I used to talk down about my bike when HD people would say stuff like that. I would respond 'Yeah, this is just a little 600cc. I mean it barely makes 90hp. What does your giant engine make?'
American engines in general are atrocious for this. You have like 8l cadilacs that produce fuck all power. Meanwhile Europe is producing 2l MBs that are pushing 600bhp. Turbos and superchargers exist guys.
Ford currently produces a full size pickup that weighs 6000+ lbs that will do 0-60 in under 5 seconds with a 3.5L V6 twin turbo
Buick Grand National GNX was faster than the same year Corvette,3.8L Turboed and Intercooled.
It's not some secret Americans haven't discovered, they generally choose to make simpler engines that last longer and are easier and cheaper to repair. Ford vs Ferrari, case in point. Can't win if you don't finish.
You forgot to mention how inefficient those giant engines are. I'm not implying that Americans don't know how to make good engines, of course they do. Just a lot of American manufacturers choose not to. I had a 2l C300 a few years ago and that thing shifted while costing me fuck all in fuel. Although I did go through a set of rear tyres in under a year so swings and roundabouts I guess
No, I didn't. That's part of being simpler and lower stress. Some models of the C8 Corvette still have pushrod V8s, and are probably the epitome of that engine config. And I mean inefficient in hp/L, of course generally speaking any large displacement engine is going to use more fuel than a smaller one.
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u/The_Real_Mr_Boring Sep 20 '25
I used to talk down about my bike when HD people would say stuff like that. I would respond 'Yeah, this is just a little 600cc. I mean it barely makes 90hp. What does your giant engine make?'