Name a better american v8

this was never a good engine.

Lotus is american?

BTFO

GM owned lotus at the time.
What was so bad about it?

>GM owned lotus at the time.
O.k... but the engine was designed in u.k. because GM could not into performance, GM's factories could not build the engine because it was too complicated so they had contract the manufacturer of it out.

It was at least built by Mercury Marine in Oklahoma, based on an SBC, and put into a Corvette. Murican enough for me.

The C4 ZR1 and C5 Z06 are the only corvettes worth owning to me anyway.

look at the tiny runners. it was designed to make xxx horsepower and not a iota more.

Jesus I can't even be mad at this, this is a perfect joke.

>GM needed Lotus to develop a good engine

Not exactly a sign of reliability to make a case with there man.

Oldsmobile perfected the V8 60 years ago

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Simple OP. Sonny's engines, specifically the 727Ci Hemi. The 'endurance' version (for street cars) is rated at 1200HP on 91 octane pump gas.

And yes, this is a better American V8, made in Virginia.

Wait, if you are the one with the BBC aren't you usually the one cucking, not being cucked??? I think you put your joke on backwards.

Yeah these motors are god tier, hands down. Sonny's is magic

How much power do I need to make with this motor before it breaks in half like a pinata?

>bigger than 370
enjoy crashing

There is reason Ford doesn't use them in race. Just FYI

#just302things

Turbodiesel, because torque.

If I ever win the lottery, I'm buying a M18 TD and putting a 1005 in it.

You sure nissan didn't cheat with that time like they did on the ring?

>inb4 they actually did
>inb4 a "regular" gtr nismo is slower than s corvette

gm fangirls love the BBC

I don't have to

I can show you the best Straight-8 instead

WRONG

Have fun with the unequal distribution from your 4 foot long log intake manifold.

*log*

>more than 30 answers
>no ls1
You guys suck

>Literal Shit 1
>better than god-tier Voodoo
friendly reminder GM has never made a naturally aspirated production engine as powerful as Ford's 5.2l Voodoo

It's funny how they can make such good V8s but in most of their cars they put in ecoboost shit instead

But the 5.tooslow is shit

>american dohc
Yeah ok, let's see how it holds up there m8

>comparing the top-of-the-line Camaro to the base model Shelby

The GT350R is the top of the line

The GT350 is the base model
The GT500 is the top of the line
Sperg more

are you sure?

The upcoming GT500 is supposed to compete with the ZL1 and will BTFO it
The GT350 is the base model Shelby

>upcoming

k, so now we're talking about cars that don't even exist

You're still comparing the base model Shelby to the top of the line camaro
Sperg more

>ford has to scramble to catch up
>it's never their "top of the line" model
>j-just wait for us to copy tech and b-beat you! ...maybe...
O i am laffin

How so?

351 Clevaland

this post triggered gm fangirls

Oh but they did and it made 776 hp

not production. sperg harder pushcuck

Olds 403

The engine so good, even Pontiac couldn't find a better match for their top performance model.

Chevy does is with 3 less cams, liter more displacement, and a lot more torque.

not production. sperg more

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Poncho 400 was still the engine to have between the two.

>5.0
laughing_tonys.jaypeg

obsessed

>1200hp
>street
Sure if your street is as straight as the sun is hot

lol look at this loser having a meltdown

I'd be more worried about the siamese intakes, crossflow heads, and shit compression

>crossflow heads
reverse flow* my hands were thinking faster than my brain.

What kind of hooptie ass car is that?

stock Volvo 240

yeah that doesnt mean they let Lotus do it the they it was meant to be made. GM fucked it up every step of the way

>LS1
Being the first in a series means you're rarely the best.
t. LS1 owner

>sperging THIS hard

stay btfo

Buick 215 is the best mass produced engine every designed in America.

wow it's worse than i thought.

>Prices are low on domestic mussul caurs because the workers get slave salary instead of rich as fuck EU car workers.

top post
rocket stronk

>designed in america
>improved and mass produced in england

Or would they be the bull since they have a BBC?

Absolutely not, both the Olds 400 and 455 were better (and the 425 as well even if that wasn't in the A-bodies). Hell, even the 350 was arguably better. The 403 had serious problems in that they took the Olds small block, kept the standard ~3.3" stroke length, and just bored it way out to the point the engine had trouble getting enough coolant flowing through to not overheat.

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Holy shit how did that dumbass manage not to fly off that cliff or not get skewered by that guardrail?

It's not a Evo or something with a 80mm at 40psi. It's got a normal-ish powerband and is happy idling along at highway speeds or in traffic all day. That's the beauty of a V8.

Because God hates us.
Only a retarded furry would think it's a good idea to run like 205 profile tires with a modern V8, but guess what this fucker is?

Obviously but you won't even use 700 of that power.

rage some more, skunkfucker

an evo is probably faster anyway

lmao

Nothing better than a 351 Cleveland

Except everything else.

spoken like an ignorant faggot

Ls1 owner here that kept it relatively stock.

You are objectively wrong.

inb4 he claims 7k redline even though a autolite will never be able to breathe that much gas.

My nuts are swelling from reading these digits

I need to fuck something god damn it

why would the redline matter?

That's what all you Cleveland fags care about, ever since that video of the guy taking the belching 351c to 7k you queers don't shut up about it.
It's a mediocre small block at best, there's a reason the Windsor outlived it.

This is the first time I've ever posted about it, you must have me confused with someone else.

Who cares, either way they all have oiling problems and the blocks are thin as paper.
The only redeeming factor is the 4v heads but that means shit flow down low, something Ford to this day can't seem to understand.

Can someone explain to me like I'm 5 years old why the Voodoo can have that many liters and not have the pistons throwing themselves into a vibrating monster?

I thought that was a gigantic issue with FPC's.

Just going to assume the firing order is fucked with or some shit idk shit about engines.

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>pushshit
into the trash it goes

>Can someone explain to me like I'm 5 years old why the Voodoo can have that many liters
>5 liters is a lot
Mate you should have seen what Ford was doing in the 60's and 70's.

No direct injection but classic.
Holy trips burns crude oil. Lmfao.

>the glorious cacophony of the sock motor
youtube.com/watch?v=UonisqLOnXo

Fat bore and small stroke. Light, high quality allows in the bottom end.
Flat plane crank may help as well