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Old 09-04-2012, 02:42 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Z_ealot View Post
looks like Nissan/Inifniti will be going more towards tubocharged engines now from what this article says

DailyTech - CAFE Strikes Again: Infiniti to End V8 Engine Development
What we need in the future are insanely high compression V8's, like Mazda's SkyActiv. If that could be implemented in every motor, you'd see greater power and efficiency. In fact, you could use a lower displacement engine because you'd be pushing that kind of power.

That said, Mazda has only utilized the SkyActiv tech in their inline-4 gas and diesel motors. There's probably a good reason why they didn't roll it out to their V6 motors, among them detonation, fueling, strength of components, etc.
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