The V8 ICE What's it all about?
Discussion
aeropilot said:
With one single exception, the Yank V8 died in 1971 until the US horsepower revival kicked off again 20 odd years later.
Whilst it's true the SD455 was the one true glorious outlier, the change from Gross to SAE HP measurements accounted for the marked difference in advertised horsepower figures between the '71 and '72 model years. While 1970 may have been the high point, the differences between 1971 and 1972 were not in reality that significant.emperorburger said:
aeropilot said:
With one single exception, the Yank V8 died in 1971 until the US horsepower revival kicked off again 20 odd years later.
Whilst it's true the SD455 was the one true glorious outlier, the change from Gross to SAE HP measurements accounted for the marked difference in advertised horsepower figures between the '71 and '72 model years. While 1970 may have been the high point, the differences between 1971 and 1972 were not in reality that significant.aeropilot said:
While 1970 is considered the high point by many, smog equipment in some states and other factors had already started to impact, and I think the high point was the 5 year period between '63-'68.
The effect of smog equipment really hit hard in the 1971 model year for Corvette, however the reality was only a -15hp change between '71 and '72 due to a small drop in compression rather than the advertised circa 100hp change due to the move from gross to SAE HP reporting. Rather than an absolute cut off after 1971 it was more a protracted death over 2-3 years. The introduction of catalysts in the early 1970's obviously didn't help.Edited by emperorburger on Sunday 18th October 21:12
Owned a few over the years - honestly Id rather have a peaky 2.0 4 pot turbo any day.
V8 - OK nice burble but by god thats its only feature.
Nose heavy, thirsty, slow revving (not all but most) and usually tightly packed into a bay that many simple jobs are a pita
V8 - let em die off and forget em says I
V8 - OK nice burble but by god thats its only feature.
Nose heavy, thirsty, slow revving (not all but most) and usually tightly packed into a bay that many simple jobs are a pita
V8 - let em die off and forget em says I
lord trumpton said:
V8 - OK nice burble but by god thats its only feature. Nose heavy, thirsty, slow revving (not all but most) and usually tightly packed into a bay that many simple jobs are a pita. V8 - let em die off and forget em says I
Oh dear. amongst so many errors, the light weight and compact dimensions of General Motors LS and LT series engines appear to have escaped your attention.
I've only ever had one V8 and that was in a Rover P6B 3500S when I was 20!
I loved how you could feel the car rock just blipping the throttle in neutral, but soon discovered it was because the springs were so soft it handled like a blancmange.
More recently I rediscovered petrol straight 6s and they are way smoother than that old Rover, as well as being more than twice as powerful!
I'm more than happy with my S54 engined M car with after-market back-boxes and an 8K red-line, so I have no desire for a V8 for now.
I loved how you could feel the car rock just blipping the throttle in neutral, but soon discovered it was because the springs were so soft it handled like a blancmange.
More recently I rediscovered petrol straight 6s and they are way smoother than that old Rover, as well as being more than twice as powerful!
I'm more than happy with my S54 engined M car with after-market back-boxes and an 8K red-line, so I have no desire for a V8 for now.
lord trumpton said:
Owned a few over the years - honestly Id rather have a peaky 2.0 4 pot turbo any day.
V8 - OK nice burble but by god thats its only feature.
Nose heavy, thirsty, slow revving (not all but most) and usually tightly packed into a bay that many simple jobs are a pita
V8 - let em die off and forget em says I
Heavy? I have a V8 that weighs 183kg fully dressed. That's lighter than a lot of straight 6's, and around the same weight as a Honda k20.V8 - OK nice burble but by god thats its only feature.
Nose heavy, thirsty, slow revving (not all but most) and usually tightly packed into a bay that many simple jobs are a pita
V8 - let em die off and forget em says I
Thirsty yeah. But powaaah.
Slow revving - maybe if your only experience of a V8 is in a ship.
I'll give you the tightly packed. But for routine servicing it makes no difference.
Oh and let's not forget the bottom end punch. I have enough torques spin the tyres from cruising speeds. Let me see your 4 pot do that.
Edited by fiju on Monday 19th October 00:43
I’ve only owned and driven V8 BMW’s so; haven’t had the pleasure of an American or Italian yet. It makes a car so different. The torque makes it very easy to drive. When given the beans it gives the car a different character. It’s also slightly naughty. As you don’t need that amount of horsepower and torque in a car that looks like anonymous. Finally a V8 in an M3 is so different to that in a 540 or 550.
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