Originally Posted by sonic370 With goverment regulations and everything about gas mileage coming soon. and if ford can put a v6 turbo bost in its new f150 trucks and from
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11-06-2010, 10:04 AM | #16 (permalink) | |
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Nope. A V8 is the way to go unless they are chasing emissions/economy, in which case, I still think a V8 is the way to go. |
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GT-R Engine: 608# http://www.2009gtr.com/2008/02/vr38d...ne-weight.html LS7: 458# http://forums.roadfly.com/forums/che...7247876&page=1 Oh, yeah, TR6060 weight: 121# http://forum.grrrr8.net/showthread.p...Specification= Ls7+TR6060 Transmission= 579# Lol, the engine AND transmission weigh almost 50# LESS! than just the turbo V6 in the GT-R with it's piping and turbo's...and it makes more power. Yes...a V8 is the way to go. Once you get over your warm and fuzzies about all that technology and all those moving parts, an "old school" pushrod V8 is lighter and more powerful and just plain makes more sense. Last edited by ImportConvert; 11-06-2010 at 10:20 AM. |
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And imagine how smooth it would be compared to the current V6 which is near the end of it's life-cycle anyway and is waaaay too harsh.
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11-06-2010, 10:20 AM | #19 (permalink) |
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i still think in the next 2 or 3 years nissian gotta change the vq engine.
i think it's time has come everyone knows what it sounds like at high rpms. it's still a damn good power plant but imo it's reached it's limit... like it or not the 5.0 and the v8 of the camaro for now is a better power plant. imo between the three of them most of the time but not all of the time sports car buyers are swayed by looks,handling and power... and face it the stang and the camaro might as well not even have a back seat. have you every tried to get into the back of one of these cars... point is the Z does compete for buyers with these other cars.... not counting 17-21 year olds. |
11-06-2010, 11:30 AM | #20 (permalink) |
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The vq may be near the end however DI can still give it a few years while nissan builds a new V6 from the ground up to get higher MPGs and more power.
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