v MPFI): 31
- 07CobaltGirl (Chevy 305-LB9 - 5.0L V8XP, OHV MPFI): 29.5
- Puffster (ABR Peppermint - 3.4L V8XP, DOHC 4v MPFI Turbo): 29
- simo4295 (Modified Peppermint 1.2 - 1.4L I4, DAOHC 2v, MPFI Turbo): 22
- CadillacDave (B1 Series B150 - 1.6L I4, SOHC 4v SPFI): 18
- nerd (Incredibly Economical Engine - 10.9L V8XP, OHV 4B Turbo): 4
Deluxe Scores:- Lordred (LHE X8M E85T - 3.3L V8XP, OHV MPFI Turbo): 45.5
- koolkei (CE Lux - 2.7L I6, SOHC 3v MPFI): 43
- Puffster (ABR Peppermint - 3.5L V8XP, DOHC 4v MPFI Turbo): 41
- VicVictory (Taurus Phase 3 TB8-E - 4.4L V8XP, OHV MPFI): 36
- MadamVastra (Argent 6 2.5 EFi - 2.5L I6, DOHC 4v MPFI): 35
- Rossriders (AJ5 Standard - 5.0L V8XP, OHV MPFI): 34
- conan (Mitsushita 4J2Z-GM - 3.0L I6, DOHC 4v MPFI): 33
- 07CobaltGirl (Chevy 350-L98 - 5.7L V8XP, OHV MPFI): 32.5
- High Octane Love (Bogliq 8BE40E - 4.0L V8FP, SOHC 4v MPFI): 31
- vmo (Montes V8400N - 4.0L V6, SOHC 4v MPFI): 29
- cpufreak101 (VI-150 - 3.5L I6, DOHC 4v MPFI): 27.5
- Riso (Ford 302 - 5.0L V8XP, OHV MPFI): 19.5
- simo4295 (Modified Peppermint 1.2 - 1.4L I4, DAOHC 2v MPFI): 9
- nerd (Incredibly Economical Engine - 10.9L V8XP, OHV 4B Turbo): 4
Sport Scores:- Puffster (ABR Peppermint - 3.2L V8XP, DOHC 4v MPFI): 42
- vmo (Montes VE394-TT - 3.9L V8FP, DOHC 4v MPFI Turbo): 41
- cpufreak101 (VI-150 - 3.8L I6, DOHC 4v MPFI Turbo): 40 (tied)
- High Octane Love (Bogliq 8BE40S - 4.0L V8FP, SOHC 4v MPFI): 40 (tied)
- Lordred (LHE X8M P85T - 3.8L V8XP, OHV MPFI Turbo): 39 (tied)
- Riso (Ford 302 - 5.0L V8XP, OHV MPFI): 39 (tied)
- conan (Mitsushita 4J2Z-GTG - 3.0L I6, DOHC 4v MPFI Turbo): 37 (tied)
- koolkei (CE Sport - 3.0L I6, SOHC 3v MPFI): 37 (tied)
- MadamVastra (Argent 6 2.0 Turbo - 2.0L I6, DOHC 4v MPFI Turbo): 36
- 07CobaltGirl (Chevy 350-L98X - 5.7L V8XP, OHV MPFI): 35
- VicVictory (Taurus Phase 3 TB8-E-HO - 4.4L V8XP, OHV MPFI): 31
- Rossriders (AR4p Sport - 2.5L I4, SOHC 4v MPFI): 26
- CadillacDave (Baby Six 3000 - 3.0L V6, DOHC 4v SPFI): 22
- simo4295 (Modified Peppermint 1.2 - 1.4L I4, DAOHC 2v MPFI Turbo): 11
- nerd (Incredibly Economical Engine - 10.9L V8XP, OHV 4B Turbo): 4
Combined Scores:- Lordred: 121.5
- cpufreak101: 115.5
- conan: 112.5
- Puffster: 112
- koolkei: 111
- vmo: 109
- High Octane Love: 108
- VicVictory: 105
- MadamVastra: 104
- Rossriders: 97
- 07CobaltGirl: 97
- Riso: 93.5
- simo4295: 42
- nerd: 12
Calculation SheetsAs you can see, the calculations for this competition were quite simple. That's not to say that I didn't manage to introduce a bug into the spreadsheet anyway, because I absolutely did (it was in the calculation of tied results, for the record), but all things considered, this was a pretty straightforward process.
The spreadsheet itself is broken out into eight sheets. The first four cover the competition between all entrants - one sheet for each trim and one sheet for the combined categories. The second four sheets add the old 1982 Peppermint 1.2L Electro drivetrain from the NE-1 for comparison. (It would hypothetically have placed between Riso and simo4295 at 73 points: tied with simo4295 at 24 in Standard, between cpufreak101 and Riso at 22 in Deluxe, and between Rossriders and CadillacDave at 27 in Sport.)
This was definitely a fun learning experience for me - I hope to build off it to run more and better competitions in the future. And if anyone wants to employ a similar formula for their own competition, feel free to adapt these sheets to that end.
Edit: Oh, and thanks again to Lordred for more Stupid High Resolution Helplining - I have to admit, I giggled like a fiend at the thought of sending him his own freaking entry for photographing.