Most pointless engine.

[fido]

shake n bake said:

Hondas effort in this years F1?

some might say since their Mugen-Honda days!

[wst]

grkify said:

This one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFpa26h5Hp8

I vaguely remember driving one of those for a sort of "refresher" driving lesson to check I still knew how cars worked at the end of my 6 month pass test -> first car gap. It was pretty dire.

[Cliftonite]

280E said:

Ford V4 springs to mind....

It helped to sell a lot of Transits, thereby setting the scene for decades of successful Ford vans, dinnit?

[miniman]

eldar said:

It did nothing the Rover V8 couldn't do better, so pointless.

It sounded better though, didn't it?

[eldar]

miniman said:

It sounded better though, didn't it?

When they ran

[miniman]

eldar said:

miniman said:

It sounded better though, didn't it?

When they ran

Touché

[Buff Mchugelarge]

Krupp Stahl said:

None of them are pointless.

They all turn petrol into work.

Granted - some do that better than others, but none of them are pointless.

I love them all.

That

[dbdb]

That is the one saving grace of the Stag V8 - it really does sound marvellous.

[crostonian]

Passat W8. I know it was a development unit for the W12s that followed but what profligacy. The Fiat TwinAir in the Mito/500 is pretty pointless too as it fails in its main reason for being - to be economical.

[stuart313]

The Vauxhall 1.7 diesel unit when they had a perfectly good Isuzu unit they could and did use.

[eldar]

dbdb said:

That is the one saving grace of the Stag V8 - it really does sound marvellous.

Unfortunately it was also the killing grace, because it broke. I worked for a BL dealer when they came out. It looked, sounded and went great and grenaded the engine all too often. (plus a lot of poor build quality issues, the warranty costs were huge).

If they had used the Rover V8 it would have been a huge success.

[smithyithy]

What was the purpose of the V5 VW engines they put in the Golf, Bora etc?

[Tango13]

daytona365 said:

Most pointless engine ? Anything over, say, lets be generous, 2litres ! Unless its for heavy haulage/military etc.

That's for ride along lawn mowers and kiddies karts etc right?

[Storer]

Large engines are not pointless. They may be inefficient, and extravagant but they sure put a grin on one's face...

The small engines I own power my hedge trimmer, chainsaw, strimmer, etc.

Car engines start at 2.7 litres twin turbo and end at 27 litres.....

When you are sun bathing remember to say 'thanks'...........

[Who me ?]

stuart313 said:

The Vauxhall 1.7 diesel unit when they had a perfectly good Isuzu unit they could and did use.

AH- the ISUSU DERV unit. be slightly generous with oil on a top up and hey presto -instant runaway taking out rockers even if stalled pretty quickly.

[Chimune]

Well I was going to suggest the v5 vw thing.
And the hilariously underpowered v8 in the MG ZT 260s.
However both sounds good, so I'm out of ideas!

[Regiment]

The V6 in the current model Mustang. Not as economical or powerful as the turbocharged straight 4 and not as amazing as the v8.

[stuart313]

[quote=Who me ?]

stuart313 said:

The Vauxhall 1.7 diesel unit when they had a perfectly good Isuzu unit they could and did use.

AH- the ISUSU DERV unit. be slightly generous with oil on a top up and hey presto -instant runaway taking out rockers even if stalled pretty quickly.

Yea but the Vauxhall unit was just a petrol engine with injectors instead of spark plugs, the head couldn't cope with the extra pressures.

[daytona365]

A.G. said:

The BMW ETA engine. Apparently because eta is Greek for efficiency.

In the 80s BMW sold a 525e. It was powered by probably the most depressing and wheeziest of engines I have ever had the misfortune to encounter. It made about 125 bhp from a 2.8 engine (which normally produced 40BHP more) and was more expensive than the smaller engine models.

I still dont understand

.....They are/were horrid 'drivers' engines, but they'd last past 500,000 miles.

[dbdb]

I actually disagree with that - they were designed to produce a lot of torque and were very economical for a large engined car of their day. They were significantly faster than the 520i, though of course they were also more expensive than them. I liked the way the 525e drove.