Cost of running a V8 sportscar

[Gixer]

Devil2575 said:

jbi said:

indeed... one of the biggest obstacles to fuel economy is weight, which is why a 7.0 litre engine can achieve similar fuel economy to a 2.0 litre

I'd be prepared to bet a large sum of money that a 7 litre vette cannot achieve similar economy to a 2 litre engine.

My mates Focus ST is averaging less than my Z06. His Mustang is only just worse than his ST. How about an Evo? The mates I've had that have had them all got mega ste mpg

Amazes me how many 'expert' there are on PH these days and yet 99% of the time their profile makes very boring reading. So I guess they're all experts through top gear and the like

[Captain Muppet]

Gixer said:

Captain Muppet said:

Later cars have an aluminium/aluminum chassis - there was one in the Corvette museum at the factory which was set up with a very dodgy choice of pivot point to make it seem rediculously light.

The museum is well worth the visit, but is several hundred miles from anything else worth seeing. Unless I missed something amazing when I was there, in which case please don't let me know.

It's only the Z06 that has the aluminium chassis rails, others have hydro formed steel rails (that's why the Z06 has a fixed roof)
Btw I've been to the museum and factory tour a few times. There is other things to do around the area

Right, Z06 added to my list of cars I badly want.

[jbi]

Devil2575 said:

jbi said:

indeed... one of the biggest obstacles to fuel economy is weight, which is why a 7.0 litre engine can achieve similar fuel economy to a 2.0 litre

I'd be prepared to bet a large sum of money that a 7 litre vette cannot achieve similar economy to a 2 litre engine.

Land Rover offered a 2.0 litre petrol in their discovery back in the early 90's

I assure you the corvette gets better mpg