yeah gotta give it to u there
farkin holdens are still making push rods
when japs had quad cam v8s like 15 years ago
To all you pushrod baggers... the LS2 is a cut down version of the LS7, and the vette has won best performance car years and years in a row... They are pushrod because they choose to be.
Look at fords DOHC, it ****s the weight balence (to high), it makes less power, and it weights more.. yeah big DOHC advantage...
Im not claiming the holden make the best v8 either... id probly go v8... that new Honda F1 engine i read theyd been testing
Ford's DOHC was no good because it wasn't a engine designed from scratch, it was a compromise bunged together from existing components. They basically did a frankenstein conversion one of us might have done.
Originally Posted by 91'lude
To all you pushrod baggers... the LS2 is a cut down version of the LS7, and the vette has won best performance car years and years in a row... They are pushrod because they choose to be.
Look at fords DOHC, it ****s the weight balence (to high), it makes less power, and it weights more.. yeah big DOHC advantage...
Im not claiming the holden make the best v8 either... id probly go v8... that new Honda F1 engine i read theyd been testing
Mercedes Benz AMG SL 55, or CL 55, or E 55 for that matter...take your pick and stop comparing it with the Holdens and Fords...
And if we are going to talk about Holdens and Fords and Chevs and whatever else you want to throw into the mix, XY GT 351 Cleveland is by far the best "traditional" V8 ever...took Holden 20 years to come up with something anywhere near as good.
where's V8 Hero gone? looks like this experts' favourite V8 can't compete with the other motors mentioned. Maybe he thought honda lovers wouldn't know about V8's?
Go the toyota V8's. As quoted in The Ages Drive yesterday
"Part of the luxo experience was the result of the LS400's powerplant. The 4.0-litre V8 used four valves per cylinder and double overhead camshafts on each bank, something that was hardly common in the early '90s.
Power was a stirring 190 kW with torque of 360 Nm, but more than that, the engine was smooth and sophisticated and so quiet you needed to check the tachometer at idle to make sure it was running."
Lets consider this scenario. When you hear ppl say "I got a v8 powered commodore" and u go "oh ok." but how about this..."I got a V8 powered Merc" the v8 moves up another level..dont u all think?
Originally Posted by CaP
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But can I get 1 in a commodore? While we're in crazy town, how bout one of the 8 cylinder powerplants from a WWII fighter plane?
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