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215ek · 04-22-2009, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by redtoprps13

he's a honda guy. he hates anything that is 3x's the size of his motor and makes more power while getting decent gas mileage.

see, he understands

redtoprps13 · 04-22-2009, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by 215ek

see, he understands

i moderate a honda forum and used to own a gsr. of course i understand.

but now i talk **** on hondas and v8's j/p haha

russiankid · 04-22-2009, 03:06 PM

BMW has V8's in their 5-series and 3-series(M3). They now will have a twin turbo V8 in the new 7-series.

SpooliN · 04-22-2009, 07:36 PM

^^^^ you stay up on your bmw knowledge ... impressive and yet sad at the same time ... jp lol

Scapegoat · 04-22-2009, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by tcturbo91

i'd say not as many cars will even be considered by automakers to be V8 powered, but the V8 will never totally die. Muscle oriented cars will always have to have a V8 option of some sort. Example is the twin turbo V6 Ford is trying to replace the mustang V8 with down the road. if Ford doesn't offer any V8 option along side it, they are shooting themselves in the foot.

just an FYI, not sure if its mentioned in this thread either, but ford will be offering both a TTV6 and a V8 for the GT 2011 model. I believe they'll be priced about the same as well

driftingrx5.7 · 04-22-2009, 09:53 PM

with sites that are all about putting v8's into other cars they will never die! might go up in price but the will never die, in less cars sure but never go away! like now i am planning on getting an ls1 for my rx7 might even sell my fc to get an fd to many people have toys and always need v8's for them :D

tomustang · 04-22-2009, 10:23 PM

Seems like the author didn't get it right starting off, in the first paragraph!

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The V8 engine, a symbol of power and prestige for more than a century, is looking more and more like an endangered species.

He must've been asleep in the 90's, that's when V8's plunged. Fast forward to 2000 and up, Nissan and Toyota have full size V8 pickups, like someone mentioned, dodge put a their new V8 in almost everything they could. Mercedes loves their 5.4L sohc and put that in almost everything. A slew of exotics use V8's now.

The only real change now is that there are more V8's getting turbos and s/c put on by the factory.

russiankid · 04-22-2009, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by SpooliN

^^^^ you stay up on your bmw knowledge ... impressive and yet sad at the same time ... jp lol

Haha. I like BMW's.

Kevin · 04-22-2009, 11:43 PM

Probably only in America.

redtoprps13 · 04-22-2009, 11:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Kevin

Probably only in America.

i blame the vtak craze. and of course the cheap turbo kits available for 4 cyls. you can make v8 type power now without the added weight.

MANLYmiata · 04-22-2009, 11:49 PM

probably everything but the corvette.

redtoprps13 · 04-23-2009, 12:17 AM

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Originally Posted by MANLYmiata

probably everything but the corvette.

nahh i could make corvette power...it's called a gt35r and head work with a greddy intake manifold :-P

Nater · 04-23-2009, 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by redtoprps13

i blame the vtak craze. and of course the cheap turbo kits available for 4 cyls. you can make v8 type power now without the added weight.

i doo too ebay turbo civics walking v8's its a mess

redtoprps13 · 04-23-2009, 12:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Nater

i doo too ebay turbo civics walking v8's its a mess

****ing pisses me off too granted the kit/car tend to fall apart in 2 years.

m3nt0s · 04-23-2009, 12:29 AM

V8's and other large displacement/cylinder blocks are bound to stay around in the American/European markets. After all...the image of the old Muscle Car isn't going to fade any time soon, and the apex of the current Muscle Car image is to get something with a big ol' V8 under the hood. Companies like Mercedes aren't exactly known for being the most "efficient" types, they'll keep making guzzlers for a while. The thing about the new M3 having a V8 is that the M Division has (until the new M X5 and M X6) never had anything besides a naturally-aspirated motor...sort of their idea of a tradition.

It's a shame - I've always wanted to get some sort of a project car with a big motor and dirt-simple engineering under the hood. But any sort of practicality is going out the door very quickly.

Nater · 04-23-2009, 12:31 AM

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Originally Posted by redtoprps13

****ing pisses me off too granted the kit/car tend to fall apart in 2 years.

hahaha i agree but the honda hype switch to nissan hype everyone wants to drift

redtoprps13 · 04-23-2009, 12:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Nater

hahaha i agree but the honda hype switch to nissan hype everyone wants to drift

**** drift. i want to grip race mother****er

Nater · 04-23-2009, 12:34 AM

hahahaha well at least you'll be doing less body work

silverwrx · 04-23-2009, 01:40 AM

it should be, no need to waste the worlds oil when there is much more efficient ways of going fast

OutToWinPAHC · 04-23-2009, 07:56 AM

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Originally Posted by silverwrx

it should be, no need to waste the worlds oil when there is much more efficient ways of going fast

If you keep it out of boost that is.

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