I hate cucked V8s ( V6s based off V8s)
I love purpose built V6s though, some of my fav engines
V6 hate
Brandon Parker
Bentley Morales
>don't talk to me or my daughter ever again
4.3's are based.
Jace Turner
>people are not into turbo flat-7
:^)
Jaxson Jones
Generally they sound shit.
The exceptions are Alfa and NSX V6s.
I6s are just cooler
Benjamin Phillips
>I4 are light, often high reving, and do well in turbocharhed applications
>I6 is neato and makes gud noises
>V8 makes lotsa power and sounds bretty gud too
>V6 usually sounds worse than an I6 and is the cheapskate version of a V8
Not saying there aren't good V6s, because there are. The Alfa V6s are glorious. The VR6 that VW has is pretty damn cool. The 90s Ford SHO had a SWEEEEETT V6 tuned by Yamaha. Jaguar now has a fantastic V6. The Ford Ecoboost V6 is actually pretty impressive as well.
V6s just catch a bad rap because no one's has really used them in the past as a top of the line engine. They've always been one of the lowest options, and the only time they are an upper option is when the car isn't sport (Accord or Camry V6).
When it's done right like the Alfa or the SHO or the VR6, obviously great things can be had.
Cameron Morales
said the man replying to a pic of an alfa 155 V6
Joshua Taylor
EVERY
FUCKING
TIME
I hear the V6 Busso I have goosebumps.
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Screams with passion and soul.
Pic related is the man who gave the name at this engine (Giuseppe Busso) and the father of generations of Alfa Romeo cars. He's a god.
Brandon Ortiz
It isn't MURRIKA like a V8.
It doesn't sound as well as an I6.
It doesn't fit everywhere like an I4.
It's the most heavily compromised engine layout that currently exists. This means that it's naturally un-sexy. However, some ones are pretty damn good at performance, and once you design them right, you can make them sexy again. See: Busso V6.
>V6 just seems like a poor engine layout.
It's actually an automotive engineer's wt dream in terms of packaging.
>6 cilinders
>square packaging
>will fit transversely
>really short longitudinal layout -> better mass centralisation
>easy to supercharge, thanks to the V valley
>n/a: more power than 90% of consumers need
>boosted: more power than 99% of consumers need
>can easily share parts with existing V8 layouts
An engineer can easily balance an engine. You can't fix packaging though.
To be honest the new 4.3 aluminium V6's are great. Cheap, small, and a great power density.
>The VR6 that VW has is pretty damn cool
It's shit though. Cool engineering, but inferior to a V6 in every. single. way.
>Jaguar now has a fantastic V6.
No. V8 packaging, V8 weight, and only some fuel savings. That thing deserves to be shot and left in an alley.
William Baker
>you will never, ever, own a 4C, ditch the shitty 1.75L turbo & DCT, and throw in a proper 3.2L Busso with a manual gearbox
Why live?
Carter Jones
>VR6 is shit
It's worse in a lot of ways, but it's a great form factor and a single head gasket is really nice I bet. Cool idea, I wonder if it could ever be properly executed again.
>Jaguar V6 deserves to be shot
Yeah that 380hp out of a supercharged 3.0l V6 is real sad. It actually makes more power per liter than their supercharged 5.0l V8 that makes 575hp.
It's also the only F-type you can buy with a stick. But yeah it makes me mad they used the same block. But hopefully they used the savings to keep the price down.