Good looking modern engines
Discussion
Rovnumpty said:
Do any companies 'dress up' their engines these days? Apart from ferrari and lambo of course.
I'm thinking of the alfa v6s, jag straight 6s, american v8 muscle.
Seems all manafacturers go for the "spray it black and stick a crap lump of plastic on top" approach.
The plastic lump is sometimes for noise abatement.I'm thinking of the alfa v6s, jag straight 6s, american v8 muscle.
Seems all manafacturers go for the "spray it black and stick a crap lump of plastic on top" approach.
The PSA prince engine looks pretty neat after you replace the horrible looking plastic boost pipes in my opinion.
.
As far as modern cars go with the exception of needing to take the airbox out for access to the rear of the engine bay and the french missuse of the metric system: "Honhonhon lets chuck in some 13mm and 11mm bolts just to merde with le mechaniques". I find it to be a pretty easy engine to work on, the proper jewbilee clips is a nice change from those awful scissor clips the Germans like using, and it seems to be designed with normal sized hands in mind rather than tiny tiny Japanese hands.
.As far as modern cars go with the exception of needing to take the airbox out for access to the rear of the engine bay and the french missuse of the metric system: "Honhonhon lets chuck in some 13mm and 11mm bolts just to merde with le mechaniques". I find it to be a pretty easy engine to work on, the proper jewbilee clips is a nice change from those awful scissor clips the Germans like using, and it seems to be designed with normal sized hands in mind rather than tiny tiny Japanese hands.
Rovnumpty said:
Do any companies 'dress up' their engines these days? Apart from ferrari and lambo of course.
I'm thinking of the alfa v6s, jag straight 6s, american v8 muscle.
Seems all manafacturers go for the "spray it black and stick a crap lump of plastic on top" approach.
How long since Jag have used i6's. I'm thinking of the alfa v6s, jag straight 6s, american v8 muscle.
Seems all manafacturers go for the "spray it black and stick a crap lump of plastic on top" approach.
As far as I'm aware dressing up with plastic is a "prestige" thing.
That maserati engine is what I'm talking about!
But again, Italian, expensive, sporting history.
I don't know why manafacturers further down the food chain don't do the same. Ford used to be pretty good at this type of thing - the old cossies were interesting to look at.
I personally like to see the engine - part of the appeal of cars to me - especially in something 'sporty'.
Maybe they've all gone the 'cover the engine in s
te plastic' route as it's different engineering teams that do the design. "Quick, get something to cover that engine up - they weren't on OUR design team'
Anyone else like to see their engine in their car? Or are we all happy with the 'you don't need to know what's under there' theme.
But again, Italian, expensive, sporting history.
I don't know why manafacturers further down the food chain don't do the same. Ford used to be pretty good at this type of thing - the old cossies were interesting to look at.
I personally like to see the engine - part of the appeal of cars to me - especially in something 'sporty'.
Maybe they've all gone the 'cover the engine in s
te plastic' route as it's different engineering teams that do the design. "Quick, get something to cover that engine up - they weren't on OUR design team'Anyone else like to see their engine in their car? Or are we all happy with the 'you don't need to know what's under there' theme.
Some years ago, Cadillac did a prototype V16 in a concept car.
Very clean installation too.
Looked very Jag-ish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtPNUVaIBVs
Very clean installation too.
Looked very Jag-ish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtPNUVaIBVs
Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff