clutchdust
Millionaire Playboy
Conjecture and shameless opinions welcome.
Just curious what YOU think the single best engine design is? For example, Wankel rotary, V-8, boxer 6, V-12, L6 diesel etc, etc.
I'm just doing this as an exercise to see what the various opinions are, if there is a distinguishable favorite and such. Feel free to throw in whatever specs you feel are pertinent to your selection, such as 427BBC, 'x' stroke by 'x' bore, blah, blah, blah.
For criteria, I suggest we try to keep it normally aspirated (because I don't want to get into a pissing match about, "yeah, but if you turbocharged and put nitrous on engine X, it would outperform engine Y).
Secondly, think about a total package. It's easy to say a top fuel engine makes the most power (duh) but it sucks if the race is a mile or more. So factor in durability and efficiency. So not just that it makes power, but it stays together, and it uses as much of the fuel as it can to make as much power as it can, and still stay in one piece.
Go.
Just curious what YOU think the single best engine design is? For example, Wankel rotary, V-8, boxer 6, V-12, L6 diesel etc, etc.
I'm just doing this as an exercise to see what the various opinions are, if there is a distinguishable favorite and such. Feel free to throw in whatever specs you feel are pertinent to your selection, such as 427BBC, 'x' stroke by 'x' bore, blah, blah, blah.
For criteria, I suggest we try to keep it normally aspirated (because I don't want to get into a pissing match about, "yeah, but if you turbocharged and put nitrous on engine X, it would outperform engine Y).
Secondly, think about a total package. It's easy to say a top fuel engine makes the most power (duh) but it sucks if the race is a mile or more. So factor in durability and efficiency. So not just that it makes power, but it stays together, and it uses as much of the fuel as it can to make as much power as it can, and still stay in one piece.
Go.