<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Tripower455:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> when you comapre the V8 of the GTO and the 4 banger of the EVO VIII youd think the GTO should kill the EVO VIII. what happened to "theres no replacement for displacement"
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Tripower said:
The GTO achieved the numbers with normal aspiration, due to it's displacement.
Put a SC or turbo on the GTO, and do you think that the numbers would even be close?
You are comparing a V-8 RWD Pontiac to a rice burner? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Yeah, what tripower said!
... furthermore, if the tuner crowd wants to talk hp per liter: (hp/L) Pontiac Soltice 2.2L @ 240 hp = 120 hp/L or how about Dodge Spirit R/T 2.2L @ 224 hp = 102 hp/L. What about the cost to get a ricer motor up to the hp a domestic big block offers?: Hot Rod Magazine 1998 500 hp build up: 455 Buick vs Honda VTEC: Cost of Buick to get to 500hp: $3296 US / Honda VTEC to 500 hp: $10,500 US. However if the tuner crowd really wants to argue that displacement means nothing then they could use the North American Model Airplane engine in their beloved riceburners. These engines @ .0065L produce 169hp/L. Appprox. 195 of these engines inside an import would produce 300 hp thereby eliminating the need for a single V8.
