5.0L V8 Power!
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My dad's 1930 Ford Phaeton has a similar low horse power 302 in it. It is a replica, not a steel car.
Since we are talking about what our father's drive, he also has a 1933 Ford Victoria with a 350 LT1 crate motor (350 hp/350 tq), also a kit car. He also drives a 1964 Impala SS, bone stock. His everyday driver is a 2003 Infiniti G35 Coupe.
Thanks.
Since we are talking about what our father's drive, he also has a 1933 Ford Victoria with a 350 LT1 crate motor (350 hp/350 tq), also a kit car. He also drives a 1964 Impala SS, bone stock. His everyday driver is a 2003 Infiniti G35 Coupe.
Thanks.
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Originally posted by Ser0119
My dad's 1930 Ford Phaeton has a similar low horse power 302 in it. It is a replica, not a steel car.
Since we are talking about what our father's drive, he also has a 1933 Ford Victoria with a 350 LT1 crate motor (350 hp/350 tq), also a kit car. He also drives a 1964 Impala SS, bone stock. His everyday driver is a 2003 Infiniti G35 Coupe.
Thanks.
hey!! your dad is a street rod guy!!! cool. Id like you to show us pictures of yer dads cars, PLEASE. I like street rods
Cano
Oh - very much so - all the manufacturers struggled with it - just look at the ETA series of engines from BMW. Holden pretty well gave with their own engines once unleaded came in here in '86 and started using the Nissan 3 litre in-line six, before using the Buick 3.8 V6 in '88.
I think gains from engine management through EFI and increasingly sophisticated ECUs have more than overcome them - shame about the weight gain of vehicles...
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The only way a car could ever possibly gain 100 HP from an exhaust upgrade is if the original exhaust is the size of a drinking straw - and full of crush bends.
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Well, my father drives a 1990 Chevrolet Suburban (Silverado, I believe), and a 1992 Rover 820 Fastback.
Mum drives a 2003 Audi A4 2.5TDi Avant Sport quattro.
Mum has the better deal.
Mum drives a 2003 Audi A4 2.5TDi Avant Sport quattro.
Mum has the better deal.
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Well, the 5.0L V8 certainly meets that requirement.
Here's the wonderful thing about a torque pig: No, it's not fast. It will never BE fast, short of stuffing several thousand dollars under the hood. But whether you're a single commuter with no luggage or a family of four with a week's worth of cargo - the engine's performance will differ very little. All that torque allows it to cope with an increased load very easily.
Here's the wonderful thing about a torque pig: No, it's not fast. It will never BE fast, short of stuffing several thousand dollars under the hood. But whether you're a single commuter with no luggage or a family of four with a week's worth of cargo - the engine's performance will differ very little. All that torque allows it to cope with an increased load very easily.
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I don't have any pictures of the 30 Ford Phaeton on the computer. But I did forget one car mostly because it has been sitting covered in our driveway for the past 4 months. It is a 1990 300zx TT with Stillen stage III (intake, exhaust, ecu). It has some nasty steering problems that we haven't been able to take care of so it does not get driven.
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Originally posted by OmicroN
I love the 1990's 300zxtt's. Have you ever thought about selling it. I really want one of those, it'd go well with my grand prix.
It will be for sale once it is fixed. It is driveable, but my dad would rather sell the car after the steering problem is addressed. He is afraid someone will buy the car and kill themself coming out of a turn. Car only has something like 70k original miles.
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Originally posted by M5Power
Did you dyno-test these or something?
In 1992, the Volvo 960 came with a 201-horsepower 2.9L I-6; in 1994 it came with a slightly detuned (because of new emissions laws) 181-horsepower 2.9L I-6. The only engine 'round 120hp Volvo made in that style was a 114-horsepower 2.3L I-4, which was only offered on the post-1991 940 GL (below).
The Saab 9-5, likewise, never came with a 180-horsepower engine; beginning in 1999 it had 170-horsepower and that jumped to 185-horsepower in 2001 (on the base 9-5s).
I RTFM you n00b.
Kidding...I was just going from memory, as when I get bored I read the car specs from the manual. The Saab is a Turbo, and I remember seeing it in the manual, that it was above 200. And the Volvo, I don't know about. I'll just lloc up some specs online or something.
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Welcome to the real world, where 1.6L I4s don't make 300hp. This isn't Gran Turismo.
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This happens in the real world. Just not as easily as GT.
mayorbill11
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stock, and it was an exaggeration. 150hp for a 5.0L V8 is normal to high for a non performance car built between the early 70s and late 80s. the HO 5.0L in MKVIIs and 5.0L mustangs made 225hp or so. the 318 mopar, 301 pontiac, and 304 AMC all made about 130hp throughout the late 70s/early 80s, but a lot of turque in comparison. chevy 305s made 140hp, olds 307s made 140hp
130-150hp was normal for a 4.9L-5.2L V8 in that period. they had low flow 2bbl carbs, lots of emissions garbage like vacuum hoses and crappy heads and exhaust, and tall gears to further strangle the torque. engines can make more power now through the use of 4, 5, and 6 speed transmissions with overdrive that cope with gas milage, back in the days of 1:1 3rd gear and no 4th the engines had to suck. smaller engines at the time made less horsepower, this is the time of 100hp V8s, 3.3L engines with 90hp, real garbage.
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Well, of course. Like I said...270 lb-ft is not a bad thing.
mayorbill11
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hmm, i would say until the mid 80s i can't think of many japanese cars that would even have 150hp, not in the US anyway. then again, i'm not mister JDM expert.
of course, horsepower isn't everything.
of course, horsepower isn't everything.
