[Lapkritis]

Originally Posted by 9FF

You are assuming everyone wants to "drive their cars hard and have fun". Well yes! but we are a diversified bunch here, some seek perfection, some originality, some just like to be unique, it's all good. If that's all that motivates you then that is fine, throw that V8 in there, it will do the job very nicely. Let's face it most racecars including F1 fit other engines in their cars, Lotus (Renault, Ford), Mclaren (Mercedes, Honda), etc., they are all fit for purpose.

I would love to build a high compression 3.0L na with standalone, direct ignition, dry sump and ITB's. It would cost a lot and probably be unreliable and need constant tweaking, but that's what motivates me.

I think it's good that we are a diversified bunch, it doesn't mean one person is stupid doing it one way when they can do it another way cheaper, better and faster, it just means that that is the way he or she wants to do it.

Check my wording again. You're assuming that I'm assuming; I clearly stated differently in the comment you quoted. Just want to make sure we're clear and you're not putting words in my mouth.