One word of caution I'd add to these kinds of thread are that whilst manufacturing tolerances are MUCH better than they used to be, no 2 cars are going to put down like for like figures, even with the same engine type as:
1) Each car may be adapted to it's own daily drive style
2) Engines are not blue-printed, hence will have differences in real world performance. I had two LCR225's from new, and they felt different power wise (nearly 10% from bum dyno). I always felt the first car was never 100%, but revisions in part numbers and state of 'run in' can all affect the numbers, as can the state of yor hardware (coil packs wearing for instance!)
3) Even over a 10k service life cycle you can see a reduction in performance at the tail end of the service cycle compared to a recently serviced car. Bad fuel can accentuate this.
Also I've never been a great believer that dyno numbers translate to a great drive. Whilst they are a useful tool to support the process of defining the effectiveness of your modification upgrade path, or to diagnose / healthcheck your car, once you put the car back on the road under 'normal' operating conditions these figures are almost 'by the by'.
A driver who has advanced skills and decent training or track experience can drive around the odd few bhp of difference.
Lets be clear, at 225bhp, even if the figures are out by 10bhp, that is less than 5%, and it's questionnable you are going to feel that through the seat of your pants unless your sister was the princess featured in the book 'The Princess and the Pea'!
