Small car - Big V8.... what's out there?

[buzzer]

Went out for a drive today in our SLK55 AMG... I love driving it... that wall of torque as you accelerate through the gears... small car, big engine, nice combination.

It got me thinking, are there any other small cars out there with V8 engines?

[kambites]

Plenty of you mean second-hand. V8s are going out of fashion these days, though.

[hornetrider]

M3?

Non-oem how about an LS1 in an MX5?

[CampDavid]

buzzer said:

Went out for a drive today in our SLK55 AMG... I love driving it... that wall of torque as you accelerate through the gears... small car, big engine, nice combination.

It got me thinking, are there any other small cars out there with V8 engines?

There aren't enough. Old TVRs are really where it's at

Classic wise, an R107 SL500 does the business. Save the Z8 BMW have failed to get involved which disappoints me, a Z3 with a 4.4 V8 in the front (or even the E39M5s 5.0) would be epic.

Can't beat a V8

[Lefty]

Land Rover 90, I bet it's one of the smalles (footprint) v8's ever made. Original TVR Griffith excepted!

[powerstroke]

Mustang that's all

[richwig83]

V8 Atom?

[CampDavid]

Jag XK8 is far from small but the prices are these days

[TheEnd]

There's quite a few RX-7's that have been converted to V8s once the novelty wore off a rotary engine.

[LoonR1]

E90 M3
Audi S4, S5, RS4 and RS5 of not too long ago

[McClure]

powerstroke said:

Mustang that's all

Small car?

Either a Trevor or a Cobra.

[vrooom]

Cheetah cars?



AC corba replica ?



MGB V8 (swap for newer LS1 v8)

many cars out there...

[Lefty]

Mgb v8 is a good shout.

Fisher Fury too.

Westfield Seight.

[Lefty]

LoonR1 said:

E90 M3
Audi S4, S5, RS4 and RS5 of not too long ago

Not really small though!

[buzzer]

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small

[kambites]

Some people have a very different definition of "small" to me.

[theboss]

CampDavid said:

buzzer said:

Went out for a drive today in our SLK55 AMG... I love driving it... that wall of torque as you accelerate through the gears... small car, big engine, nice combination.

It got me thinking, are there any other small cars out there with V8 engines?

There aren't enough. Old TVRs are really where it's at

Classic wise, an R107 SL500 does the business. Save the Z8 BMW have failed to get involved which disappoints me, a Z3 with a 4.4 V8 in the front (or even the E39M5s 5.0) would be epic.

Can't beat a V8

This thread may interest you...

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=355...

[LoonR1]

Lefty said:

Not really small though!

There aren't going to be many cars built with a V8 as standard, especially small ones if you're going to define them as a super mini.

An M3 is not a big car by any stretch of the imagination.

[GreigM]

Westfield Seight

[Lefty]

LoonR1 said:

Lefty said:

Not really small though!

There aren't going to be many cars built with a V8 as standard, especially small ones if you're going to define them as a super mini.

An M3 is not a big car by any stretch of the imagination.

Not big for nowadays I'll grant you but hardly small. And it's a Lardy thing!

E92 M3
4615 x 1817
1655kg!

E34 M5
4720 x 1751
1620kg!