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,
Here's another one than from factory can handle easily over 1000HP BMW M5 from e34 3.8liter straight six, as a matter of fact the stock crank and block can handle close to 2000 HP from factory, how many mustangs or vettes can say the same, wait I know NONE. This arguement is done the fact is that going straight is mostly done by solid axles and actual racing (road racing, scca, drifting etc) is better of with IRS. Mustang with a solid rear axle is not competitive at the track against corvettes. Name one V-8 pushrod engine that you can rev higher than 9k. I guess what Bill is trying to say is that HP per Liter in Japanese or Europian engine is not even comparable to American pushrods. When 4.6L V-8 pushrod engine makes 215HP and 2L S2000 engine makes 244HP see the difference. name any japanes engine that makes under 50HP per liter from the factory.