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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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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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S-2000!!!!!!........i know its not the best 4-cylnder, but I love it!
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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??
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<< 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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S2000, Audi/VW 1.8T are great four bangers.
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K20A (RSX), F20 (S2000), B16B (CTR), B18C5 (ITR), SR20DE and SR20DETT (Sentra SE-R), 3SGTE (Celica).

Those are my top 7!

Throw the B20VTEC, and the LS/VTEC in there too!
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hmm...s2000 sweet but i like turbo cars more...once u go turbo its hard to go back to N/A
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i once saw a 4 cylinder supra with 900 hp in sport compact car magazine few months ago. i must say SICK!! hahaa
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teg or s2000

What's this nissan BS...honda makes the best 4bangers baby! Nobody can deny it!
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S2000 CUZ WELL ITS A HONDA
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supras have inline 6s don't they.
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I'd have to say the B18C1 (GSR motor) and the B18C5 are the best.
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S2000 has the highest horsepower of any N/A four cylinder
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HHhhmmm... best 4 bangers? Ya'll ever heard of F1?
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hahaha the volkswagon 1.8T hahaha the best all around engine lots of torque and really good rpm levels
best of the best!@!!
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my vote goes for the s2000 engine.

do you think a swap is possible? &lt;---that was a joke.
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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??
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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
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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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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...
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Fu(k the VW 1.8T. Why ? Because it's VW. I don't even like their logo.
The sound of the S2000 and the kick of going all the way to 9000rpm wins for me.
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I'm leaning toward a Prelude or S2000 engine...maybe I just like Honda too much?
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<< 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.


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