Trinidad and Tobago V8 projects

[Mr. Red Sleeper]

lookin good!

[nigie]

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[fatts]

nigie ,roadracer i sellin outt,like v8 is not for me heres dis deville great condition many mods ,350 chevy 350 t tranny needs small attention interior needs small finishing compleate car sellin for 38 grand, 350 chevy engine have bout 5 hrs on it built by road racer serviced by roadracer,carb needs to rebuild its by roadracer ................i running 600 holly mild cam news heads new water pump new everyting i sen meh money jus i cah make again i fed up so wats yuh best offer call 376 7739 any time i aint dropin much i rather see it park up than give it away ...............who feels it knows it;... if sold 4 more wat u get extra than 38 its yours

[nigie]

Ill pass the word fatts.....but what r u fed up with?

[fatts]

not gettin to drive it and its not pratical 4 me any more ah rum or lime car hmmmmmmmm i wish

[Pablo660]

Post up a pic of car

[Pablo660]

I saw 2 Chevelle here also, any for sale
Thanks

[nigie]

Holley Rejuvenation...!!

[MG Man]

unno, most normal ppl would just say carb rebuild, and not act like their vagina ll runny n sheit

[nigie]

Back to project smallie.......chevy 305..250hp!!!!

Project smallie done!!!

[nigie]

Owner selling !!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

[moti]

Much how?

[nigie]

Much how?

Call 732 7588 John

[nigie]

NEW YR....NEW RATIO....promises of a serious year of drag action...time to get serious

Strange ford 9 inch ratio change....

[nigie]

CFM...!!!

[nigie]

V8′s Rule!
By Bob Elton on July 25, 2006

All cars should have a V8. For one thing, the modern eight cylinder engine is inherently balanced; it has completely overlapping power impulses. In other words, one cylinder fires before the previous cylinder has finished contributing, creating a much smoother power delivery with fewer impulses. That’s why a V8 can use the same drivetrain components as a much smaller four cylinder engine with half the displacement. There is no need for secondary balance shafts, and no unpleasant vibrations to annoy the passengers and reduce the life of the exhaust system and other accessories. It’s the smoothest engine configuration money can buy.

In contrast, inline four cylinder engines are inherently unbalanced. Because of the geometry of the crankshaft and rods within the engine, fours shake in both the horizontal and vertical planes. There’s only one way to mitigate the effect: add unbalanced shafts to create counter-vibrations. This “fix” adds weight, complexity and cost. Even so, the inherent vibrations from a four cylinder engine wreak havoc on accessories and require extra mass in all the mounting brackets and related parts. In fact, by the time a four cylinder engine is tamed, it weighs and costs almost as much as a V8. And the customer still suffers the noise and vibration penalties that come from skimping on cylinders.

V6’s also have inherent imbalances, though not nearly as severe as a four. Depending on the block angle, V6 engine operation creates vertical or horizontal forces. The most sophisticated V6 engines also have balance shafts, again adding to complexity, cost and weight. Fives, threes and twos have even worse vibrations, some beyond simple analysis. V10’s add the vibrations of two five cylinder engines together, which is better at some speeds, worse at others. Turbocharging or supercharging four or six cylinder engines to get to V8 power levels simply adds more complexity and weight to an already challenged engine design, and sacrifices the low end torque of a naturally aspirated powerplant. (Just ask Mercedes’ AMG division, who’ve recently switched from supercharged eights and sixes normally aspirated 6.3-liter V8's.)

Odd numbers of cylinders, like three or five, are inevitably the result of cost-cutting. Sometimes there’s no time or money to tool for a smaller engine, so a few cylinders are lopped off an existing engine. That’s why GM’s lackluster small pickup trucks and the Hummer H3 sport a five cylinder engine. Ten cylinder engines, currently deployed in Vipers and some Dodge and Ford trucks, are another cost-cutting move. Engine not powerful enough? Add two more similar cylinders and call it good.

The provision of V12 engines in luxury cars is even more perverse. V12’s are no smoother than a V8 and add (you guessed it) weight, complication and cost. While that may be the manufacturer’s intent, it still makes little engineering sense. Jaguar gave up on V12’s a while ago. Aston Martin passed on their V12 to offer a V8 in their latest car. In fact, thanks to the V8’s relatively light weight, good power output and compact packaging, the engine configuration is, belatedly, making gains in the European market. BMW, Mercedes, Volvo and Audi all offer Euro-spec V8 passenger cars.

Once you’ve committed to a V8, there are a lot of reasons for making it a pushrod. A single camshaft simplifies a lot of things, and the narrow heads associated with pushrod engines allow greater flexibility in vehicle packaging. Thus smaller cars can enjoy a V8 engine. Before the outraged techno-comments start dropping at the feet of this post, it should be noted that the most powerful racing engines in the world are pushrod V8s, with two valve heads to boot. Some of the fastest cars you can buy in America have pushrod, two valve V8’s. The Chevrolet Corvette is only the most prominent example.

So why don’t all cars have V8’s? The answer lies in marketing, rather than engineering. Marketing has declared that V8 engines are best suited to high-end, high performance cars, while the masses should get by with “economical” fours and sixes. The public now believes that V8 means bad mileage. The opposite is true– at least potentially. Mileage depends on two factors: the weight of the car and how fast you go. Engine size and cylinder count have little to do with it. Of course, bigger engines encourage people to accelerate and drive faster, but that’s not the engine’s fault. And new technology is mooting the V8 as gas-guzzler argument. Multi-displacement systems (a fancy way of saying that four cylinders go on vacation when not needed) have the potential to dramatically increase V8 mileage under light load conditions.

In short, for pistonheads at least, the five saddest words in the English language are still “I could’ve had a V8”.

[nismoid]

Who is this Bob Elton anyway? reading what he wrote there is like listening to Kamla talk about staying sober

[wagonrunner]

right there "by the time a four cylinder engine is tamed, it weighs and costs almost as much as a V8. And the customer still suffers the noise and vibration penalties that come from skimping on cylinders. "

opinion hoping to be fact.
I wasn't gonna post these yunno, but.......................

[nigie]

SOON THERE WILL BE A BATTLE OF THE BIG BLOCKS!!!!!

[nigie]

Ok Spann you are not alone....















Inspiration..

[rspann]

I is not scared of competition, but if allyuh want a good body with no patches give me ah call. I have a real good one for sale for cheep!

[WestIndian424]

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[zoom rader]

I is not scared of competition, but if allyuh want a good body with no patches give me ah call. I have a real good one for sale for cheep!

See PM

[Monsterlux]

Hey try to get a number for Rory duttin

[nigie]

SOON.....SOON....

[Ronaldo95163]

^Isn't that a Z?

Why would you degrade it with a V8??? :/

[nigie]

I guess this is why....

On its first year after launch the 280ZX was powered by a 2.8 liter inline-6 engine with an output of 145 hp at 5200 rpm and a peak torque of 144 lbs-ft at 4400 rpm. It made the 0 to 60 mph sprint in 9.3 seconds and had a top speed of 121 mph.

Engine SOHC Inline-6
Displacement 2753 CC
Compression Ratio 8.3:1
Fuel System Multi-Point Electronic Fuel Injection
Horsepower (SAE) 135 BHP @5,200 RPM
Torque 144 FT-Lbs @4,400 RPM
Curb Weight 2,825 Lbs
Length 174.0 IN
(2+2) 181.9 IN
Wheelbase 91.3 IN
(2+2) 99.2 IN
0-60 MPH 9.2 Sec

[V8 Boys]

Fitting reply to an insolent-young-Trini-who-neverwentanywhereotherthan Tobago-and never drove or owned anything else but a Japanese tin can.

They so dotish eh Nigie? I don't know how you manage to deal with their impetuousness and narrow minded comments.

Poor likkle Trinis who never travel anywhere and want to claim knowledge on cars and their history.

Half of them only know what they do from the internet. I bet you that Ronaldo95163 doesn't even know the firing order of the original LD engines that came in those 280Zs.

[Keyser Soze]

V8 BOYS, i really dont think you needed to personalize a response to that question imo, Nigie did a good job of answering this with a dignified factual response.
Responses like that sounds like you are trying to convert people to emmm V8-ism....
Not everyone understand/appreciate/were exposed to V8's..... face it, this is a generation of SR20's and you will have more questions like that here than those who appreciate ole school power....
see it for what it is, don't take it personal and keep the V8 builds coming.

[V8 Boys]

V8 BOYS, i really dont think you needed to personalize a response to that question imo, Nigie did a good job of answering this with a dignified factual response.
Responses like that sounds like you are trying to convert people to emmm V8-ism....
Not everyone understand/appreciate/were exposed to V8's..... face it, this is a generation of SR20's and you will have more questions like that here than those who appreciate ole school power....
see it for what it is, don't take it personal and keep the V8 builds coming.

yes in YOUR opinion...you are quite entitled to it.


First up this IS a thread dedicated to V8-ism...hence the term T&TV8 projects and therefore when insolent-trollers come chookin fire with their outta timin comments...it is only logical to send them packin with their sarcasm with facts.

I don't have to convert anyone to V8-ism...V8s are common and well respected WORLD WIDE. They are the MOST transplanted motor..Cars, trucks, vans, boats, suvs, tractors, ships, generators, heck even motorbikes have em. Not to mention holding ALL land & water speed records.

If I come across as belligerent and highly opinionated...doh study it...I am only one V8 guy among ah set of young impressionable-ipad toting Tuners.
Next time you're on the road just look around you and tell me how many v8s you see on the road?

Hardly any right? So how come the import guys are always pushing their "inferiority complex" on us the minority? You guys should just ignore the V8 men cause they are so few and slow ent?