Corvette Z06 vs. BMW M5...engine comparo

[culver]

M5's engines all the way. LS7, as most of american motorsport, is just a posh tackishness

What does "tackishness" mean?

[VtecMini]

Just kidding.

[Kitdy]

No doubt the LS7 is the most logical choice....

I approve this message.

[2ndclasscitizen]

i agree, withthe Z06 a lighter engine is great - with the M5, it's already so damn fat the extra wieght from the engine is not an issue. swap the engines around, however..

That wasn't my point. I meant that the problem with having this engine comparo is that most of the time it comes back to the cars, and some advantages or disadvantages of each engine could be more to the car they are fitted in. A proper comparison would be both engines installed in a car, say an Ultima, with identical gearing and then their standard gearing.

[dydzi]

What does "tackishness" mean?

sorry i meant tackiness, remember i'm still only learning english

btw my post was just to provoke what

[dacon]

That wasn't my point. I meant that the problem with having this engine comparo is that most of the time it comes back to the cars, and some advantages or disadvantages of each engine could be more to the car they are fitted in. A proper comparison would be both engines installed in a car, say an Ultima, with identical gearing and then their standard gearing.

Exactly. It's gonna take a lot less effort (gas) to get a Corvette coupe up to the required speed for MPG testing than a heavy luxury 4 door BMW.

[2ndclasscitizen]

Exactly. It's gonna take a lot less effort (gas) to get a Corvette coupe up to the required speed for MPG testing than a heavy luxury 4 door BMW.

And a Corvette is fair more aerodynamic than a brick of a 5 series.

[Kitdy]

That wasn't my point. I meant that the problem with having this engine comparo is that most of the time it comes back to the cars, and some advantages or disadvantages of each engine could be more to the car they are fitted in. A proper comparison would be both engines installed in a car, say an Ultima, with identical gearing and then their standard gearing.

We can evaluate the engine based on a host of other factors though.

[2ndclasscitizen]

We can evaluate the engine based on a host of other factors though.

Such as?

[Kitdy]

Such as?

Power, torque, weight, power to weight, power to torque, uh, that fuel rating shit. BSFC or something, yes, Brake Specific Fuel Consumption, that is independent of the car I believe. Also, thermal efficiency.

There is a lot of shit you can look at.

[2ndclasscitizen]

Power, torque, weight, power to weight, power to torque, uh, that fuel rating shit. BSFC or something, yes, Brake Specific Fuel Consumption, that is independent of the car I believe. Also, thermal efficiency.

There is a lot of shit you can look at.

Which is irrelevant when the only in car comparison can be done between a 1400kg coupe and a 1800kg sedan, one of which has a long-geared (and over-driven) 6spd box and the other has a close-ratio 7spd. e.g while in an M5 or M6 the V10 may be gutless and revvy, chuck it in a Corvette and it might be absolutely brilliant.

[Kitdy]

Which is irrelevant when the only in car comparison can be done between a 1400kg coupe and a 1800kg sedan, one of which has a long-geared (and over-driven) 6spd box and the other has a close-ratio 7spd. e.g while in an M5 or M6 the V10 may be gutless and revvy, chuck it in a Corvette and it might be absolutely brilliant.

My point was that you can quite easily and throughly evaluate an engine independent of that car it is in.

[henk4]

My point was that you can quite easily and throughly evaluate an engine independent of that car it is in.

probably, but not many here can do that without immediately referring to and judging about the cars in which these engines are installed....if the Corvette had been replaced by the new Cadillac SRT, it might give different results...

[Kitdy]

probably, but not many here can do that without immediately referring to and judging about the cars in which these engines are installed....if the Corvette had been replaced by the new Cadillac SRT, it might give different results...

What is the Cadillac SRT?

[henk4]

What is the Cadillac SRT?

I meant this one

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