"dustin_driver" (dustin-driver)
02/03/2015 at 23:13 • Filed to: None
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"dustin_driver" (dustin-driver)
02/03/2015 at 23:13 • Filed to: None | 0
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Behold! They cometh with four and six cylinders, turbochargers and direct injection! Wielding monstrous power-to-weight ratios and fiendish specific output numbers! Inefficient, high-displacement engines flee in their wake, screaming in terror before the advancing army of forced-induction warriors!
The big V8 is dying in a swirl of super-compressed and intercooled air. And Ford, one of the Grandaddies of the big V8, is heralding it's demise. Sure, they have the Coyote, but they've sent a very clear message with the GT, the turbo Mustang, and now the Focus RS. Turbos are in. Big-displacement V8s are out. It's the way of the world. (Kindly ignore Chrysler-Fiat's big, shoddily made hell-watevers that are essentially marketing ploys, but I'll get into that some other time).
Are we sad? Do we weep at the big lunk's passing? Do we throw ourselves on his chrome coffin, sob chubby teardrops onto his cold, muscular chest? Not I. Surely I love V8s. I grew up freebasing fumes from carbureted GM small blocks, quivering in the wake of their growls. But I won't mourn their passing. Especially with the appearance of the engineering miracles that are the Ford EcoBoost engines and Tesla's magic, melon-sized powerhouses. Technology is good. Technology will deliver us.
What say you?
JustWaitingForAMate
> dustin_driver
02/04/2015 at 00:48 |
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spanfucker retire bitch
> dustin_driver
02/04/2015 at 07:42 |
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Because the Focus was ever going to come with a V8? There's nothing wrong with lowering displacement and forced induction. Literally nothing wrong with it.
Besides, I can't hear you over the sound of Ford's N/A Flat-plane crank V8.
No, really, I can't hear you. What are you saying?
nafsucof
> JustWaitingForAMate
02/04/2015 at 09:05 |
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tell that to ferrari
Street Surgeon
> dustin_driver
02/04/2015 at 11:38 |
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Turbo 4 and 6's are cool and fun unless you like horsepower AND good mileage :)
Source: Guy who's owned lots of turbo four and six cylinders.
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dustin_driver
> Street Surgeon
02/04/2015 at 13:57 |
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It's possible to have both... as long as you can keep your foot out of it for, like, 80% of the time! The new GTI, for instance, makes more than 220hp (realistically) and still returns 30mpg on the highway. In theory, anyway. ;)
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dustin_driver
> spanfucker retire bitch
02/04/2015 at 13:59 |
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That's a glorious sound. A sound that I'd gladly let drown me out. Oh yeah.
iin10ded
> nafsucof
02/04/2015 at 14:08 |
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or fomula 1