Re: V8's

[Jacob Haagerup <digest@domain.elided>]

On lxrdag, feb 15, 2003, at 21:02 Europe/Amsterdam, ronewing wrote:

>     I agree with the eminent CM that it's hard to beat the Corvette on
> a
> bang-for-the-buck basis, but Europhiles have their heroes too: witness
> the
> BMW M3 GTR(?) that dominated Porche in the GT class (before they were
> banned) that featured a V8 sourced from a 5 Series.  In street trim,
> seems
> to me it gets 400HP from 4.5L, with a 500HP V10 on the way for the
> next M5.
> Mercedes has a few decent mills too!  Europeans and Japanese have more
> of a
> taste for hi-tech solutions, and demand these things in their cars.
> Kind of
> like the debate between F1 and Nascar.  To each his own.  Cheers, RON.
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Audi RS6 - 444 HP from a 4172 cc V8. That's on the good side of 100
HP/L and it's street legal, ready to go and available as a
stationwagon. 5 valves/cylinder, twin turbo, DOHC (or is that QOHC -
dunno, doesn't say) and 4WD. Nice one.

I like my Alfa better than those Teutonic beasts though. (Alfa content)

Jacob Haagerup
Rotterdam, Nederland
'75 GT 1600 Jr. M, 1.8
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