I want to swap in one of the old V10 F1 engines into the new Viper ACR

"71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors" (adamprotter)
09/06/2016 at 20:57 • Filed to: None

If I become a multi-billionaire, I’d like to perform this unholy swap because it would be excellent. What could go wrong with more power and less weight? Good idea of best idea?

DISCUSSION (14)

S65 > 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors
09/06/2016 at 21:00

I approve

71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors > S65
09/06/2016 at 21:11

Right? I love the new ACR but it needs more of this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX2L-k…

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors
09/06/2016 at 21:18

You wouldn’t gain much

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors
09/06/2016 at 21:26

Well you’d lose 200 lb ft of torque during the swap

71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
09/06/2016 at 21:51

Seriously? I didn't think the vipers engine had that much torque.

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors
09/06/2016 at 22:11

To be honest I think the next Viper, as an American supercar icon, needs a smaller and higher-revving V10.

Opposite Locksmith > 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors
09/06/2016 at 23:13

Uhm..... Why would you think that

Opposite Locksmith > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever
09/06/2016 at 23:14

Or a 10.08 liter v12

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors
09/06/2016 at 23:42

Ferrari 2.4 l V-8 or 1.6 V-6

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors
09/07/2016 at 07:58

Oh yeah. F1 engines are high HP but not really a powerhouse of torque. They were probably making in the 4-500 range where the Viper makes 650 as I recall.

71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
09/07/2016 at 08:45

Huh, guess I never thought about that. I wonder what the lap times of the original vs the swap would be. Maybe the original would be better on a shorter, curvier track like Monaco but the F1 engine would be better at a power track like Monza.

uofime-2 > 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors
09/07/2016 at 10:23

You’d need the right transmission and gearing to keep the engine in its high rpm powerband. Torque lets you be lazy because it means you have power even at lower rpms

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors
09/07/2016 at 12:32

So you can run out of consumable parts? Then there is the part about the engine itself built to only last a short time!

swaptastic > 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors
09/08/2016 at 13:07

Great idea! And I want to have exclusive coverage on the build.