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View Poll Results: Which engines?
Superchipped VW V10 diesel 400/600 3 4.84%
Mopar Hemi 528 "King Kong" 620/640 6 9.68%
Turbocharged Ford V6 400/300 4 6.45%
LS1/LS6 15 24.19%
Radical v8 18 29.03%
M3 4.0 7 11.29%
Ford Supercharged 4.6 5 8.06%
Something else (post what) 4 6.45%
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Old 12-17-2004, 07:26 AM
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It is. That's *drumroll* FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHT CUBIC INCHES! For you metric-users, EIGHT THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SIX CUBIC CENTIMETERS! 620 horsepower is lazy for an engine that big. Only problems are weight (with an iron block!) and the 20,000 dollar price tag.
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Why turbo ? WHay not jsut tune up and avoid all the heat and lag problems ?
This one has been made by APS, And it's perfect reliably and best of all where they stuck the turbo's keeps the heat down, Also fuel economy was very good with it And it's bloody fast
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remember we're sticking the engine in the middle, no nice cool air from the front to help
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It's ok cause the turbo's are at the bottom of the engine near the tranny they scoop up cool air from the ground
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Old 12-18-2004, 04:35 AM
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that's in inline trannie.

How woudl it work with a transaxe and driveshafts ??
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Hey your the expert mate I'm just a driver
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hmm, some time ago i was looking for an engine and found this marvell...

http://www.carclassic.com/html/CX04.htm

couldn't that be in the poll?
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SPending HALF the availabel money on one engine that is race tuned so will likely need a rebuild every 5000 miles isnt' going to fit in Egg-Nog's requirements
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Egg-nog's to picky!!

and whats a supercars without a proper engine?
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Old 12-18-2004, 03:13 PM
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we have a proper engine. an unreliable, unnessesarily high reving, extreamly peaky engine is out of place on a road car. the LS1 suits it nicely
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It's just my opinion, i donīt think v8s are supercars engines... it's one of the problems some cars have, like the one on the KoennigSegg, nothing agains't v8, i just don't believe in them for supercars. Probably an european thing...
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we have a proper engine. an unreliable, unnessesarily high reving, extreamly peaky engine is out of place on a road car. the LS1 suits it nicely
Bloody Americans - pah !!!

Don't know what a performance supercar is
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What about the HSV GTS LS1. Reliable fast smooth as a baby's bum 300kw 400HP

We would have a OHC if GM wasnt so dumb in 89.
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The C4B would be getting pretty expensive Slick, considering its a Callaway engine and all. You remember how the price of the GTS jumped $25K when it got the 300kw engine as opposed to te 220kw stroker
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Bloody Americans - pah !!!

Don't know what a performance supercar is
hahaha

mabe its YOU who doesnt know what a performance supercar is. or possibly you dont know what a road car is
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