Turbos usually decrease the brake specific fuel consumption. You are getting a little too parfy in that last post and are lacking facts.

they will NOT STOP MAKING V-8's UNTIL I SAY SO.................or until i can buy my ZZ383 GM CRATE MOTOR!



hmmm maybe i should start collecting chevy small and big blocks. ya know for like a mad max kind of gas station/garage/beer/bait/bullets kind of gig in the dezert wastelands after the apoc-o-lips.

Joe, what's up the political posts? :confused:

The government can have my V8 when they can pry it from my cold, dead hands.

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Getting 7mpg and loving it.

Pre-apoc-o-lips dezert wastelands, post apoc-o-lips dezert wastelands...how kin ya tell the difference in Arid-zona?

I do like the mad max gas station/garage/beer hall/bait & bullet shop idea, OJU. :)

Don't your hands get burned clutching that V-8 of yours, BSJ? :confused: ;)

Nope, it's so damned cool it doesn't bother me. :cool:

i think we will have to FOCUS our ENERGY ONLY towards GM products and PORSCHE/VW products. plus the asundry waterdawggies/night crawlers/stink bait/ powerbait/flys/and of course our EXCLUSIVE BEER WORLD selection of the finest homebrews.


mad max would be proud.



hell they could have filmed any of the mad max's here..............its the DEZERT! and it is a WASTELAND!



crap i FORGOT the BROTHEL ASPECT of the BIZ!



note to self: add brothel to beer/bait/bullets/gm parts/porsche/vw parts........BIZ PLAN! call "auntie M" to be our madam.

thats bad azz! Me likey!

Apologies to all. Modified my last remark to make it PPOT friendlier.

Thanks Joe! http://forums.pelicanparts.com/support/smileys/pray.gifhttp://forums.pelicanparts.com/support/smileys/pray.gifhttp://forums.pelicanparts.com/support/smileys/pray.gif

This auntie M...is she hot? :D

I think I want a SBC V-8 powered Westy. A flying toaster.

Come on down when it cools off and we'll go for a ride. Bring some spoons for show and tell. :D

I believe that even though turbos are more fuel efficient, "they" will try to attack turbocharging since it is a waste of fuel to generate power more than what "they" believe you should have (for the sake of the environment).
Again, thanks for keeping me on track with the conversation.

Death of the V8?

Heck, I'm not so sure there won't be the death of the V6 (or other 6s).

I would imagine turbocharging stays but the engine gets smaller.

When I read this, I was wondering if I was in a time warp.

V8s haven't been the prime mover for most people for a couple of decades.
As was pointed out a few posts ago, the average v6 makes more power than most v8 of a few decades back..

My 4.3 L F 150 does the same work my 88 Chev with a 5 L used to do.
Aside from the sweet sound of a well tuned V8, I won't miss them.

Best
Les

But the thing is you can use a 1.0L 3 cylinder with a turbo to replace a 2.0L atmospheric 4 cylinder. You can make the same power but have more efficiency with the turbo and fewer cylinders. (This would be the new Ford EcoBoost).

Sure, people can hot rod them to make more power, but for the people who just use cars as an appliance the turbo will be more efficient.

OK, maybe they will attempt to create a maximum allowed CAES (Corporate Average Engine Size) mandate?

BTW, has anyone thought about the added cost of maintenance when no one (and possibly even no indy shops) can work on their own cars due to the advanced technology. Then there's the cost of the high tech parts...