WHY,WHY,WHY would they do it?
Now, here's a question that has bothered me since i first thought about "sports-cars"...
WHY IN HELL, would Ford,Chevy, or Dodge, EVER,EVER,design a car, like a Mustang,Camaro,Or say a Duster,WITH A 6 Cylinder engine? I have never figured it out. Can someone shed light on this for me?
WHY IN HELL, would Ford,Chevy, or Dodge, EVER,EVER,design a car, like a Mustang,Camaro,Or say a Duster,WITH A 6 Cylinder engine? I have never figured it out. Can someone shed light on this for me?
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Some people are just posers 0 -
Insurance purposes, it is cheaper to insure a 6 than an 8. My first new car was an 1985 camaro. With the 8 in it, it would have cost me $3000.00 a year for insurance. With the 6 in it, it was $1000.00.
And you cant use an 8 fully on the street anyway.0 -
So i can get the finger[:D]
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Because people want the sporty look and the good gas mileage in one package. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by stevenrayspeck
So i can get the finger[:D]
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I read that Steve, that's what sparked my rage about 6Cyl. "Sports-Cars".0 -
quote:Originally posted by fishkiller41
quote:Originally posted by stevenrayspeck
So i can get the finger[:D]
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I read that Steve, that's what sparked my rage about 6Cyl. "Sports-Cars".
I own three "sports cars" and one hotrod.
1965 Mustang GT (289), Not running
1970 Cuda (440), Not running
1965 Chevelle Malibu SS (327), Running, But needs work
2007 Mustang GT (4.6l V8), Running, But loaned to a friend and it got wrecked[:(]
I always figured if i wanted good gas mileage, I'd buy my moms old VW Buss[:0][:D].....But, I have a bad addiction to speed[:p]0 -
It's funny how the mid 80's Buick Grand National V6 and early 90's GMC Cyclone put the fear of God in Corvette owners? [:D] 0 -
We used to treat them as floating decimals - place holders - something to 'fill the gap' until you found the permanent engine it was 'really designed for.'
It was always fun (and cheaper) to buy one a year or two old - still in primo shape - and then drop the real deal in it!
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Fastest car i ever owned was a '66 VW "BEETLE", with a '80 Porscha engine/transaxel.I had it from '82 until i had a woman in a Buick station-wagon blow a light on me in '88.I CRYED!! Could have something to do with that eliptical key, in the dash, snapping-off in my knee-cap, and bustin it into 5 pieces![B)][:0][B)]!!
That hurt, and left quite a mark...0 -
quote:Originally posted by fishkiller41
Now, here's a question that has bothered me since i first thought about "sports-cars"...
WHY IN HELL, would Ford,Chevy, or Dodge, EVER,EVER,design a car, like a Mustang,Camaro,Or say a Duster,WITH A 6 Cylinder engine? I have never figured it out. Can someone shed light on this for me?
Because not everyone wants a big bad V8. This is sort of like someone from the 20's that drove a 4 banger FORD asking why on earth Duesenberg or Cadillac designed cars with Straight Eights... Because people wanted them... and "standard" trans' to boot!
PS most Designers working in Styling haven't a clue about Engines... they leave that up to the ENGINEERS!0 -
If you only produced the V8's you'd sell 1/2 as many cars. Probably less the way gas prices are now. 0 -
The Mustang was originally meant to replace the Falcon as an economy car. They saw it as a six cylinder old-maids car. Consumers saw it as something else.
The same is close to true for the others. They weren't originally meant to be muscle cars.0 -
Insurance rates are probably one of the biggest reasons, and for some reason girls buy the cars with the 6 cylinders. They want the look of the car, but i think they are affraid of the power of the 8 cylinder! 0 -
quote:Originally posted by Zebra
It's funny how the mid 80's Buick Grand National V6 and early 90's GMC Cyclone put the fear of God in Corvette owners? [:D]
Buick Grand National is an amazing car.0 -
same reason over 25,000 men get pectoral implants every year I guess. 0 -
Some folks have never driven wit ha V8 so they dont know the diff. I had a Camaro with a 6 that was a mighty fiesty ride. Drive three now with V8's Corvette, Tahoe and Durango and must say the gas pump is breaking me .. After driving a V8 though I would never own another vehicle without one . 0 -
Don't forget that the base mustang when introduced had a 4 cylinder engine and a top speed of 95mph and cost just over $1500...
For comparison, a real sports car (my 1965 Porsche 356 C coupe) cost dad $3700 new in July of '65 after having the dealer install AC in it (Artic Kar unit). The 1600cc engine produces 75hp, disc brakes all around, top speed of 105.0 -
Americans are silly wasteful people.
The Chevy Colorado straight 5 dropped in a new Camaro with a turbo would be very powerful, light, and have good fuel economy. Drifting kids would go nutz over it. You could easily get 300hp...from a 5 cylinder....and good mpg.
I wouldn't take a V-8 American vehicle if it was free. Our fleet of brand spankin new gas Ford F-250's read 8mpg as their best fuel economy on the dash display...hauling nothing.
Frekin nuts. Who would be stupid enough to buy one of these?? I wouldn't take it if someone gave it to me. I drive it at work tho.....you pay for the fuel it wastes...not me.0 -
I often wondered why Chevrolet offered the Camaro with a 4 cylinder engine. They did for a time, and it wouldn't get out of its own way.
BTW, I love my V-8 Chevrolet truck, and it gets 19-20 mpg, and will run a hole in the wind. You can keep the dinky cars. I drive real Detroit iron with a real engine.0 -
Plain and simple, that's where the money is.
Just a correction, the base mustang in 1964 had a 200 c.i. straight 6. The 4 cyl 'Stang didn't show up until the Mustang II in 1974.0 -
quote:Originally posted by catpealer111
Plain and simple, that's where the money is.
Just a correction, the base mustang in 1964 had a 200 c.i. straight 6. The 4 cyl 'Stang didn't show up until the Mustang II in 1974.
I grew up a Chevy man and hot rodded a few small block V-8's.
And I'd "almost" put my '88 ford FJ 4.9 inline 6 in stock condition up against any of them for performance. Soup it up and I'd bet it would outrun them.0 -
detroit had to show america it cared about fuel consumption and energy waste issues. its that simple. 0 -
last time i priced a mustang there was 8,500 dollar difference 0 -
quote:WHY IN HELL, would Ford,Chevy, or Dodge, EVER,EVER,design a car, like a Mustang,Camaro,Or say a Duster,WITH A 6 Cylinder engine? I have never figured it out. Can someone shed light on this for me?
I don't know the answer to your question, but it was about as stupid for Dodge to come out with the new Charger with FOUR freaking doors! A real muscle car has TWO doors period! They aren't "grocery getters!!!"0 -
My MK II Triumph Spitfire had a four banger in it and was a great sportscar. 0 -
I had a 58 Jaguar that had 6 cylinders and it would do 80 in second gear. It had 4 speed with overdrive switch that worked in all four gears giving it 8 forward. Never did open it top gears, too scared. This model 6 cylinder won the Lemans race more than one year. Beat out many big racing prepared v-8's. Wish I still had it. 0 -
My Toyota MR2 is four cylinder. Dohc. No lifters. Direct link to the valve stems (via lash shims). Very peaky engine. Winds up like a motorcycle. Only 4cyl..but it moves!! Joe 0 -
My 1989 Taurus SHO had a six cylinder, and it was as nearly as quick 0-60 as the eight cylinger 1989 Mustang.
I believe the Acura NSX runs a six cylinder, and that thing flies.0
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