Harry P. Posted June 4, 2011 Author Posted June 4, 2011 I don't know why a thread about a Ford engine turned into a Corvette thread... That's what I'd like to know!
Greg Myers Posted June 4, 2011 Posted June 4, 2011 It's all my fault. Sorry. I thought it was a thread about the switch to small engines.
MikeMc Posted June 4, 2011 Posted June 4, 2011 (edited) My motorcycle has an American made, and designed 2 cylinder V twin motor with 105 HP 110 ft lbs of torque....its a small motor , no blower, turbo , or funny gas. So why not a 3 cyl?? Saab used to have one...two stroke http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight-three_engine Edited June 4, 2011 by Stasch
Harry P. Posted June 4, 2011 Author Posted June 4, 2011 Maybe one day Briggs and Stratton will be supplying engines to the Big 3!
DanielG Posted June 4, 2011 Posted June 4, 2011 It seems to me that I remember Easthope made a three cylinder engine but with a bore of about 8" I don't think fuel economy was in the mix!
thesnake87 Posted June 4, 2011 Posted June 4, 2011 On the note of Corvettes... you do know Chevy is now gonna put a turbo charged V6 that rivals those of Porsche's in them right? Said they are supposed to hit 10k rpm and have 500hp or something. Idk something I saw on Yahoo a few days ago...
sak Posted June 4, 2011 Posted June 4, 2011 Maybe. But that would totally change the Corvette "image," I don't think they'd ever offer a V6 Corvette. But who knows? It could happen, I guess, but it doesn't seem likely. I mean, nobody buys a Corvette because it's good on gas, that's not the appeal. Was not the original corvette a six cylinder car, when a V8 was already being produced by GM? I know corvette is a icon, but perhaps not as much a status symbol in years ahead, I predict. When kids see the rappers drive a maybach or a bently, perhaps thats what they will buy if they make good.
Guest Johnny Posted June 4, 2011 Posted June 4, 2011 Was not the original corvette a six cylinder car, when a V8 was already being produced by GM? I know corvette is a icon, but perhaps not as much a status symbol in years ahead, I predict. When kids see the rappers drive a maybach or a bently, perhaps thats what they will buy if they make good. Chevy didn't have the V8 until 55 the first corvette was 53!
Junkman Posted June 4, 2011 Posted June 4, 2011 (edited) IIRC the Corvette division even toyed with Wankels in the Seventies? A 'junior' Corvette built alongside the 'standard' high performance sports car is not such a bad idea. It would give them the chance to show that their technical capabilities are more refined than just being able to build a monster engined super sportscar - which they are, no doubt. Porsche did just that with the 924 and it's derivatives and also the Boxter and it didn't hurt them one jota. The Saab 3 cylinder two-stroke heavily borrowed from the Auto-Union DKW 3 cylinder on which it was based, which was still with us in 1990 in the East German Wartburg car and Barkas van. The FSO Syrena manufactured in Poland used this engine too. Several Daihatsus had and have 3 cylinder four-stroke engines. The Suzuki Alto/Fronte always had one and is currently the car with the smallest production diesel engine @ 799cc, also a three cylinder. The Volkswagen Group uses three cylinder petrol and diesel engines in the Audi A2, Volkswagen Polo, Volkswagen Fox, SEAT Ibiza and Škoda Fabia. Subaru also used an inline-three in the Subaru Justy and the export version of the Subaru Sambar using their Subaru EF engine. Mitsubishi has also made extensive use of three cylinder engines. The first-generation Honda Insight (2000–2006) used a 1.0 litre inline-three engine in conjunction with an electric motor in its hybrid system. Toyota, Peugeot and Citroen are using a common inline-three-cylinder engine in the Aygo, 107 and C1. Currently, there is only one new three-cylinder car available in North America - the Smart Fortwo. The first generation Ford Fiesta came with a 957 cc four cylinder, so the new engine cannot be the smallest Ford production engine ever. Maybe they mean the smallest Ford USA production engine? I think it's a marketing plot intended to targeted people who don't know a lot about cars, to disguise the fact, that Ford is - as always - showing up late at the technology party. If they think they can gate crash, it will turn against them anyway. Why don't they just continue to do what they can do best - sell a lot of car for comparatively little money. Mondeo. Need I say more? Oh, and 40mpg would be considered quite average in Europe nowadays. Clarkson achieved this figure with an out of the box Audi A8 diesel on his epic London-Edinburgh-London roundtrip on top Gear. What a right old guzzler that car is. It is not difficult to extract a lot of power from small engines as you can see in motorcycles. The technical problem is not to get the power. It's to meet the emission standards. And do you know what? I hate them all! I want a big motherless 61 Imperial and I'll let it just sit in the driveway ticking over to ventilate my frustration about things happening. Edited June 4, 2011 by Junkman
Greg Myers Posted June 5, 2011 Posted June 5, 2011 My motorcycle has an American made, and designed 2 cylinder V twin motor with 105 HP 110 ft lbs of torque....its a small motor , no blower, turbo , or funny gas. So why not a 3 cyl?? Saab used to have one...two stroke http://en.wikipedia....ht-three_engine
James Flowers Posted June 5, 2011 Posted June 5, 2011 When the tax payers get all the money back that they paid to save GM . Then maybe they will be someone worth talking about? I just had to say that when people bring up GM products.
Guest Johnny Posted June 5, 2011 Posted June 5, 2011 When the tax payers get all the money back that they paid to save GM . Then maybe they will be someone worth talking about? I just had to say that when people bring up GM products. But according to Obama they payed it back already and now Chrysler too!:D
Jordan White Posted June 5, 2011 Posted June 5, 2011 Oh, and 40mpg would be considered quite average in Europe nowadays. Clarkson achieved this figure with an out of the box Audi A8 diesel on his epic London-Edinburgh-London roundtrip on top Gear. What a right old guzzler that car is. Well that was with the volume of the Euro gallon. The gallon used in the US is volumetrically smaller thus our mileage is less.
Aaronw Posted June 6, 2011 Posted June 6, 2011 Detroit Diesel introduced a 3 cylinder engine in the 1930s, it remained in production until the 1990s. To keep this on topic, the 3-71 was about the size of a Ford Fiesta.
Dr. Cranky Posted June 6, 2011 Posted June 6, 2011 I think Ford and Chevrolet can bypass all the madness awaiting them in the next 20 years and just simply start building motorcycles and horse-drawn buggies, the type the Amish drive around. Back to where they started!
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