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- From: cka52397@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Slartibartfast)
- Subject: Re: Why is US engine technology so retrogr
- References: <1993Jan20.022407.9567@en.ecn.purdue.edu> <1993Jan20.224224.25065@spectrum.xerox.com>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 15:23:25 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan20.224224.25065@spectrum.xerox.com> mdennie@beryllium.mc.xerox.com writes:
- >In article 9567@en.ecn.purdue.edu, surge@en.ecn.purdue.edu (PhD-in-Training) writes:
- >>On a side note the ONLY thing bad about V-8 compared to small
- >>engines is the fuel usage. Extra weight to some extent, but more
- >>power can make up for that most of the time 8-). The big
- >>American engines have so much torque...its divine. Now, some of
- >>you can whine about how you can rev up your buzzy 4 cylinder to
- >>100,000 rpm and approach to torque of a V-8, but the 8 cylinder
- >>has all that power --N O W-- at 2000 rpm. Not to mention
- >>smoothness. The only drawback is when you have to pay for the fuel.
- >>
- >>Thus, there is no real excuse for all those gas guzzling turbo-charged
- > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >>4 cylinders in performance cars. Look at the Diamond Star turbo cars
- >>(Eclispe GSX, et. al.) They are heavy and thirsty and fast....so why put
- >>up with all the hassles of a turbo??? With an American V-8,
- >>they'd just as inefficient, fast, and lot more smooth.
- >>
- >>--Serge
- >>
- >
- >
- >How `bout CAFE standards and the EPA milage tests?
- >
- >---
- >--Matt Dennie Internet: mmd.wbst207v@xerox.com
-
- Well, I guess you could stick a big V-8 into the Diamond Star Triplets,
- but would you want to drive the damn thing? I mean the STS has 295bhp
- delivered to the front and many say it has quite a bit of torque steer. If
- you stuck that engine (or the base Corvette engine) into the DST's, you would
- have a hell of a problem, since they are lighter. I guess you could reserve
- the big V-8 for the AWD models and pray that you get the torque split right.
- It would work in the 240sx, rear drive, ya'know, but the V-6 is pretty nice.
-
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- Chintan Amin The University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign c-amin1@uiuc.edu
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