[BigAls87Z28]

Originally posted by BBcamaroSS@Jan 2 2004, 03:58 PM
Which do you prefer, I say that Horsepower sells the car but torque moves the car considering most people dont know much about cars. And what do you prefer saying; foot pounds or pound feet for torque? Considering that lb-ft is the unit of measure while ft-lb is the measure for work. Even though work and torque arent exactly the same thing. Oh and what would be your dream engine? and how would you like it to sound? :huh:

HP sells, but the feeling of torque right off the line seals the deal. And the propper saying for torque is lbs/ft. Like newton meters, its always weight over distance, thats torque. My dream engine? It really depends on the car really. If I had a light sports car, say a british sports car, a hi-reving major hp motor like a 302 chevy would be cool. But Ill use my Z for this instance. I would like a 427 small block, iron block, aluminum heads. Over 500hp/lb-ft. It would have to be fuel injected and I would want some type of Accel DFI set up where I can tune on the fly. I would have to have it backed by a T56 6spd from a viper or a rebuilt one from a fbody. It would be sent down a chromolly DS to a 9 inch(only ford thing Id buy) wiht a set of 4.10's in the back. The 4.10's with teh 6spd will work out greatly as I can get good MPG and great launch to scare away all that try to mess with this Z. So there is my motor. A big bore, big stroke hp and torque motor.

 

[BigAls87Z28]

Originally posted by sykboy@Jan 2 2004, 04:26 PM
Hey, hey, hey. Enough of that. NO SBC in the Spit! :lol: J/K, I thought that was probably another attempt at influence.

He didn't ask for your Dream Car Bio! Just your dream engine.

About the Sound. Does anyone like anything other than V8s? I think some of the older raspy race engines sound good regardless of configuration. But for a daily I like quiet rumble when idling or easy driving and free breathing quick revving sound when on the boil.

:lol: I didnt mean to push the SBC on ya, but your topic has me thinking recently on a cool project car and I used that as an example.

and as for the dream car, I havent even gotten to the rest of the car yet!!

 

[BigAls87Z28]

Originally posted by SS4EVER@Jan 2 2004, 06:52 PM
When you mention screamer I think of that scene in 2fast 2furious where they are racing for the Yenko and the Mopar. The Import is staged and the driver revs the crap outta the engine, just screaming, trying to impress everyone and looking over to the dude in the mopar. Then the dude in the mopar revs that big block muscle car and the whole car shakes and twists. hehe I like.

What would have been great is if tryreese leaned over and asked..




















"Hey, that thing gotta hemi?"