the aston martin one-77 engine

[Commodore GS/E]

It's actually not that hard to pass emissions with a big block, depending on how you built it.

Not in Europe, man, not in Europe .

[Kitdy]

Not in Europe, man, not in Europe .

Europe is terrible and only inhabited by ecomental communists...

Or that's how you'd have the story told to you by some.

Not me, to be clear.

[fpv_gtho]

Who cares? What is it like to drive? How is the sound? How well does it spin up?

What about the engine's power/weight ratio?

I dont think you understand my criticism. A 5.9L/500hp is bad but a 800hp/9.4L engine is good? Granted big block V8's wont have the revs to produce the power for their displacement, but that example was still a $20K engine. Ive seen articles on 1000hp NA big blocks for the record. If you want to discredit the AM, use that as an example.

Yes, it should for what it costs. I know a guy who gets 750hp and 670lb-ft out of what started as a 460 ford that he built for a total investment of less than $7,000. He drives it daily and has yet (5 years on) to have any problems with it, either. Big blocks aren't about hp/liter, that's like comparing the number of airbags in an Elise vs a Camry, they have a lot of other advantages.

Aston Martin should do better yes but what are their competitors doing? Their current engine is also the product, crudely speaking, of 2 Ford V6's stuck together and tarted up.

[wwgkd]

the big block at that power level using a carb.

Ahh. Eh. You see tuned Ferrari's and Lambos making more power with no one making that comment. It's not as bad as people think. A more powerfull big block in a heavier car (in this instance at any rate) still got better mileage than a Murcie during a club cruise. Well, marginally better. A race carb that just dumps fuel in may not be the best way to go about it, though.

Not in Europe, man, not in Europe .

Oh, I see. After years of loose emissions regs you finally pass us up and now you get snobby about it?

Europe is terrible and only inhabited by ecomental communists...

Or that's how you'd have the story told to you by some.

Not me, to be clear.

That's ok bud, I got your back. It's how I tell it.

[Kitdy]

That's ok bud, I got your back. It's how I tell it.

It seems to me that Europeans are more likely to hold this view than Americans though.

The Dutch even have a rabidly anti-immigration racist supporting their minority government! Sarkozy has shipped out tons of Roma, and Britain has the fairly popular BNP!

Wooo! So much for Europeans calling Americans hicks!

EDIT: And that's just Western Europe! Let's not even get into the East!

Also, Merkel said multiculturalism has failed!

What a continent!

Left-wing European superiority complex failure!