Teh Ricer Civic!

What still uses lead-acid batteries??

nope. but the origional point was great

I have that "ancestor" engine, it feels plenty potent for my needs (albiet a little rough these days). 3.8L 90* V6 PROS: Shorter engine Potent engine when supercharged/turbo'd and or just modded. CONS: wide engine heavy engine not naturally balanced 60* Pushrod V6 Pros: "compacy dynamo" narrower engine potentially potent engine, takes mods well. Utilizes newer technology. Fuel econ (3.5L) CONS: Fuel economy(3.9L -- altho this may just be GM getting the gear ratios for it to be faster) taller engine and for good taste... 4.3L 90* V6 Pros: hacked off a 350 block, so easy to mod. large displacement Cons: BIG! HEAVY! SLOW! :P

the 60* family is naturally balanced compared to the 90* family (er 1 engine) that needs balancing. the 60* block has always been a compact and powerful block to build off of. Lets remember the 3.4L DOHC version... what was that? 210hp in 94? thats pretty nice... and 10 years later the 3.5L OHV version is making 211!!! WHAT PROGRESS!!! :P 90* is too large and bulky to be useful in typical car applications. The ygot the ole 2.8Ls in Cavaliers, but i doubt a 3.8L would fit, or if it did it would be very tight. the 60* block has more potential in the long run than the 90* one. and the 4.3L V6 is actually a V8 with 2 cyls hacked off unlike the 3.8L which was devised as a 90* and not made off a V8,

High tariffs = end of economy as we know it. prices would soar, jobs suffer (not as much being sold)

Hopefully they dont make the 6spd all close ratio, usually kills highway mileage (why you sometimes see 6spd Manuals getting worse mileage than 4spd autos) Besides whats the benefit of a 6spd over a 4? 3% better gas mileage and maybe shave .2 seconds off the 0-60?

With GMs new V8s i dont see GM having any EPA issues anytime soon. What do you think a 4.8 Silverado will be able to get? 19/28? if thats the case might as well use a 4.8 instead of the 3.5L in the colorado (maybe squeeze out 20/29). i guess u could call GM the Honda of trucks now eh? lol

Or uh the ACTUAL reason they live longer is cause testosterone lowers life expectancy

Less stress? Someone earlier figured out that say a 7.0L V8 running at 6000rpm has much more stress than some lil I4 2.0L DOHC engine at 8000rpm. But that is aside the point. the point is a DOHC engine is better suited for higher output than a Pushrod engine. This aint a truck engine, it doesnt need mass quantities of torque, its just a high revving engine. Are you guys saying you wouldnt have smile plastered on your face pushing 8500rpms in a sports car? (provided the exhaust tone was perfect of course)

Less gov programs = less taxes = easier to afford healthcare yay im a genious :P

Yes, but not in small sporting applications, where high redlines rule the day, the added weight and size is offset by higher output attained by higher revvs.

and a go-kart making 80hp could whoop it too (if you didnt die while driving it... itd need a transmission too...)

DOHC makes it a bit taller. and im still sure it would fit. OTHERWISE, you could use superlight valvetrain materials and drive the cost up a lot more to attain those revvs. id be thrilled if they made a cheap-o little sporty engine. like a destroked 3.9L- maybe displace 2.5L and revv to about 8000... make about... uhhh 200hp.

how do you get to old information??

Ch11, freeing GM of legacy costs will only portray them as an evil greedy corporation, sending people who spent their lives building GM cars out in the cold.... not a great image for them.

Yeahhh... instead of having a little ~300hp OHV 6500rpm V12 (given 242 ft/lb @6500) , lets go with a ~350hp DOHC 8500rpm V12 (given 220ft/lb @ 8500rpm).

Its not so bad :lol: But seriously buy some craptacular car and either fix it up or have fun with it, thatll take up ur lonely time

id uh take a new Civic Si over a bonneville :unsure:

im too lazy to look em up but....' 1) a Nissan truck engine, also made use of in the Nissan 240SX, power output is prodigious for a 90s I4, fuel economy was so-so. commonly swapped for the SR20DET, altho it makes respectable power when modified itself. Engine stats: 140hp until 1992 when it was uprated to 155hp. by the 240SX's demise in 1998 it made 155hp and 160lb/ft torque. 2.4L obviously...

p4, 3ghz, 1 gig ram, ATI RADION 9800XT close to top of the line when i bought it. Im also quite fluent in macintosh interface though.

Uhhmmm cause its illegal? altho i guess in some states they wouldnt care...

a manual transmission, any car feels "sporty" with a manual because your in controll of the engine, not some stupid computer.

cept when ur getting ur car's emissions tested :P

Is that all the diesel is? and for that matter how is Honda's diesel over ther doing?

finnee... "I just don't really know... I haven't even met gay people". even tho the latter half is a lie.