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Major Fuckup, on 12 Dec 2008, 7:08, said:
lol u could never get a V6 to out do an V8 u can modify the shit out of a six but when u get a V8 twin supercharged piggy backed through a turbo its unstoppable. also with the sound thing as explained by Warboss Nooka no matter what u do to a V6 it will still sound like a V6 even with quad hotdog exhausts it will sound like a half assed V8 and once people see the V6 badge u will get laughed at over here. a V8 has a unique sound to it. it vibrates and thumps the ground on idle and will wake up the neighbors and it roars. and yes its pretty much about the machoismo.
Cops don't care for Skylines people just do them up because they have watched "Fast and the Furious" movies to many times and cant afford a V8 and think im so awesomely hard core cuz i can slide my rice burner around a corner and gives me the excuse not to go fast cause im scared of speed and speeding tickets so i will spend most of my time around suburbs spinning out around corners and knocking peoples bins over LOL NO don't LOL me with that crap The cops they wait in the bushes for the Commodores and Falcons to rock up and register 5.0 on the richter scale at the lights when they revv up waiting for clearance from ATC for a take off.
also why do people who own smaller cars like Skylines, Subaru's all sorts of Nissan's and Toyota's put watermelon sized exhausts on them. A guy who went to school with me has a Mitsubishi Mirage with this chode exhaust and it sounds like a constance fart i couldn't help my self i just laugh each time it drives past my house and its even funner at night when its quiet.
Also i have heard a Skyline that sound like 100 lawnmowers in sync could some one tell whats with that trend of big exhausts? its just retarded and sorry for ripping on Skylines but you see them every where in WA. ( next bit not related sorry XD )And every couple of weekends i go to a drag strip with mates and watch randoms bringing their cars in doing burnouts and racing and the majority are V8's u get V6's and u hardly see somethin like a Skyline or a 350Z cuz they get the shit kicked out of them.
Edit: Major Fuckup's definition of a Petrol head:: a guy who spends friday afternoon at the strip doing burn outs and the quarter mile spends most of saturday with mates tuning the car and spends sunday making a list of parts for the car to improve performance and its overall awesomeness and goes for a cruise sunday night goes to work and trash talks and drinks all week till friday afternoon. and of course ME!
Cops don't care for Skylines people just do them up because they have watched "Fast and the Furious" movies to many times and cant afford a V8 and think im so awesomely hard core cuz i can slide my rice burner around a corner and gives me the excuse not to go fast cause im scared of speed and speeding tickets so i will spend most of my time around suburbs spinning out around corners and knocking peoples bins over LOL NO don't LOL me with that crap The cops they wait in the bushes for the Commodores and Falcons to rock up and register 5.0 on the richter scale at the lights when they revv up waiting for clearance from ATC for a take off.
also why do people who own smaller cars like Skylines, Subaru's all sorts of Nissan's and Toyota's put watermelon sized exhausts on them. A guy who went to school with me has a Mitsubishi Mirage with this chode exhaust and it sounds like a constance fart i couldn't help my self i just laugh each time it drives past my house and its even funner at night when its quiet.
Also i have heard a Skyline that sound like 100 lawnmowers in sync could some one tell whats with that trend of big exhausts? its just retarded and sorry for ripping on Skylines but you see them every where in WA. ( next bit not related sorry XD )And every couple of weekends i go to a drag strip with mates and watch randoms bringing their cars in doing burnouts and racing and the majority are V8's u get V6's and u hardly see somethin like a Skyline or a 350Z cuz they get the shit kicked out of them.
Edit: Major Fuckup's definition of a Petrol head:: a guy who spends friday afternoon at the strip doing burn outs and the quarter mile spends most of saturday with mates tuning the car and spends sunday making a list of parts for the car to improve performance and its overall awesomeness and goes for a cruise sunday night goes to work and trash talks and drinks all week till friday afternoon. and of course ME!
I'm sorry Major, but your argument has a few holes, namely those inherent in those that aren't true "petrol heads".
Allow me to edjucate you.
To the order of whether a V6 could ever beat a V8, it has been done. Not just once, oh no, but twice. Once in America, and once in the United Kingdom. First, let us enter the United States. The date is 1987 and there's a fuel crisis. V8's are dying out and manufacturers are cranking out smaller and smaller engines with lower compression ratios. The gearhead and weekend warrior still crave high horsepower and always will, because once you've tasted power, you never truly lose the craving. The muscle car as many of the late 60's and early 70's knew them are dead. Detroit is no longer turning them out and the ones that still live have been made a mockery of with V8's that only bare that moniker because that just so happens to be the number of cylinders pulsating within. The Hemi, 427, and Cobrajet are wheezing or dead because OPEC has cut production and is driving demand sky high. Enter a saviour, but in a most unlikely form. Instead of robes of white, substitute sheet-metal draped in black. Instead of a super high compression V8, enter a low compression V6. Now enter a brand of automobile your grandfather would have loved. Give up? The Buick GNX. Shocked I know, but in 1987, the last production year for the Grand National, Buick (under GM) delivered to the muscle car loving gear head it's last parting gift until the fuel crunch lifted. The question is, how do you make V8 power without putting a V8 in a car? The answer was surprisingly simple: forced induction. This turns a relatively small displacement engine into a firebrand. In fact, the GNX made so much power, it stomped the yard with the 80's era Corvette. Had GM's performance nannies not decided to step in, the GNX would have made a production run far greater than it's paltry 547. A claimed 276 horsepower and a stump pulling 380 ft./lbs. of torque were delivered to a 4 speed automatic from a 3.8 litre push rod V6.
Now, let us step across the pond to a brand known for luxury and its typical portrayal of British refinement. Now I don't pretend to know everything that went into making this car, or as to why it was constructed and then never really thought of again. However, what I do know is that, like the GNX, this Jaguar owes its power to a 6 cylinder engine placed amid-ship. Like the GNX, it was a V8 beater. However, unlike the GNX, this cat could handle and take on more than just a V8. A very rare Jag indeed, the XJ220 is not to go unmentioned, particularly when the argument of V6 vs. V8 is mentioned. Power comes from a 300cc smaller V6 than that in the GNX. Power however is not down. It's up 200+ over that of the GNX, to the tune of 542. No push rods here, just 4 cams and twin turbochargers.
Now that I've put that little notion to bed, let me address the "issue" of small cars with bazookas hanging under the rear bumper. There's a reason those enormous mufflers are called "fart cans". The sound is quite similar to that of a human fart. Ever heard the term "ricer" (more on this later)? All engines, regardless of the number of cylinders dancing under the bonnet, are air pumps. The faster air goes in and out, the more power is made. The larger the exit, the greater the amount of spent gases that escape. There is however a limit to the size, to the point where too large and the engine loses its bottom end. Ricers, or those who own and modify a Japanese make/model of car, see no limit to the size of an exhaust and will without question, weld or slip on a small cannon that measures 4 to 5 inches in diameter. It's all about the look, never mind the sound (though you'd have to think the drone from a sewer drain would get old after a few miles). Cars with V8's rarely have exhausts over 3-3.5 inches, but then again, guys with V8's know their cars make lots of power. Ricers tend to feel they need to advertise their tiny steroid injected hamster (this is where that tin loudspeaker comes in).
I'll tell you the reason you rarely see a Skyline or a 350Z at that drag strip you frequent. The guys that own those cars know that the real action is at sanctioned drag events, like the Nopi Nationals. not some weekend hustle and flow job. The guys that take their Supras, Z cars and Skylines have them modified to spit out over 1000hp with turbos roughly the size of your head. The only V8's that are stuffing these cars are those parked in a funny car or top fuel dragster.
One thing I will say in closing: If you have a V8 and a V6 modded the same, the V8 will take the V6. However, never underestimate the lower displacement and minus a few cylinders. What the smaller engines lack in horsepower, they make up for in weight and rev range.
Petrol heads = Gear heads. Gear heads are individuals who know automobiles forwards, backwards, sideways and every way in between. A gear head can tell you the number of cylinders, firing order, and the make and model just from smelling the exhaust. A gear head knows a real muscle car and an imitation from miles away. They are the kind of people who were born with motor oil in their veins and love the smell of burnt rubber in the morning. I do not in any way claim to be a gear head, but I do know a little bit about a lot of things, that much is certain.
So hardcore though I never knew it was a V6 though I was not more than 9 at the time. And the Jag XJ220 was a halo car that Jag tried to demonstrate a certain philosophy of high power to weight ratios with. Though AFAIK, the XJ220 suffered from engine overheats.
