Amen....long live the pushrod
--- DICEMAN469@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 10/3/00 5:31:37 PM Eastern
> Daylight Time, bernd@texas.net
> writes:
>
> > > I think they are just comparing the dodge v6
> with the other v6's
> available.
> > > Like the 215HP 3.5 isuzu, 240 HP nissan, etc.
> > > Or, dodge want's them to report that so dodge
> can sell more v8's. (J/K)
>
> CRAP. Crap crap crap crap crap!! Looks good on
> paper is all. HP is good an
> all when you're talking about dinky tin-can
> cars..but when it comes to trucks
> the only thing that matters is displacement.
> Displacement equals torque and I
> don't care how fast you spin that stupid motor
> you're not going to pull a
> boat anywhere with too little of it. I don't know
> the torque figures on those
> two motors but I'm pretty sure they're not much
> closer than 50 ft/lbs. These
> new SUV's are geared towards the mainstream...people
> that never tow anything
> and never go offroad. Sure they show them running
> through the mud and sitting
> at the crest of a cliff in the desert, but I dare
> one manufacturer to give
> Bernd their truck for a WEEK and see how much of it
> comes back to the parking
> lot. They're built for show only. In my eye no
> high-revving small
> displacement twin-cammer will ever compare to the
> pushrod V8. Period.
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