The funny thing about engine power is that you can't make it everywhere. Any
piston engine built to develop maximum power "well above" 5000 rpm is not going
to perform worth beans at 2500 rpm and below. And that means you can't use 2.88
gears anymore. Not having 2.88 gears means you get to row the gearbox driving
around town, and let's face it: The toploader shifts like a farm implement
compared to any Japanese transmission (okay, not Mazda's :) built in the last 30
years.
And what's GOOD power in a V-8? 1 hp / cu.in? You won't get much over that using
factory heads, even with porting and oversize valves. Even making 400 hp out of
a 302 only gets you 1.3 hp / cu. in., and I would like everyone who has a real
400 hp Tiger that is pleasant to drive around town to share their secrets,
please. The only thing that saves high-RPM V-8's is that even if they are so
tightly tuned that they only make 60 ft-lb of torque at idle (compared to say
300 at peak), that's still enough to move a Tiger off the line with reasonable
vigor. With a smaller engine, having that kind of peak to idle torque ratio is
going to make the car hard to drive. Not that it can't be done, you just have to
drive like you're on a mission everywhere you go.
Theo Smit
tsmit@novatel.ca
B382002705
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Radelow [SMTP:radelow@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, February 04, 1999 9:52 AM
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> Cc: tigers@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Rather have a Big One
>
> Funny thing about the Honda S2000 is NOWHERE will you find Torque
> listings. I am predicting MAX 160 FT. LBS., and that peak being reached
> somewhere WAY north of 4500 rpm. That car is gonna be one of the worst
> daily drivers ever built. Proof? Go drive a Integra Type-R. Unless
> you keep that bastard above 5000 rpm, Toyota Tercel's are gonna be
> passing you. nothing quite like pushrod V8 power. Funny thing is, I
> have even seem some pushrod v8's make GOOD power well north of 5000rpm.
> Almost like the best of both worlds don't ya think?
>
> Mark
>
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> >Any torque?? That's what makes big displacement V-8s fun to drive and
> >little engines wheezy 'round town, and it's necessary to row 'em thru
> >the gears.
> >Al J.
> >
> >
> >---JPKKMK@aol.com wrote:
> >>
> >> In a message dated 2/3/99 3:27:13 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> tigerpb@ids.net
> >> writes:
> >>
> >> << All this talk of engine swapping has got me bench racing again!
> Did anyone
> >> see the new Honda sportscar? Normally most Hondas rate a yawn with
> me, but
> >> the specs on this one are impressive. The car is rear wheel drive
> with a
> >> five speed. The 2 liter 4 cyl. is rated at 240 HP!
> >> OK, who's going to be first in line at the wrecking yard when one of
> these
> >> gets totaled? Can you imagine an all aluminum engine like this
> swapped into
> >> an LBC? A Hopine that'll kick butt! >>
> >> And the engine redlines at 9000rpms!!!!!!!! that is my kind of fun
> >unless they've got a blower or turbo.
>
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