Originally Posted by
derekthetree
as far as i can remember no FI engine (even with clever low-pressure quick-boost malarky) can rev as much or as freely as a NA one...
this is just down to personal opinion though. my preference for an engine type is NA (as you can probably tell
), your personal preference for engines is obviously FI.
as this is the UCP supercar you should create a voting thread for the various options that have been suggested and let UCP decide...
my suggestion would be a high revving 4-4.5 litre v8 in the vein of the latest maserati quattroporte
Its odd that you say you like NA for what basically amounts to top end power when that is what FI engines do soo well?
And then you say you want a 4-4.5 liter V8 capable of highrevs???
Listen: in a GT with a high total weight and the basic general idea that they are supposed to be confortable cruising around town and blasting around whenever you like a 4.5L V8 tuned for power at high revs just doesn't cut it.
I believe that the final descision for whether or not the engine is FI or NA should fall on the Engine department and be in agreement with the Complete car guys.
I personally want an engine that acts like the bigger brother of the 335i. With some new tech to add some extra spice. I also would love it if it could, at high revs, sound more like the bigger brother of the M3.
Basically I want the pulling power of a strong diesel from the get go, but with the refinement of a DI petrol engine, that has excellent but still refined mid range power and then only at the top does it go absolutely balistic. Preferrably the switch shouldn't be as loppy as Vtec just smooth transition.
I believe that to achieve that would be easier by running the engine FI. It would simplify alot of the tuning of almost all the running systems.
I hope no body has a thing against FI engines only because they are FI...?
I would like to point out that I don't dislike NA engines and that my opinion on this matter is mostly to do with my opinion that FI can do the job in hand better. If we where designing something else then maybe NA would be the best option but for all aspects I don't see any downsides in using FI.
Last edited by hightower99; 02-10-2007 at 01:04 PM.
Power, whether measured as HP, PS, or KW is what accelerates cars and gets it up to top speed. Power also determines how far you take a wall when you hit it
Engine torque is an illusion.