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I find the LS engine family brilliant in it's simplicity, the fuel economy is not too bad on them either if you stay out of it.
I'm not saying that I don't like the AJ family of motors or the coyote which is also a great powerplant, but I won't bash it just to bash it. If it was 50's tech it would've been built in the 50s.
I'm not saying that I don't like the AJ family of motors or the coyote which is also a great powerplant, but I won't bash it just to bash it. If it was 50's tech it would've been built in the 50s.
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Well, at least GM got away from cast iron and now use aluminium, so I suppose that is a step forward for this ancient form of engine technology.
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I think he made a great car and find it cool that people are doing these kind of things! (its not to my taste, but that doesn't matter).
He mentioned he bought the car for $1200, and with all parts costs where $38.000 (no mention of labor). 1950's technology doesn't come cheap anymore ;-).
He mentioned he bought the car for $1200, and with all parts costs where $38.000 (no mention of labor). 1950's technology doesn't come cheap anymore ;-).
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Any 4 stroke combustion engine is old technology. Now don't tell me that there has been no advancements in flow measuring and design, metallurgy allowing for better materials, manufacturing improving strength and consistency. It's like hating on a car because it still has 4 round wheels so it's old technology.
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That is not true because the four-stroke engine has evolved over time. This type of technology being presented in this video is frozen in the 1950s. An excessive number of moving parts and mass ensuring low maximum rpm.
There is still the large number of moving parts, restricted cylinder head design and breathing issues to overcome, but at least GM and FCA have moved to aluminium castings to lighten the weight of the block and heads.
'Hating on'? I do not hate this technology, I just believe it belongs in something from the era in which it was developed: the 1950s and 1960s. Jaguar have not used a pushrod-style engine since the early 1950s.
'Hating on'? I do not hate this technology, I just believe it belongs in something from the era in which it was developed: the 1950s and 1960s. Jaguar have not used a pushrod-style engine since the early 1950s.
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I think he made a great car and find it cool that people are doing these kind of things! (its not to my taste, but that doesn't matter).
He mentioned he bought the car for $1200, and with all parts costs where $38.000 (no mention of labor). 1950's technology doesn't come cheap anymore ;-).
He mentioned he bought the car for $1200, and with all parts costs where $38.000 (no mention of labor). 1950's technology doesn't come cheap anymore ;-).
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I rewatched the video and the owner actually said it made 488whp with bolt ons. We both know an X308 XJR will get nowhere near that with bolt ons but please correct me if you know of one. Even 450bhp at the engine is wishful thinking with the heaton.
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I am talking about much more serious than just bolt ons and not with heaton. I know at least three such cars. One of them very well.
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Wait until the day we are all inundated with the screaming silence of the electric motor. The lost rumble of the combustion motor, no matter push rod or overhead cam, will be lost to the eerie silence of the massive torque ridden propulsion devices where the only noise you'll hear is the sound of its rolling tires. Look out piston world, Tesla is making quiet noise and movies like Demolition Man will become reality.
Until then, enjoy the throaty rev up and decelerating report that induces a pulse racing rumble from that combustion motor.
Rev on motor heads.....Rev on...
Until then, enjoy the throaty rev up and decelerating report that induces a pulse racing rumble from that combustion motor.
Rev on motor heads.....Rev on...
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