Why do some Manufactures go for low-displacement V8s instead of high-displacements like Mustang 5.0, Corvette 6.2L?

Why do some Manufactures go for low-displacement V8s instead of high-displacements like Mustang 5.0, Corvette 6.2L?

Example :
Ferrari 488 GTB 3.9L V8
Mclaren 650S 3.8L V8

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Lower moving weight and shorter strokes = higher revs, also less bore makes less heat which further benefits higher revs, also lower weight overall for better handling. You're not gonna build a supercar with a ship anchor that can barely rev to 6k.

>ship anchor
>when an ls1 with a t56 weighs under 500lbs

The main reason is because Europe taxes heavily on displacement, op

Like anyone buying a Ferrari will give a shit. We're not talking about highschooler's first performance car here.

>8.0l veyron
>7.3l zonda
>come on now

Because they're huge. The 5.0 can probably fit 2 LS engines in it it's so big due to the dohc design. I'm not sure if a low displacement pushrod v8 has ever been created. Europeans like overhead cams so it'll never happen.

>w16
>v12

Next Corvette will probably be a 4L TT
EcoBoost® is 3.5L

because they are turbocharged. the engines no longer need to be very large to make massive amounts of power with modern turbocharging technology.

>he doesn't understand bore x stroke implications

European car manufacturers have traditionally favoured incredibly oversquare engines that make their power high-up. This is driven in part by their involvement in racing series where there are limits on displacement (F1) but not cylinder dimensions or layouts. American manufactures have tended towards longer strokes, lower revs and more torque.

Because not everyone likes pigfat truck engines

Because not everyone likes pigfat truck engines
You are a dumb, inbreed nigger

The LS with flywheel alone weighs 460lbs, a t56 weight 150lbs

Please kill yourself

2.8s and 3.0 range ohv
V8s do exist though

So are the displacement taxes less because of the cylinder count?

I don't know but this is discussion about v8's. Those engines only have large displacement because they have so many cylinders. 'murica still has a 8.4 liter v10

He has a point, regardless of chebby small block weight.

Taxes in their respective countries, racing displacement limits.

>Ferrari owners
> Caringabout taxes

Buick made a 3.5L V8 OHV in the 60s it was even all-aluminum and Olds had a turbo variant

Ferrari still has to conform to racing displacement limits though. They might think they're special snowflakes but they still have to.

FIA limits are 3.5 to turbo engines and 5.5 to NA

Corvettes run a special engine, you dont have to conform any rules

the uk used to tax by bore size
so company's responded by upping the stroke
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMC_A-Series_engine#1098

t. upset yuropoor

Such is life in yuropooria

Damn, americucks are getting dumber and dumber, what exactly triggered your cuckass this time?

Not an eurbian btw

Also, read FIA homologation rules and see for yourself how no manufacturer follows them, that of course if you are not scared of big words