Oh, don't even get me started on "LS swap the world." The world is trying to move forward, and here are GM with a complete line of engines that have roots that date back to the 50's. That'd be like Ford using a flathead V8 in today's time, or Chrysler... okay, well, they still use OHV, but at least parts from a modern Hemi aren't interchangeable with an original LA series engine or anything, like some LS1 parts are intercompatible with the original 350 Chevy. --- Post updated --- Oh that, duh. He worded it weirdly.
You say that like it's a bad thing. However, it's not exactly factual, the only thing that is interchangeable from an LS to any Gen 1 or Gen 2 SBC are the rod bearings.
and the Australian one used a 350 V8 which I think was from a HQ holden and used as a winch for lifesaving. Here is an example, turns out it is a 253CUI Holden V8
That is an engine that I know literally nothing about, It looks like the bastard love child of a gen 2 SBC and a small block Chrysler. And 253? is that right? What year is that engine from? That seems awfully small for a 70's or newer engine.
Correction the 253 and 308 were around at the same time. Here is a Wikipedia article if you want to know a bit more. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holden_V8_engine
Il I'll take that race. Heads up. Edit: I read that as does anyone want to race my friends truck. Oops. Still tho, 1595cc fury.
I didn't mean all V8's I just mean the biggish american ones that only rev to 6000rpm. One of my favourite cars is the Ferrari F40 because of its turbo V8. I just get sick of them because here in South Australia with drag racing, (almost) every person who wants to go fast just puts a big cube V8 in their car, that's fine, nothing wrong with going fast but for the spectator it gets incredibly boring when every single car has low revving crappy V8.
But, but, big block is great. Though I kind of understand that, as we've built and run some derby cars in the past, and as much as I love them, the big block cars just aren't as exciting as the small blocks turning 9,000 RPM. Same goes for the pulling trucks.
The amount of Super Sedans that are just Big blocks with fibreglass bodies would astound you, honestly. They re so boring to watch, there is no body movement, no wheelstands and they sound exactly the same. Even on the transbrake they have the same boring droney sound.
I still attest though that a high compression big block can create one of, if not the, greatest sound man has ever created. Though, a 9,000 RPM small block isn't far behind. I've built a handful of BBC's, all for other people, I just mentioned one in this thread a few days ago, it's a tall deck that's somewhere around 460 CI, and It'll turn 6700, It's in a 6500 lb 4wd light stock 85 K20. Maybe I should clarify, 6500 lb 4wd light stock is the class it pulls in.
While I respect your opinion, you're unfortunately wrong for one reason, and one reason alone: Why make power at 7,000 RPM when you can make the same power at 5,500 with a longer lasting, more reliable engine? I mean, look, I love engines that rev to the moon as much as the next guy, it's hard to beat a B18 Honda that'll rev to 9 grand, but it wont last as long as, say, a cammed LS3 that has a redline of 6,000.
I want the LS7 to come in a (proportionally displaced) V12. Then I want it in a Z-28. Then I want wider tires. And a supercharger. And Water injection. And racing headers (you see where this is going, right?). Also, the LS7 is second only to the Viper V10 and this:
While I don't quite understand that metaphor, There was a LS based V10 built by GM as a prototype that recently came to an auction. Have a read. http://www.lsxmag.com/tech-stories/...ified-kc-maxx-rebuilding-gm-prototype-ls-v10/ Also I'm pretty sure there was a shop that built a V12 LS not too long ago.
Heavier? Not much, at least on the car scale. Sound? De gustibus non disputandum est. I think the rotary sounds like a broken vacuum. Sight? Who cares if the car has plastic under the hood, if it now has more power, torque and reliability? You have some really bad arguments, and the V8 side has better: - better reliability, - more plentiful parts, - cheap-to-buy engine, - more power, - more torque, - more low-end performance.
I think the point they were making is that removing a rotary to slap in a V8 gives a car less character. In most rotary vehicles the thing that makes them unique is the engine, if you remove it and put a v8 in there its no longer as unique. It may be more unique within that vehicle model but at the end of the day its just another car with a V8. As opposed to something with a very different engine that has characteristics unique to itself. Equally they have a lot of really cool benefits such as being very smooth and very small allowing them to be placed lower to get a lower centre of mass. It is also very possible to build stupidly powerful rotary engines too if you have the know how, if you are going to buy a rotary car then why not do that rather than tear out its soul? But at the end of the day if its your car do what you like with it to get what you want out of it.
Cool!!! --- Post updated --- Yeah. It would work pretty well. High displacement wankels don't suffer from "scale limit", (unlike gas engines) so, yes. (I just read up on it... I may or may not be correct.)
