Best smoker barges 1-5 large [vol8]
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Hoofy said:
hornetrider said:
It's not sitting right, is it. Or at least, it doesn't look right. Either looks too high or more likely the chavvy chinese wheels are too big with the wrong offset.
Out of interest, how do you get so little power out of a 4.6 V8? Buy it an the US?!
Aren't Mercedes of the same era similarly powered? CLK430 had 275bhp. Ok, slightly smaller, slightly higher output.Out of interest, how do you get so little power out of a 4.6 V8? Buy it an the US?!
Edited by hornetrider on Wednesday 4th March 11:07
E65Ross said:
Hoofy said:
hornetrider said:
It's not sitting right, is it. Or at least, it doesn't look right. Either looks too high or more likely the chavvy chinese wheels are too big with the wrong offset.
Out of interest, how do you get so little power out of a 4.6 V8? Buy it an the US?!
Aren't Mercedes of the same era similarly powered? CLK430 had 275bhp. Ok, slightly smaller, slightly higher output.Out of interest, how do you get so little power out of a 4.6 V8? Buy it an the US?!
Edited by hornetrider on Wednesday 4th March 11:07
Hoofy said:
E65Ross said:
Hoofy said:
hornetrider said:
It's not sitting right, is it. Or at least, it doesn't look right. Either looks too high or more likely the chavvy chinese wheels are too big with the wrong offset.
Out of interest, how do you get so little power out of a 4.6 V8? Buy it an the US?!
Aren't Mercedes of the same era similarly powered? CLK430 had 275bhp. Ok, slightly smaller, slightly higher output.Out of interest, how do you get so little power out of a 4.6 V8? Buy it an the US?!
Edited by hornetrider on Wednesday 4th March 11:07
BGarside said:
Just noticed comment in ad about wheels. Similar style to the original MG wheels but bigger I guess. Love the look of these and with LPG and a V8 it's more tempting still.
The trouble with LPG'ing the 260 is you can't then supercharge them, apparently it's one or the other.I read something about the original plan for the mustang engined Rover was to have it supercharged and the drivetrain was specced to cope with 400BHP in mind but then they shelved the idea. Hence after market conversions like the one Dreadnought(?) offer work very well with little needed other then the charger and a new ECU.
hornetrider said:
Hoofy said:
E65Ross said:
Hoofy said:
hornetrider said:
It's not sitting right, is it. Or at least, it doesn't look right. Either looks too high or more likely the chavvy chinese wheels are too big with the wrong offset.
Out of interest, how do you get so little power out of a 4.6 V8? Buy it an the US?!
Aren't Mercedes of the same era similarly powered? CLK430 had 275bhp. Ok, slightly smaller, slightly higher output.Out of interest, how do you get so little power out of a 4.6 V8? Buy it an the US?!
Edited by hornetrider on Wednesday 4th March 11:07
W00DY said:
Now this is a wheel swap.
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C590148
Not the deal of the century perhaps, but the ad seems honest.
Too much I believe and I think along with mechanic friend.http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C590148
Not the deal of the century perhaps, but the ad seems honest.
Just sounds off.
alpha channel said:
The trouble with LPG'ing the 260 is you can't then supercharge them, apparently it's one or the other.
Despite the MG trappings it's just a big, heavy cruiser IMO so might as wlel just enjoy it as a comfy, relaxing and understressed barge. Isn't that what this thread's about anyway?
E65Ross said:
Hoofy said:
hornetrider said:
It's not sitting right, is it. Or at least, it doesn't look right. Either looks too high or more likely the chavvy chinese wheels are too big with the wrong offset.
Out of interest, how do you get so little power out of a 4.6 V8? Buy it an the US?!
Aren't Mercedes of the same era similarly powered? CLK430 had 275bhp. Ok, slightly smaller, slightly higher output.Out of interest, how do you get so little power out of a 4.6 V8? Buy it an the US?!
Edited by hornetrider on Wednesday 4th March 11:07
dme123 said:
The Mercedes specific power outputs were a bit low at the time. The Jaguar AJ-V8 from 1996 managed 280BHP from 4 litres - 70bhp/litre, and various BMW V8 engines were managing the same from the mid 90s onwards. I was always mystified that MG Rover spent so much money on the development and then hobbled it with such a crap engine.
Because the engine cost nothing and was compact enough to easily fit into the bay with minimal modification.There's a thread on PH about a 260V8 engined 75...including comments from a development bod at Prodrive (mostly very positive - up until the mention of immobilisers...it has a Ford/Mustang system talking to a BMW box within a Rover wiring set up...make of that what you will).
Still like them. Never driven one. My 4cyl Mazda has an almost identical output (bhp and torque).
Still like them. Never driven one. My 4cyl Mazda has an almost identical output (bhp and torque).
E65Ross said:
Hoofy said:
20% is similar enough for me compared to the V8s Ferrari is producing.
But 80bhp/litre is only 25% or so more than the Merc one..... 25% is similar enough, isn't it? Hoofy said:
E65Ross said:
Hoofy said:
20% is similar enough for me compared to the V8s Ferrari is producing.
But 80bhp/litre is only 25% or so more than the Merc one..... 25% is similar enough, isn't it? I'm sorry but 20% is quite significant! In statistics, 5% or greater is the widely accepted figure. With 20% you would easily be able to tell a difference (eg if a car had 20% more power) and thus it's not exactly similar.
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