Originally Posted by hachibill
ahh, never mind, i was wrong about the front, that makes it even worse though. but if it works it works, ands the only reason i brought up the 4cyl thing is because of advances in technology. my ppoint was you don't need 7.0L's to make 500hp. thats the only point i was making, but if you wanna get gritty about it look at the best engine on the planet....2jzgte. what other engine can make over 1000 wheel hp on a stock block motor from the factory and do it just as reliably as when it cam from the factory. the only point i was tring to make is the fact that american cars now have the same build quality and technology as japanese cars did 10 years ago,
That is VERY true. They are still playing catch up in terms of quality. I do love the new LS series of smallblock v8's and they are extremly potent , and lightweight and pretty decent on gas. The modular ford v8 does nothing for me though, it is HEAVY , the best of them is availible only in a car that came with IRS (The 03/04 svt cobra) and was a limited production model. I do agree with bill 100% on the 2jzgte subject , it is a superior powerplant to the smallblock v8's and modular v8's in just about every aspect , the RB26 is very worthy of mentioning as well. Although the new vette combines new/old technology in one package , i think most here can agree that it works very well , the C5 and the new C6 are exceptionally well handling cars. As much as i like modern compact ,efficient,durable japenese engines, not many engines sound as badass as a cammed smallblock chevy/windsor block ford imho (or the bigblocks for that matter), but sound isn't everything.