Re: Consider buying American!

Choam Nomsky wrote:
> stupid... wringing?
> it is called efficiency.
> M5=V10 with 507 HP
> More than 100hp per Litre capacity.... BRILLIANCE.

honda have had high specific outputs like that [or higher] since the 
late 80's iirc.

http://asia.vtec.net/spfeature/vtecimpl/vtec1.html

shows outputs.  need to confirm dates.


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> "dizzy" <dizzy@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> Jeff wrote:
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>>> I haven't heard of a lot of major problems for Mercedes Benz or BMW.
but
>>> they are expensive to repair. I remember in my younger days, I took
>>> apart a MB engine, I think from a late 70s MB. The engine was much
more
>>> complicated to disassemble than a US V8. There were more head bolts,
the
>>> oil pan came in two pieces, and there were a lot more parts than in a
US
>>> V8. I didn't see the bill for the engine rebuild, but I bet it was
more
>>> than for a Chevy 350.
>> There was a comparison in one of the magazines, recently, between GM's
>> LS7 and the Mercedes/AMG 6.2L engine.  Very similar performance, but
>> the GM engine was was under $10k, while the AMG engine costs $50k!
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>> As much as I admire the engineering in engines like the AMD and BMW's
>> 4.0 V8 in the M3, I really question the expense of wringing so much
>> power out of "smaller" motors like that.
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