I dont think it is an american v8. The mesh very much resembles the old gavril v8 mesh yes, but its alot smaller and has a completely different sump to it. More importantly though is the torque profile. The bolide v8 is somewhat representative of an oversquare engine with alot more power produced at a higher RPM, the gavril v8 is more representative of an undersquare design with a total lack of revving ability in comparison but with alot more torque produced from a lower RPM. While it could have been a small block gavril, you would also expect the bore/stroke ratio to remain almost the same for the smaller block size rather than changing so drastically. I think the presence of a gavril v8 mesh is simply recycling, why redesign an entirely new one when there is a perfectly functional one that can be modified over there? There would also be more at play here of course, just something as simple as the cam design can in turn make alot of difference to the shape of the power band, as can exhaust header designs (although these look similar for both gavril and civetta and the difference is somewhat negligible in comparison anyway). Oh and just because it gets bought up on the forums so much and is totally false. An i6 engine does not produce more torque than a v8 engine. It is simply a case of the old trucks sold in the day (which various forum members have used to prove their point) with a choice of i6 versus v8 typically had a longer stroke and narrower bore on the i6 versus the v8 option for the same truck. A revvy i6 can be just as easily made as a torquey v12 (we'll overlook extra mechanical complexity of making a 12 cylinder engine). As for which I'd buy. I dunno. Is all of them an option?
Are the modded cars count? If yes i would pick up moonhawk ute but if they doesn't i would like to have gavril d series with 4wd and diesel v8
moonhawk with a v8 supercharged with a 3.10 diff as the ute or station wagon - - - Updated - - - moonhwak boy love it