Heh maybe I went a bit wrong in there, but didn't really know a better way of getting on the subject.
I'm not really that experienced, I have done some work with engines and cars but not much. I wouldn't know how to build a powerful working V8, but I'm pretty aware of the Ford Pinto engines, there's one in my current car, not that powerful really but it has a bit of a grunt. They are so popular and there is so much knowledge floating around. Tho on some things I think I would have to rely on professional tuners to get it right, like cam timing or getting the right combination of valves/springs/rocker arms for the cam I would be using.
It's just a shame I can't get working on them currently because I don't have the money and time now. Maybe in few years...
I enjoy engines, 4-pots, straight-6s, V6s and V8. I love how they sound and they all have their own characteristics.
As Euro guy I'm just more familiar with 4-pots.
Saying 400bhp from big engine isn't special doesn't mean I wouldn't like owning one. I don't wanna mock the old American push rod V8 type of engines, I love them too.
They have their own raw character, TBH I actually prefer them to the modern V8 engines. I like all the oldskool stuff.
I'm not really that experienced, I have done some work with engines and cars but not much. I wouldn't know how to build a powerful working V8, but I'm pretty aware of the Ford Pinto engines, there's one in my current car, not that powerful really but it has a bit of a grunt. They are so popular and there is so much knowledge floating around. Tho on some things I think I would have to rely on professional tuners to get it right, like cam timing or getting the right combination of valves/springs/rocker arms for the cam I would be using.
It's just a shame I can't get working on them currently because I don't have the money and time now. Maybe in few years...
I enjoy engines, 4-pots, straight-6s, V6s and V8. I love how they sound and they all have their own characteristics.
As Euro guy I'm just more familiar with 4-pots.
Saying 400bhp from big engine isn't special doesn't mean I wouldn't like owning one. I don't wanna mock the old American push rod V8 type of engines, I love them too.
They have their own raw character, TBH I actually prefer them to the modern V8 engines. I like all the oldskool stuff.
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I hope that above post wasn't aimed at me, well at least not the a bit angry sounding parts. I wasn't trying to argue, or prove you wrong, I just enjoy talking about engines.
I don't really want to argue or anything, because I pretty much love all engines. But 400bhp from big N/A engine isn't that special.
If I remember correctly there is a hillclimb mk2 Escort in Greece, with dyno charts telling numbers of 400 bhp. The engine in it is 2 litre N/A 16V YB Cosworth, highly tuned, goes up to 12k revs. Ok the engine is pretty "fancy" work and sure there has been some speculations of the accuracy of dyno charts, but I still like this example.
2.3 litre N/A Ford Duratec engines in rally usage very often produce ~320 bhp and they also have a very nice wide torque band.
Also 2.6 litre N/A Pinto engines are often used in rallying, these are making 300+ bhp with 8 valves and carbs and they are producing a very lovely torque curves too.
And also the old good BDA/BDG, the fastest N/A 2 litres making about 350 bhp and even under 10k rpm.
Tho I also know that you could squeeze a lot more out of that V8.
If I remember correctly there is a hillclimb mk2 Escort in Greece, with dyno charts telling numbers of 400 bhp. The engine in it is 2 litre N/A 16V YB Cosworth, highly tuned, goes up to 12k revs. Ok the engine is pretty "fancy" work and sure there has been some speculations of the accuracy of dyno charts, but I still like this example.
2.3 litre N/A Ford Duratec engines in rally usage very often produce ~320 bhp and they also have a very nice wide torque band.
Also 2.6 litre N/A Pinto engines are often used in rallying, these are making 300+ bhp with 8 valves and carbs and they are producing a very lovely torque curves too.
And also the old good BDA/BDG, the fastest N/A 2 litres making about 350 bhp and even under 10k rpm.
Tho I also know that you could squeeze a lot more out of that V8.
Good thing I'm not addicted to energy drinks.
Only to coffee.
BTW for the sake of not getting too OT. Last friday I bought oil & oil filter, air filter, plugs & plug leads and a cambelt & tensioner.
Only to coffee.
BTW for the sake of not getting too OT. Last friday I bought oil & oil filter, air filter, plugs & plug leads and a cambelt & tensioner.
Arguing about American vs. European engines is completely pointless.
I'm all for Euros, I would love to own a ie. mk1 Escort with "little" N/A 4-pot 1600 high revving engine making 200+ bhp. This Escort would also be mad fast around corners.
But, I really would love to someday own a old 60's or 70's US muscle car with massive big pushrod V8 making simply awesome amount of bhp, with idle as stable as the breathing of an old cancer patient. Oh this would have mad wide slicks in back and wouldn't really corner.
Oh BTW I don't care about mpg or economy side of things.
The both worlds have their advantages and disadvantages.
Lets just say they are engines.
I'm all for Euros, I would love to own a ie. mk1 Escort with "little" N/A 4-pot 1600 high revving engine making 200+ bhp. This Escort would also be mad fast around corners.
But, I really would love to someday own a old 60's or 70's US muscle car with massive big pushrod V8 making simply awesome amount of bhp, with idle as stable as the breathing of an old cancer patient. Oh this would have mad wide slicks in back and wouldn't really corner.
Oh BTW I don't care about mpg or economy side of things.
The both worlds have their advantages and disadvantages.
Lets just say they are engines.
The first friggin result in Google with the search "GTA IV speedo"::smash3d:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMFawVx8Ssk
http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=389609
Tho I haven't been able to get it working. Dunno why, maybe I just don't know how to use the Asi loader...
TBH from the videos I've seen it looks and sounds like he's trying to recreate NFS4 with harder driving dynamics.
Nope. 4-stroke means that there are four different "stages", intake, compression, power and exhaust.
Wankel motors are 4-stroke.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wankel_engine
Not a fan of Thunderbirds, but I have to admit, that is a beautiful sounding engine.
I don't eat noodles. They don't make hunger go away.
I prefer meat.
I prefer meat.
You do actually realise that even rotary is a 4-stroke?
I don't care about bikes or anything similar, but I voted for 4-stroke.
Some 2-strokes can sound quite nice, but when I think of 2-stroke I can only imagine annoying 15 year old driving with his slow 50cc Suzuki making annoying sound and annoyingly being in my way in the road. I hate mopeds. And microcars.
Yeah a remap / chip whatever in stock 1.6 N/A engine is pretty pointless. It costs a lot and doesn't make a lot of difference if at all. You can pretty much get the same result by just increasing the fuel pressure a bit.
From the things you have listed the 4-2-1 header is probably gonna have the best effect, it can add some torque. Tho you can't know for sure. And I dunno how bad the stock header is in these BMWs.
So called "sports intakes" can be pointless, or sometimes they can have an effect, but they are better in engines what are tuned already.
This may sound a little bit rice I know, but the biggest effect is probably that it's gonna make the engine sound a lot better, it increases the intake sound so it's not completely worthless. I think that if you have two options to do for a stock engine, a bigger exhaust, or a "sport" intake you should go for the intake because nothing sounds more stupid than a stock engine with huge exhaust, but nothing heard from the intake.
From the things you have listed the 4-2-1 header is probably gonna have the best effect, it can add some torque. Tho you can't know for sure. And I dunno how bad the stock header is in these BMWs.
So called "sports intakes" can be pointless, or sometimes they can have an effect, but they are better in engines what are tuned already.
This may sound a little bit rice I know, but the biggest effect is probably that it's gonna make the engine sound a lot better, it increases the intake sound so it's not completely worthless. I think that if you have two options to do for a stock engine, a bigger exhaust, or a "sport" intake you should go for the intake because nothing sounds more stupid than a stock engine with huge exhaust, but nothing heard from the intake.
Dunno, I usually prefer watching my favorite TV shows from the telly instead of from my computer.
It probably will, but we have to wait for at least 1 year to see them. I have always wondered are those shows so expensive that MTV3 (or other Finnish channels for that matter) can't afford them when their fresh. They could at least show the older episodes in between...
Same goes for Mythbusters and CSI, when they air the "new" episodes they are always like 2 years old already and then again only few episodes are shown and it's off again or they just go for the re-runs.
Yeah the engine damages only when the revs go past the limiter. You can't damage it by just sitting on the gas, you have to do something like changing down too early.
Apex is not a corner, apex is a part of the cornering.
Apex is the place where for a slight moment you touch the inside line of the corner.
When you miss the apex point, it means that you either aren't able to get to the inside, or you get there in the wrong moment thus making accelerating out of the corner harder, or making it happen too late.
For good cornering you should aim for racing line what allows easy and early exiting of the corner, so you can start accelerating for the next straight early without a need for pumping the gas and waiting for the right moment.
Apex is the place where for a slight moment you touch the inside line of the corner.
When you miss the apex point, it means that you either aren't able to get to the inside, or you get there in the wrong moment thus making accelerating out of the corner harder, or making it happen too late.
For good cornering you should aim for racing line what allows easy and early exiting of the corner, so you can start accelerating for the next straight early without a need for pumping the gas and waiting for the right moment.
My car also pops and rattles when the throttle is lifted, but it definitely is a lot more noisier when accelerating.
So called casual cars on normal every day usage don't make more noice when engine braking, I mean at least the noise is bigger when accelerating. Of course a rally car with anti-lag is a different story.
It doesn't hurt it and there's no vacuum in the exhaust side, only in the intake side.
Well maybe... Detecting sarcasm on a forum is sometimes quite hard, when I can't see the guy in person it's really hard to tell if it's sarcasm or not. Even harder when there's no smileys involved.
If you go to ITB's, be sure to post some good quality videos of it in full bore too.
Yeah, dropping in to neutral when going downhill in a car with so called modern fuel injection is pointless. The injection system recognizes when you lift the throttle and so when engine braking, it doesn't inject any fuel to the engine. In a way you could say that it shuts down, but if you let the revs go to idle speed it starts to inject fuel again.
Carbs usually are different, they will keep fueling even when the throttle is closed, dunno about bikes, but never heard of a car with a carb cutting the fueling while engine braking.
This usually means that your headgasket is gone. If you have an aluminium cylinder head I would be very concerned about ruining it (twisting, cracking, you name it) and would sort the problem out immediately. Or even the block could get ruined.
Even if it's just cast iron head, overheating is never good, some engines take more abuse than others.
Carbs usually are different, they will keep fueling even when the throttle is closed, dunno about bikes, but never heard of a car with a carb cutting the fueling while engine braking.
This usually means that your headgasket is gone. If you have an aluminium cylinder head I would be very concerned about ruining it (twisting, cracking, you name it) and would sort the problem out immediately. Or even the block could get ruined.
Even if it's just cast iron head, overheating is never good, some engines take more abuse than others.
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This dude has to be trolling? How in the hell you can think that a car like RB4 has anything to do with a crappy useless SUV car like that.
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