Intake manifold construction, intercoolers

[Bernd Felsche]

Greg Hermann tapped away at the keyboard with:

> At 5:14 PM 12/7/01, bill.shurvinton at nokia.com wrote:
> >Now we have strayed into market expectations.

That's what drives manufacturers.

> >In US, those who owned their first cars before 1974 had BIG
> >engines, low revs, autos, megatorque etc. In Europe we had piddly
> >little 750cc side valves with 4 speed manuals. Added to which
> >driving styles are very different, as the roads are very
> >different. Upshot being, at least in Europe, we like 4-pot
> >screamers.

[snip]

> We also seem to have neglected to mention that the near
> confiscatory displacement taxes, such as are common in Europe and
> Japan (and which are, no doubt, a product of the Labor/Commie
> Party Axis) present every bit as real an artificial displacement
> limitation as many racing formulas do !

Those taxes are a product of American Imperialism! :-)

> Large displacement, compactly packaged, torquey engines with tall
> gears tend to win in most categories, both performance and
> economic. Including first cost, durability, and  acceleration.
> Fuel economy over long distances is on a par with small engines,
> the one weakness is idling in heavy traffic--but lots of power
> accessories, as is commonly the case in the US market, tends to
> even this one out as well.

That must be the reason why Corvettes outsold Golf GTIs by a factor
of 1000:1 in Europe. Ohhh... hang on... the other way around.

> If you think power (or torque) to weight ratio is a problem for
> the classic US large displacement V-8 design, look into some of
> the most fully developed iterations of the breed, such as the
> Buick 455 or the Cad 500 !!!
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