In the wash up both high tech forced induction 4 cylinders and low tech V8s give the same result. Good performance in the cars they power. As Ive said before you will find the turbo 4s powering smaller cars and V8s powering generally larger ones. guyt_x can choose what he wants to drive and if he likes small cars, buy a turbo 4. Others like bigger cars. Chevs alloy V8s like the LS1 are light and rev high for V8s (6000rpm) They are simple and cheap to produce and not so uneconomical as he may think. I returned 10l per 100km average on a 2000km interstate trip that included a bit of driving around towns and a fair bit of lead footing. A stock 4 cylinder cannot hope to match the power and torque available from a modern V8. They need high tech vvt turbos, intercoolers and need to be driven at their limit to produce the legendary perfomance everyone quotes. the result is a trade off in fuel economy. despite what guyt_x thinks theres no such thing as a free lunch. It isnt only air thats forced into the motor quicker when a turbos is working hard. Any extras also expose the engine to more possibilities of failure. Theres nothing wrong with turbo 4s and theres nothing wrong with big V8s.
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Egg Nogg 02-04-2005, 05:07 AM