Your favourite engines
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Favourite engine is the 5 cylinder 20 valve turbo from Audi.
Sounds like no other, has excellent balance, is bulletproof, is easy as pie to play with, looks the dogs danglies when its OUT of the car, sounds great, can make huge power outputs (circa 900bhp..Dahlback..oh mama!), did i mention its sounds GREAT?
Sounds like no other, has excellent balance, is bulletproof, is easy as pie to play with, looks the dogs danglies when its OUT of the car, sounds great, can make huge power outputs (circa 900bhp..Dahlback..oh mama!), did i mention its sounds GREAT?
Have to echo the chevy small block for sound - really does sound the dogs bollocks, and it's highly tuneable as well.
BL's A-series is also a cracking engine for it's age, and the K-series is worth a mention for being so bloody light
Can't go without mentioning the Suzuki Hayabusa engine though - mental unit!
Or the Skyline lump - 1200 bhp possible from 2.7 litres!
BL's A-series is also a cracking engine for it's age, and the K-series is worth a mention for being so bloody light
Can't go without mentioning the Suzuki Hayabusa engine though - mental unit!
Or the Skyline lump - 1200 bhp possible from 2.7 litres!
! A nicely balanced fiat twin cam (think grale, volumex, fiat coupe)
An alfa flat four as it passes 4500rpm(alfasud, 33) mmmmmmm
An alfa v-6 .. omg!
and a .. jaguar v12. assuming its in a car without all the sound deadening, its wound up past 3-4000, is attached to a manual box, and is running on all cylinders, and has a sensible exhaust fitted.
An alfa flat four as it passes 4500rpm(alfasud, 33) mmmmmmm
An alfa v-6 .. omg!
and a .. jaguar v12. assuming its in a car without all the sound deadening, its wound up past 3-4000, is attached to a manual box, and is running on all cylinders, and has a sensible exhaust fitted.
gt5s_1985 said:
14:1 compression ratio. Weber carbs. 180 degree headers. Literally no muffler whatsoever.
You cannot BELIEVE the noise this thing makes
(no, this isn't mine, it is one of the factory Group 4 Panteras that competed in Le Mans in '72 and '74...)
Oh My God! that is possibly the most beautiful thing I have ever seen!
Ok, I've just joined, anyway here are my favourite engines:
BMW S52 evo Straight six 3.2 l- No other engine I know of produces peak power at 7400 rpm, exceeds 100 hp/litre, and has peak torque at 3250 rpm (such incredible range!) and almost makes 14 bar BMEP- It is also naturally aspirated.
BMW M20 2 valve for its incredible smoothness (in 2 litre form) and tunability- is possible to stretch to almost 3.2 litres, and is very tough! The basic port geometry and combustion chamber shape are ideal for a 2 valve. Lightweight also at 175 kgs.
Dodge Hemi. Enough said!What hasn't already been said about this monsterous incredible engine?
Chevrolet C5 Vette engine, push rods, low friction, compact and light ( makes a Rover V8 look like an anvil by comparison)- almost makes 400 Bhp with torque to match, one of the highest output two valve Naturally aspirated-sounds awesome!Makes the older ZR 1 quad cam engine seem an over complicated and underoptimised affair when this motor achieves similar outputs!
Jaguar AJV8 series- I'm biassed here slightly-Showed the world British could design and develop a refined and lightweight robust engine. A real revver-especially the oversquare AJ27 3.2 litre. Great combustion chamber shape and excellent ports on the 4 litres- in supercharged form-outstanding! Weighs in at just over 200 Kgs!
Porsche 993 3.8 litre air cooled RS engine, 80 Bhp / litre, twin plugs, naturally aspirated, one of the highest output naturally aspirated two valve production engines around- classic German stubbornness of sticking with a flawed Air cooled concept I can't help but admire that-art meets development!
BMW S52 evo Straight six 3.2 l- No other engine I know of produces peak power at 7400 rpm, exceeds 100 hp/litre, and has peak torque at 3250 rpm (such incredible range!) and almost makes 14 bar BMEP- It is also naturally aspirated.
BMW M20 2 valve for its incredible smoothness (in 2 litre form) and tunability- is possible to stretch to almost 3.2 litres, and is very tough! The basic port geometry and combustion chamber shape are ideal for a 2 valve. Lightweight also at 175 kgs.
Dodge Hemi. Enough said!What hasn't already been said about this monsterous incredible engine?
Chevrolet C5 Vette engine, push rods, low friction, compact and light ( makes a Rover V8 look like an anvil by comparison)- almost makes 400 Bhp with torque to match, one of the highest output two valve Naturally aspirated-sounds awesome!Makes the older ZR 1 quad cam engine seem an over complicated and underoptimised affair when this motor achieves similar outputs!
Jaguar AJV8 series- I'm biassed here slightly-Showed the world British could design and develop a refined and lightweight robust engine. A real revver-especially the oversquare AJ27 3.2 litre. Great combustion chamber shape and excellent ports on the 4 litres- in supercharged form-outstanding! Weighs in at just over 200 Kgs!
Porsche 993 3.8 litre air cooled RS engine, 80 Bhp / litre, twin plugs, naturally aspirated, one of the highest output naturally aspirated two valve production engines around- classic German stubbornness of sticking with a flawed Air cooled concept I can't help but admire that-art meets development!
Suziki Hayabusa engine for technical excellence. 1299cc and 180bhp, without an air box the sound at full throttle is incredible, just like a mini F1 car a few years ago.
They easily make 400bhp (with good reliability too) with just a few simple (and cheap-ish) mods, plus a turbo. Whole engine, gearbox (6 speed seq) and all ancilliaries weighs less than 90Kg !
For me that's an incredible engine, especially as it's not a one-off special or race prepared etc.
They easily make 400bhp (with good reliability too) with just a few simple (and cheap-ish) mods, plus a turbo. Whole engine, gearbox (6 speed seq) and all ancilliaries weighs less than 90Kg !
For me that's an incredible engine, especially as it's not a one-off special or race prepared etc.
matt_t16 said:
B202, went into mass production in 1985/6. So nearly 20 years ago you could buy a family saloon with a 2litre, 16V, DOHC, Turbocharged 4Cyl. Technicaly it was way ahead of the curve add to that its massively tuneable and strong as nails its an amazingly overlooked lump.
Matt
www.abbottracing.com/2003/tuning/900_main.htm
I see what you mean . . .
Oh, my contribution:
- looks: Bugatti, almost any
- Magnum 440 proper tuned
- Lola T70 awesome Tadek Marek V8
- LP400 screamin' the blues
- NSX a perfect 6
- 917 . . . is that a 1000 hp thingy?
- http://pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=23&t=99165
And yes, BRM sounds chilling . . .
>> Edited by dinkel on Sunday 16th May 21:59
dinkel said:
B202, went into mass production in 1985/6. So nearly 20 years ago you could buy a family saloon with a 2litre, 16V, DOHC, Turbocharged 4Cyl. Technicaly it was way ahead of the curve add to that its massively tuneable and strong as nails its an amazingly overlooked lump.
Matt
<a href="http://www.abbottracing.com/2003/tuning/900_main.htm">www.abbottracing.com/2003/tuning/900_main.htm</a>
I see what you mean . . .
Shameless Plug: Look at www.faulksperformance.co.uk for an idea of how cheaply tuneable it is.
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