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The engine is about 40 years old though.
I haven't found mine to be harsh, it runs very well.
Remember the Lemans 1300 Spitfires, IIRC were running about 110bhp from their engines.
I have a sports exhaust on mine which may give a few extra bhp, although the airfilters etc are all standard.
Lee
I haven't found mine to be harsh, it runs very well.
Remember the Lemans 1300 Spitfires, IIRC were running about 110bhp from their engines.
I have a sports exhaust on mine which may give a few extra bhp, although the airfilters etc are all standard.
Lee
[quote=2 sheds]The best all round engine of all time IMHO of course is the Alfa Romeo V6, thats if you're taking into account value for money and charactor and not just the performance on paper.
A f
ing amazing engine, I had 2.5L one in a 155 and it was without doubt the best engine in any car I have driven. Including variuos TVRs and a Honda S2000.
A f
ing amazing engine, I had 2.5L one in a 155 and it was without doubt the best engine in any car I have driven. Including variuos TVRs and a Honda S2000. 
Best engine? We're talkin' sports right? In sound a Merc 300 SL Gullwing v8, all-round a Honda S2000, in pure evil a Countach LP400 and in design a Cosworth DFY. Never understood why that engine (mass-produced racing engine) was never used in a GT like Lotus, kitcar or Cobra epigone.
Cheers, Albert (everyday in a Civic and her 4 never let me down)
Cheers, Albert (everyday in a Civic and her 4 never let me down)
I like Cosworth YB engines.
Converted to Natural Aspiration you can get massive power on just carbs or throttle bodies. Check out www.cncheads.co.uk They offer a fully ported big valve head which will give 301bhp on carbs at 8000rpm or 331bhp at 10,000 rpm!!. Thats still 2 liter as well. Apparently usig a stroker crank and bored out to 2.4 L you can get another 20bhp....
Using a Milington Engineering or Cosworth all aluminium block would make it very light.
Would this be the ultimate pinto engine upgrade in a Westfield or similar???
Has anyone seen one of these engines in a westie or similar??
Converted to Natural Aspiration you can get massive power on just carbs or throttle bodies. Check out www.cncheads.co.uk They offer a fully ported big valve head which will give 301bhp on carbs at 8000rpm or 331bhp at 10,000 rpm!!. Thats still 2 liter as well. Apparently usig a stroker crank and bored out to 2.4 L you can get another 20bhp....
Using a Milington Engineering or Cosworth all aluminium block would make it very light.
Would this be the ultimate pinto engine upgrade in a Westfield or similar???
Has anyone seen one of these engines in a westie or similar??
dinkel said:
In sound a Merc 300 SL Gullwing V8
Definitely unique. It's the only inline 6-cylinder V8 ever built, for a start. 
dinkel said:
...Cosworth DFY. Never understood why that engine (mass-produced racing engine) was never used in a GT like Lotus, kitcar or Cobra.
The fact that it costs as much as whole Porsche 911 and needs a (very expensive) full rebuild at about the same intervals as you'd expect to change the oil on most high-performance engines might have something to do with it?Mr2Mike said:
annodomini2 said:
if its so good why has it had a report on BBC's watchdog?
You really take Watchdog seriously? They are the biggest bunch of ignorant a
holes on the planet. They take a topic that they feel will be quite emotive to the viewers and then blow it out of all proportion. FFS, they even had the Saxo VTS on there complaining that when one wheel was driven over a large bump/kerb etc. that one of the rear wheels often lifted off the ground. Apparently they thought this might be dangerous. Wonder if they have ever seen an average FWD car cornering hard before?
The K series is fine if properly looked after, they just don't take neglect/abuse as well as older iron block engines.
Ben Magoo said:
What about the Mazda rotary engines?
Wicked wizzie sound with loads of power etc.
...and a stupid thirst for fuel if you use that power. I had a friend with a Series 3 RX7 who used to regularly see <10mpg in road use when he was 'pressing on'.Wicked wizzie sound with loads of power etc.
The RX8 still isn't much better. Have they solved the tip seal problem with the RX8, does anyone know? High mileage ones (>100K miles) must be starting to come through by now?
And the 'wicked wizzie sound' has been transformed into 'washing machine on spin cycle' by the latest engine management and silencing.
As an all-round engine for road use, I'd add my vote to the Alfa V6... just a pity they've never found a decent chassis to put it in. I did briefly live in hope that the stillborn Lotus M250 was going to use it.
Edited by Sam_68 on Sunday 23 March 19:24
The TWR Silk Cut V12 Jags that raced at Le Mans. They sounded evil espescially on the overrun into corners, popping n banging, with blue flames coming out the zorsts.
Merlins and Griffons take a bit of beating. Blown n Injected nitro burning Hemi, 6000bhp, makes your hair stand on end, you can feel the noise.
Merlins and Griffons take a bit of beating. Blown n Injected nitro burning Hemi, 6000bhp, makes your hair stand on end, you can feel the noise.
Gazboy said:
Saab engine most tuneable? You can get 1400bhp out of the Nissan and Toyota straight 6's, not sure how long it would last though 
BMW 3.2 is meant to be one of the best engines (in a car) ever, along with the macca F1 engine (which is more or less two M3 engines iirc)
Honda NSX's engine is quite sweet too.
saab engines tunable ?BMW 3.2 is meant to be one of the best engines (in a car) ever, along with the macca F1 engine (which is more or less two M3 engines iirc)
Honda NSX's engine is quite sweet too.
600 hp on standard internals ....no fancy titanium pushrods or forged pistons or steel cranks and do 250,000 miles ....
nicest sounding... alfa v 12 formula 1 engine ....screamer or what
efficient has to be the latest F1 engines ...the airflow through them is boundary supersonic FFS !!!
Nicest looking ..
they all look good to me but the alfa v6 with all that polished trumpetry mmmmmm
still its small and light
Sam_68 said:
Ben Magoo said:
What about the Mazda rotary engines?
Wicked wizzie sound with loads of power etc.
...and a stupid thirst for fuel if you use that power. I had a friend with a Series 3 RX7 who used to regularly see <10mpg in road use when he was 'pressing on'.Wicked wizzie sound with loads of power etc.
The RX8 still isn't much better. Have they solved the tip seal problem with the RX8, does anyone know? High mileage ones (>100K miles) must be starting to come through by now?
Edited by Sam_68 on Sunday 23 March 19:24
ylee coyote said:
Gazboy said:
Saab engine most tuneable? You can get 1400bhp out of the Nissan and Toyota straight 6's, not sure how long it would last though
BMW 3.2 is meant to be one of the best engines (in a car) ever, along with the macca F1 engine (which is more or less two M3 engines iirc)
Honda NSX's engine is quite sweet too.
saab engines tunable ?BMW 3.2 is meant to be one of the best engines (in a car) ever, along with the macca F1 engine (which is more or less two M3 engines iirc)
Honda NSX's engine is quite sweet too.
600 hp on standard internals ....no fancy titanium pushrods or forged pistons or steel cranks and do 250,000 miles ....
cars still look like skips too,and the vauxhall input
why dident they stay on there own,they used to build very tough dependable cars how did they think Vauxhall could improve the brandstill as i always say a car manafacturer does not get rich making reliable cars.The father of a friend of mine designed the Deltic. He was once on a train powered by the engine when it broke down. This very professorial man asked the conductor to take him to the engine which he then fixed. The train carried on its journey. ttr
Pigeon said:
Well said that man, two-strokes are cool!
A Deltic has 3 crankshafts at the corners of a triangle, 36 cylinders and 72 pistons. It's a supercharged two-stroke diesel. The Mk 1 produced 1650bhp, then there were Mk 2 and 3 versions which more or less doubled that. It's used in locomotives and fast naval patrol boats. I'd like to make a trike with one, just for the crack.
dragstar said:
deltic?
A Deltic has 3 crankshafts at the corners of a triangle, 36 cylinders and 72 pistons. It's a supercharged two-stroke diesel. The Mk 1 produced 1650bhp, then there were Mk 2 and 3 versions which more or less doubled that. It's used in locomotives and fast naval patrol boats. I'd like to make a trike with one, just for the crack.
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