**No motorcycles and scooters.
How much engine displacement on your primary daily driver?
- Thread starter YellowSnow
- Start date
'Merica!
That's a bitching rental car, boss!'Merica!
I was debating about the max displacement category here, and concluded we needed something for all the hillbillies like @LebamDawg and @BleachedAnusDawg who are running bigger stuff than 350 cubic inches.
Hey @PurpleBaze what's the power plant the "Hey ladies, get in sports car" Benz?
Also vote in the carwash pole you dud.
Also vote in the carwash pole you dud.
1to392831weretaken
New Fish
18.4 kWh. Sometimes 1.5L.
2020 Mercedes-Benz SL550 packs a 4.7-litre biturbo V8 rated at 449hp- rear-wheel drive. Drove it in Sport mode this morning. It's spicy.
Slap a tune on that thing and take advantage of those turbos, boss.
It's a fun car. New tires added another level of grip over the shitty Goodyear run-flats they get stuck with as OEM. Now just trying to decide if I want to do any mods beyond a basic ECU tune.
I've considered it, chief. I'm definitely going to take the car to the track at some point. Would tune it before doing the track day.
Last edited:
I have no idea what this poll means.
How big is the motor in your Prius ?
Highlander. And a Titan. And a Mazda CX9
Love me some Asian rides.
The Nissan truck should have a 5.6 L V8 with 400 hp. Pretty similar performance to the 5.7 L Toyota motor. It’s also made in America just like the Tubdras and Sequoia.
The Japanese figured out long ago when they stopped making babies that they would need to assemble cars near the consumers. Smart move on their part.
It's remarkable the level of performance the auto makers are getting out small displacement engines these days.
Consider this: Billy Joe @BleachedAnusDawg 's Camaro I believe is the 6.2 L V-8 and OME is putting out 455 HP. That's 1.17 HP per cubic inch. Impressive but not that dramatically better than the classic 60's muscle cars. My dad's 1966 Chevelle SS has a 396 motor putting out 375 HP so .94 HP per cubic inch. Granted I think the modern muscle cars are way faster with modern tires and transmissions. You're sub 4 sec in 0- 60 right?
For comparison, Mrs Snow's douchey little Audi A4 Allroad mommy wagon is getting 261 HP out of a 2.0 L turbo. 2.13 HP per cubic inch. Obviously, we're not taking @BleachedAnusDawg off the line (it's only 5.4 in O- 60) but still that's pretty zippy.
For the record, on comparing modern horsepower ratings to cars of yesteryear, modern cars are rated with SAE net figures, whereas old cars used gross figures. The 375 gross hp rating for that old Chevelle is more likely 300 hp using net ratings.
Also, keep in mind that my car makes 455 hp and also gets 27+ mpg on the highway, whereas those old muscle cars got maybe 10 mpg.
Muscle Car Horsepower – How Exaggerated Was It? - Hagerty Media
Also, keep in mind that my car makes 455 hp and also gets 27+ mpg on the highway, whereas those old muscle cars got maybe 10 mpg.
Muscle Car Horsepower – How Exaggerated Was It? - Hagerty Media
Turbochargers make power really easy to obtain these days.
My car is rated 4 seconds flat to 60 mph. Some tests dip to 3.9. Probably could do that at a prepped track. Real world on the street is never as quick as claimed.
My car is rated 4 seconds flat to 60 mph. Some tests dip to 3.9. Probably could do that at a prepped track. Real world on the street is never as quick as claimed.
That's interesting. You learn something new every day at Hardcore Husky fellas!
These new generation muscle cars incredible bang for the buck. And 27 MPG HWY is nuts.