RE: fantom .18?
Who's the rest of the world you asked? Everyone but you and Kerry.
No I'm not gonna ask Kerry at wild hobbies. One man's conspiracy theory of how this engine was dyno'd really means nothing to me. While I'm sure he has a compelling argument of how the TRX 2.5 is a big lie, and Cen is much better, you have to consider the source. Isn't he the lead guy of the Cen forum?
Although he may be an intelligent person, his involvment with Cen and your screen name (T-Maxx killer with my cen mt2) leads me to believe you are both biased in your opinions. It would be very hard for me to believe either one of you.
Horsepower ratings are overrated anyways. Different companies test their products differently, and until there is one universaly accepted method of dyno testing, the numbers don't mean much.
As far as your comparison of the mt2 and Tmaxx, you have to take the weight and size of the Tmaxx into consideration. For example, just because the Nitro 4-tec is much faster than a Tmaxx, doesn't mean the engine is more powerful (they have the same engines).