which car do u think has the best four cylinder engine?
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which car do u think has the best four cylinder engine?
personally i think the Evo VII is the $hit...350 hps from a 4 cylinder...is crazy...of course its turbo charged but i think this is the best 4 cylinder car... and how many WRC championships did they win.. I lost count EVo's are so good..
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Rep Power: 0 best car youre going to drive in the states right now....Sentra SE-R Spec-V hands down. Engine is great, but its the handling of it that makes it by far the best car out there right now, and only $18k, I only wished I had waited 8 more months to buy a car...
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01civic911... he's talking about engine, not the handling of the car. Even so, the F20C in the S2000 is my vote. obviously. and it will outhandle the Spec V.
240hp. 9,000rpm redline. 0-60 5.2 -- 1/4 mile 13.6@101. push button start. oh yeah... naturally aspirated.... need I say more??
240hp. 9,000rpm redline. 0-60 5.2 -- 1/4 mile 13.6@101. push button start. oh yeah... naturally aspirated.... need I say more??
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Rep Power: 0 << best car youre going to drive in the states right now....Sentra SE-R Spec-V hands down. Engine is great, but its the handling of it that makes it by far the best car out there right now, and only $18k, I only wished I had waited 8 more months to buy a car... >>
i agree
and on top of that you know there are going to be some nice bolt ons and there's gotta be a Skyline kit coming out for it
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Rep Power: 0 << 01civic911... he's talking about engine, not the handling of the car. Even so, the F20C in the S2000 is my vote. obviously. and it will outhandle the Spec V.
240hp. 9,000rpm redline. 0-60 5.2 -- 1/4 mile 13.6@101. push button start. oh yeah... naturally aspirated.... need I say more?? >>
bottom line: s2000 $32k, SE-R $18k. When factoring the best price to own is a very high factor. Give the extra $14k to add on to the SE-R when add-ons are released, and your stock s2000 will be sitting on the line. I mean abviously someone that owns an s2000 is going to defend saying its the best, but the bottom line is price factor hands down gives it an egde
I should say Suzuki GSX-R4 concept car, it's powered by a GSX-R1000 engine ...pumping out 144 wheelhp out of a 988cc engine, that's what I call a high specific output [IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG][IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG][IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG]
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Rep Power: 0 s2k is a good motor...but torqueless high RPM 4 bangers dont fit the bill for "THE BEST 4 CYLINDER ENGINE"
nah...not at all...
VW1.8T is a great motor....
Honda engines are great..def not the best...
nah...not at all...
VW1.8T is a great motor....
Honda engines are great..def not the best...
First of all I think that the S2000 has the best I4...The Evo has 280 bhp not 350...Supras only come in I6s even the old ones. The S2000 has the mose hp/liter of anycar and it doesn't have a turbo.
oh u forgot to add that the s2000 motor is HUGE!!!!!
and expensive with all that money just buying a s2000 ive rather have a vw 1.8T hehehe
also if the 4 banger comes out of the factory with a turbo dont u think its way better there is no need to upgrade the internals since its already made to accept a turbo while....the s2000 u gotta upgrade the internals and u just cant throw a turbo into it without doing some work to it. u gotta look at it that way. hahahaha
and s2000 engines have compression so u would be running LOW boost just like that.
and expensive with all that money just buying a s2000 ive rather have a vw 1.8T hehehe
also if the 4 banger comes out of the factory with a turbo dont u think its way better there is no need to upgrade the internals since its already made to accept a turbo while....the s2000 u gotta upgrade the internals and u just cant throw a turbo into it without doing some work to it. u gotta look at it that way. hahahaha
and s2000 engines have compression so u would be running LOW boost just like that.
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Rep Power: 0 Well, I considered the golf 1.8t before buying my civ. After several weeks of researching the car and talking to many, many owners, I couldn't call anything made by VW the "best" in my wildest imagination. In fact, that's quite funny!
Oh, and torque is nice, but there isn't anything like bringing a gsr to redline rowing the gears.
Oh, and torque is nice, but there isn't anything like bringing a gsr to redline rowing the gears.
<< i once saw a 4 cylinder supra with 900 hp in sport compact car magazine few months ago >>
<< Supras only come in I6s even the old ones >>
I think fourkilos was referring to the gold Top Secret Supra which had the 4 banger turbo MR2 engine in it. From what I can remember, the hp rating was more in the 700's and not 900. Even so, that's a lot for a 4 banger and it was able to reach a top speed of 200 mph.
