Wagon test vehicle

i dont know, you guys know more than i...im just learning this stuff.

 

That makes perfect sense to me. Our sixes do pretty much the same. I know that 1/6, 2/5 and 3/4 move together. They are on opposite strokes. One exhaust and one intake etc.

Now that engine doesn't look funny to me at all. Doh!

 

Heck, every time I see a 4 banger, I just ask the simple question, "Where's the other 4 cylinders?"

 

Uh, in that case it is definitely underpowered. GM 4-bangers just can't put any HP. The 3.1 V6 has just enough to be considered satisfactory.

 

I really disagree. The whole HP race is rediculous. If HP lead simply to efficiency that's one thing. In a car like that small wagon a four is adequate.

My high HP car is the 92 tbird and it has 160 in the 3.8. My low car is the Cougar wagon with 88 HP. Both are good drivers. Both pull hills just fine. I cannot burn rubber with the wagon nor do I attempt to pass a tractor trailer truck on a two lane road without a long view ahead. I don't need a big snarling V8 throwing flames out the exhaust to be content with a car. It's all wasted energy. But, a full size wagon that is pushing 5,000 lbs should have a powerful engine.

Remember that a 1935 Packard with the big eight only had 90 HP and was good for over 100 mph.

 

i stand corrected, the 10th digit is an M, so i miscounted:ban:

 

I've never had a car smaller than a V8, but I'm a traditionalist. The low end HP is the wagon at 140 HP and the high end is my 60 Chevy with about 300 horses.

 

Now i knew I was right.