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Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 4:10 pm 
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Sowing machines go faster and use less fuel.

That's why.

I love v8's too, but I don't really think its the way to go.
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Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 4:42 pm 
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oh I dunno.. V8 supercars seems pretty quick to me.
V8 or V6 or V12 isn't the only criteria..

you can have a V10 that is only 2 litres if you want.. that doesn't make it a bad engine..

likewise, you an have a lumpy 4 or 6cyl as well.

my point was that having a rocking tappet cover is no criteria to judge a sporty motor on..
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Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 9:42 pm 
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Finished mounting up the cooler on my R31 today. Will be RB20DET in the next couple of days! Woot!


would you have some pictures of your skybox:)?


Check this out! http://www.fordmods.com/forums/fordman3 ... 63796.html

EDIT: I'll jump into the conversation haha. I'm a tech head, i'll take a high tech turbo 6 cylinder engined car any day. But i do agree (and i don't reckon there would be anyone that wouldn't) but you cannot beat the sound of a V8, even if it isn't as quick as a turbo 6, it still sounds awesome *drool*
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Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 11:03 pm 
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Lol when i had my race cam in(worked engine), soon to be back in.......the thing rocked like a dragster and sounded so damn mean with the 3" exhaust I f**k loved it :twisted: i just loved sitting at the lights listening to the idle and the car would rock around abit :P(lumped between 700-1000rpm) and then floor it and it just SCREAMED! 6000 big chirp into second damn i cant wait to have that back again lol ill shutup now :)

 

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Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 1:11 am 
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 Post subject: Re: r31
Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 12:14 pm 
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Sorry ed Fairmont bat that were you are wrong. A 3 litre RB30 was introduced in 1986 with 118kw in r31 form and the equvalant for 4.1 litre ford with EFI was 120kw.


the 4.1 would kill it for torque though. those 4 speed manual s-packs flew for their day. considering its a dirt simple engine compared to the rb30 she went alright. peak kw is no measuring stick for how good an engine is ffs.

 

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Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 11:16 pm 
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wanna see a quick factory na car... go and pick up an 250ci TC/TD/TE cortina.. lightweight and hell fast.. we left alot of V8 commodores behind in the old tina...
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