Hehehe I knew you'd say that. :-) It's a matter of taste. I like big V8s and I like the super-efficient small engines too, for different reasons.
Ricing up a Civic is indeed a waste of time, but the Subaru STI and the Lancer Evo aren't toys; they're rally racers, which is just a different kind of fast. If you want to scramble up a mountain road at 80 mph in the wet, that 300 hp 2.5L boxer four in the Subaru ain't no wimp.
I think my favorite engines, though, are the very very efficient normally aspirated small- to mid-sized ones. I especially think of the BMW inline six and the inline 4 in the Honda S2000 getting 100 hp/l without a blower.
But, you know, I have tremendous nostalgia for the golden age of American cars, and around here there are lots of very well-preserved flathead Fords, '57 Caddys, '60s Corvettes, etc. I just think it's kind of over now except for hobbyists, because they're so thirsty.
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Re: HUH?
Date: 2006-07-02 09:04 pm (UTC)Ricing up a Civic is indeed a waste of time, but the Subaru STI and the Lancer Evo aren't toys; they're rally racers, which is just a different kind of fast. If you want to scramble up a mountain road at 80 mph in the wet, that 300 hp 2.5L boxer four in the Subaru ain't no wimp.
I think my favorite engines, though, are the very very efficient normally aspirated small- to mid-sized ones. I especially think of the BMW inline six and the inline 4 in the Honda S2000 getting 100 hp/l without a blower.
But, you know, I have tremendous nostalgia for the golden age of American cars, and around here there are lots of very well-preserved flathead Fords, '57 Caddys, '60s Corvettes, etc. I just think it's kind of over now except for hobbyists, because they're so thirsty.