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V8 v Zetec or any 4 pot
pinto - 9/9/09 at 08:26 PM

As title
Whats your opinions
1 speed
2 driverbility
3 sound (no contest i would think )
4 mpg ( if 4 pot was souped up )
5 any thing else

tomgregory2000 - 9/9/09 at 08:39 PM

SR20DET
Comes from a nissan 200sx S14, comes with a rwd gearbox and a turbo, make huge power and rev happy

zilspeed - 9/9/09 at 08:41 PM

quote:
Originally posted by pinto
As title
Whats your opinions
1 speed
2 driverbility
3 sound (no contest i would think )
4 mpg ( if 4 pot was souped up )
5 any thing else


What V8 though ?

I'll assume you mean a Rover.

A fit one (quite a rare beast, it seems) through 4/1 headers on seperate exhausts and no balance pipe with a Holley carb is a fine sounding thing.
A knackered one with the wrong exhaust can have you wondering what's the point.

Seriously, the finest sounding Rover I ever heard was in an old Dutton. I heard one in a TVR Griffith last week and I wouldn't have given two bob for it.

nick205 - 9/9/09 at 08:42 PM

In a 7 type car a V8 never seems right to me. A nicely tuned rev happy 4 pot always seems right.

I always think the little 4AGE motor looks spot on in a 7 engine bay.

pinto - 9/9/09 at 08:46 PM

Sorry yes a
rover 3.5 in a stylus type
with 180 bhp

nick205 - 9/9/09 at 08:48 PM

Now a Stylus/Fury/Phoenix is a different matter. A V6/V8 seems much more "right" in that style of car (IMHO)

austin man - 9/9/09 at 09:04 PM

180bhp duratec will give 200 as will red top rev higher and be lighter dont need to do the maths. Make a car lighter make it faster.

V8 for sound and grunt fit em in cobras and Capris I reckon

kenton - 9/9/09 at 09:53 PM

Im a bit bias,
Yes the viento is a big car but thats why i chose it! I love the soundtrack. Its an ex tom walkinshaw 4 litre twin plenum, i`ve yet to put it on a rolling road but the works sd1 vitesses were capable of 290 bhp!
kenton
DONT ask about the mpg!!

[Edited on 9/9/09 by kenton]

Andy S - 9/9/09 at 10:13 PM

1.- Yep 150mph is fast enough
2.- Yep pulls from1200RPM in top
3.- Yep absolutely fantastic even at a lowly 6500rpm
4.- Better than an XE on 45's
5.- To get attention it needs do no more than idle at 600 RPM

Dont bother with a 3.5 - 3.9's are easier to come by and no more expensive.

Andrew

02GF74 - 9/9/09 at 11:50 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Andy S

Dont bother with a 3.5 - 3.9's are easier to come by and no more expensive.



but becasuethe 3.9s are bored out, don't they suffer from slipped liners? or am I getting confused with the even larger capacity ones?

procomp - 10/9/09 at 07:00 AM

Hi

What are we talking about in terms of comparison. What sort of usage for the car. There's not many chassis that will Handel a V8 properly the likes of DAX have got it right but the smaller lighter chassis like Strikers Fury's Phoenix's are just not suitable.

Even when you have the V8 in a proper chassis if you are looking at outright performance then take a look at the Kit car race championship where the works DAX and MNR compete and alo compare to the SR&GT race championship which has the likes of Cheng Lim competing with a 700 Bhp cobra ( no expense spared ) there lap times are only on a par with the 160BHP zetec and 200 Bhp 16 valve 1600 engined cars around the same circuit on the same day.

Here's a link to some Brands hatch results where the SR&GT qualified with the Kitcars in the same session. LINK

You ll not beat the noise of a good V8 though thats for sure. So if it's just for cruising then go for it.

Chers Matt

Andy S - 10/9/09 at 09:40 PM

The slipped liner issue is a later 4.6 and 4.0L engines more so the 4.0L the 3.9 (same capacity by the way) does not really suffer this malady



quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
quote:
Originally posted by Andy S

Dont bother with a 3.5 - 3.9's are easier to come by and no more expensive.



but becasuethe 3.9s are bored out, don't they suffer from slipped liners? or am I getting confused with the even larger capacity ones?