[Shotimes] Another Question on Swap/ Mods

[Zach Leahy]

Hmm, great engines....

How about the BMW v12 built for Mclaren.  Now that is an engine that
just makes me giddy thinking about it.  If you are going for the sound
factor, this one will blow your mind.

As far as "just freaking cool" I have to hands down put it on wankel
rotary engines.  Super compact, super light, and can make super power.
 There are Rx7's out there with over 1000hp.  (I won't say it's easy,
just possible).  If I was building a buggy or a race car or something,
I would look seriously into a rotarty mostly becasue of the low
weight.  Not to mention the smoothness of the rotary engine, as was
stated on top gear "this thing seems to smooth to be running on normal
gasoline...  more like double cream."

Now the SHO motor is cool, and it is going to remain being cool, so I
think we're ok for a while.  I just drew a crowd the other day at AZ
when I was getting some oil filters...   Ended up with every guy who
works there standing around my car oogly eyeing my motor.

Z


On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 19:25:51 -0800 (PST), Ian Fisher
<dataflash@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I suppose it's all about your frame of reference and
> what you feel makes a good engine.
> 
> It was well designed and a great engine in its day.
> Today, it's still a good engine but I don't feel that
> it's the "best". Little things about it bother me,
> like the stupid timing cover arrangement. Why does one
> need to disassemble the front of the motor just to
> take a few covers off to replace a crank sensor? I
> imagine that it's a Yamaha thing and not a Ford
> packaging constraint.
> 
> I don't think the engine is very small and it's
> definitely not lightweight. Off the top of my head,
> the new Nissan VQ engines are quite good. Even the
> Honda engines are rock solid. Hell, if this is open to
> all engines, I am fairly impressed with almost every
> Ferrari engine ever built.
> 
> Ian
> 
> --- Jason Hartberger <at3hartberger@mail.com> wrote:
> > I don't think so. For raw power, of course not, but
> > for the bang/buck
> > combination of power, reliability, fuel economy and
> > versatility, I
> > really don't think there is a better engine. Big
> > enough to put out big
> > power, small enough to fit into itty bitty little
> > spaces... it's the
> > best engine ever!
> >
> > Jason
> >
> > Ian Fisher wrote:
> > > egads, that's a bit of a stretch. :)
> > >
> > > Ian
> > > --- George Fourchy <krazgeo@comcast.net> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >>There's not a better engine in a car on this
> > planet.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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