Originally Posted by
Empire
yeah, there are a lot of those kinds of cars out there and all of that, but now you're not taking into account the cost of those cars.
What does a 600 hp corvette cost?
That same money would yield a lighter, just as good, if not better handling 240, with the same power to the wheels, and still have money left over to pay for insurance.
Facts vs Opinions is a tough argument to try and stand by.
Isn't the whole debate over what is better a 2 liter engine or a 7 liter engine all about opinion anyway?
saying something is better than something else by nature is an opinion.
really, the only "fact" is that a bigger engine can put down big power numbers without having to work as hard as a smaller engine.
drive ability is an opinion.
even the reliability argument is an opinion. In my opinion, a properly built engine will last just as long no matter the size. In someone else's opinion the smaller engine will wear out faster and break because it has to "work harder"
And since you want to keep it about strictly performance, efficiency, be it hp per liter, or MPG, while they are facts, and would typically be used as ammo in the "which is better" debate, they don't apply here.
We have started to touch on the $ per HP, but that seems to be a pretty null argument because 10 grand at either engine would yield pretty much the same power levels. And when you're shooting for over 1,000 hp, then money applies as much as MPG. Leaving only street driven, daily vehicles where the $ per HP argument really applies.
you can't compare a stock from the show room car to a modded car that is just plain stupid. i could invest 60k in a fox mustang and have a 7 sec 2000hp car... or i could invest the same in a fox and make a road course monster with over 700hp.
fact is a small engine is less reliable than a bigger engine even when both are built right when you start pushing hp out of them, it why the pro/rwd cars were spewing out bottom ends all over the place when they got into the 6.50-6.80 range when the v8 cars of the same et range were holding up just fine.
i don't understand how you can not think that a engine spinning 9-10k+ rpms to make 600hp is just as reliable as a properly built engine spinning 6500-7k rpms to make the same power. its spinning higher its working harder its very simple, same thing with boost, the more boost you run the harder you are working your internals.