yeah he said it was a 1992 caddy v8 so i just went on the wikipedia for northstar v8's and found the one it should come with - - - Updated - - - not anymore what? Is it broke? Is this one with a 3 cylinder? I bet it's wicked fast. lol
that's funny. I've only gotten to 110 in my 300zx and it's a 3.0l. I need to find a longer road though. That was only turning like 4k in 5th gear it can go faster
Well mine was kinda screaming, if it had any more to give it would probably only be another 5mph or so, I did have more road though The 1 litre doesnt have problems with speed for normal driving, its just getting to 60mph takes like 15 seconds, utter hilarity on the A45 with it. Little roundabout on a dual carriageway I commute along, I have to come off the roundabout straight into the outside lane rather than inside and wait to get upto speed while just about everyone overtakes me, then somewhere down the road once I have hit a speed high enough for policeman plod to potentially be interested I shall overtake them
engine size or number of pistons dosent relly mater, its gearing that make a car fast. take my mustang for instance, has alittle over 400HP, however the top speed is about 115mph. the reason? its a 3-speed slap-stick with relatively low gears, so its very very QUICK, but not FAST by any means. on the other end of the spectrum is my Lincoln continental. it weighs twice as mutch as the stang and only has about 200-230HP. But ive had it up to 145mph, Mutch mutch higher gear ratios. on the other hand, you can mesure 0-60 with a calendar. Depends really, the V8s from the 60's (in America atleast) have gobs of power, but in the 70's strickter regulations were placed on cars, fuel became mutch more expensive, and insurance rates skyrocketed on "muscle cars". so engines were robbed of power by all the addons to reduce emissions, and lost power when they were redsigned to be more fuel efficient. couple that with the fact that muscle car sales were down (due to insurance rates, and fuel cost) and its no suprize that major companys stop producing high performance engines for their vehicles. this continued on through the 80's and into the 90's until car companys found ways to get affordable power out of their (now chocked down) engines that didn't require raising the engines displacement.
I everyone glad to see that some car enthusiats here! Have had lot of different cars since 2007 ( driving licence ), there is the list (chronogically), I will be happy to put some pics of them if you ask me, with info or more. I do all mecanicall stuff myself, hopefully, I can help you if you need infos Volvo 440 Turbo 92' Alfa Romeo 33 Red 90' Audi GT5E 83' Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1.8 83' Alfa Romeo 164 QV 90' Mercedes 190E 2.3-16 85' Audi 200 Quattro Turbo 1B 90' Mercedes 190E Carlsson C28 89' Nissan Sunny GTI coupe Bmw 730ia 1994' Audi S4 B5 99' Bmw 540ia 97' Bmw 318is E36 94' Alfa Romeo 156 GTA SW 02' Bmw 320i cab' E36 94' Audi 200 Quattro turbo 20V avant Bmw 323ti E36 98' Bmw M5 E39 99' Jaguar XJ40 3.6 Sovereign 88' Actually I have these : 1999 Bmw M5 E39 oxford grun (imported from here) (imported from here) (imported from here) (imported from here) (have done myself the brushed aluminium trim) Alfa Romeo 156 GTA sw (for sale) (imported from here) (imported from here) (imported from here) (imported from here) 1988 XJ40 3.6 sovereign : (imported from here) (imported from here) here we can see the 323ti (avus blue) and 318is (hellrot) I sold to friends with some of my actual cars (imported from here) Generally I buy them with work to do (sometimes a lot...). Actually it's becoming my real job... (wheeler dealer XD ) Don't hesistate to ask pics/vids/infos...
My not-so-fancy 2002 f-150 4.6L V8, 2 wheel drive, 320HP and does 0-60 in about 9 and a half seconds... I know, i know, its a beast. Contain yourselves.... - - - Updated - - - wait..... Is that an east/west oriented V8?...... what?
Why ? classical longitudinal v8 engine s62 based on the M62 engine (the one I had under the bonnet of my 540ia) : (imported from here)
in the alfa romero though... that orientation is pretty much always indicative of a front wheel drive, and a v8 FWD seems almost ludicrous hahaha so... much... torque-steer....
lol that's not you're car, the Falcon is only sold in Australia & New Zealand. That BMW with the orange wheels is in Europe. (Number plate gave you away)
When I do drive a car, I drive a 2004 Mitsubishi Outlander 5spd. (not the actual car, it looks like this) (imported from here) I've still got 8 months before I can get a real drivers license though.
