It's cool, but it's not 150k cool.
did anyone take the time to watch the video?
SOUNDS DEADLY!!
To a V8 one day you will listen and learn, my young padawan.
V-8 sound, while quite nice, is so damn overrated, I put it in the same lot as:
- "VR6's never loose"
- "God's car is powered by an RB26"
- E30 M3s are THE ULTIMATE DRIVING MACHINE (caps necessary to convey the zealot nature of the statement)
- Hemi anything > All
To sound great, a V-8 has to rev like a motherfuker, which 95% of them do not, at least in your garden variety muscle car you see at shows all over North America.
Get over it guys. If this car had yet another fuking Stock-ZZ4-crate-motor-with-a-holley-carb-on-top, it would not have warranted any attention at all, since everybody and his dog are doing it.
To sound great, a V-8 has to rev like a motherfuker, which 95% of them do not, at least in your garden variety muscle car you see at shows all over North America.
really?
Total disgrace to icon car, why put this f'n jap engine when you can have a zz572 or a ls9 or a bad mofo 632 aluminium dart engine (pretty crazy, i know). The 2jz is a great engine without doubt but it has no place in a 67 camaro or any other Muscle Car.
The 1000hps+ has been owned by 4cyls already, so by your definition, this car sucks?
Don't be a hypocrite. If you saw this car on the road, or better yet, if you were driving it, you'd constantly be jizzing yourself. Just like any other member of mr
LaTtOine, I would have expected by looking at your Avatar, that you of all people would understand the appeal of turbocharged 6 cylinders...
Sorry, I just don't understand your question... :dunno:
In any case, I never told my "definition" of a car that does not suck, I just said that I think everybody seem to jump on the "American V-8s sound AWESOME" bandwagon a little (OK, a lot...) too easily.
American V-8s, generally speaking, tend to rev slowly, usually below 5500rpm. To me, a V-8, to sound great, has to rev harder than that, or (as I did not say before) have a wild ass cam to give it a really burbly idle. However, such cams are usually associated to hard revving engines (what would be the point otherwise?).
Also, I admire someone that tries to do things differently. Crate motors in restored muscle car will give you a very good driver, probably something I would want to own, but it does not make the car stand out from the lot, or remarkable in any way.
I haven't see your vid, Rambo (can't do it at work), but I will do so ASAP. Then I'll be able to judge whether your point is valid or not.