I6 0-60
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RE: I6 0-60
ORIGINAL: Brandontyler65
well personally i think an i-6 has alot of untapped potential like that turbo one that was on here a few days ago was a v8 killer
well personally i think an i-6 has alot of untapped potential like that turbo one that was on here a few days ago was a v8 killer
Bone stock, the i6 is a boat anchor. However, a built i6 can produce some amazing results. Bolted up to the right trans and gears, an i6 has put out some impressive numbers at the track.
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I'd expect 13 to be about right. I'll give it a shot this coming weekend and see what my poor old 6 can muster. It's another great chance to try out my new toy,...uh... I mean "Dynamic Performance Information Center" (said in my best Monster Truck anouncer voice) 
Quite frankly, I think even discussing performance numbers of a 6 cylinder is bordering Geek-dome. So I'm only doing this in hopes we can put this thread to bed. I'd think these numbers are posted somewhere from old Road & Track tests.
The 144, 200 and 250 had diabolically apposed engineers. The guy who designed the bottom end wanted a real rev monger. The guy who designed the head wanted another tractor. Between the two they managed to muck up what could have been a good product. It did however get good gas mileage for the times. And that was really the intent. Back then most your British cars didn't have much more power, and were just as heavy, if not heavier.
(IMO) By the time the '67 rolled around, they should have put the inline 6 to bed. It really had no right under the hood of a Mustang from second generation on up. Heck, we're the ones who put a V8 in a little Sunbeam Alpine (and renamed it the Tiger!).
I was reading something the other day, and they were talking about how the V8 sound is embedded in us as the sound of power. No other engine (sans a jet or rocket) really identifies that. I think it is less important with the younger generation who grew up with the imports, and understand how much horse power can be generated. For all the rest of us flag waving Americans we'll take a V8 over any other engine, no matter how powerful it is.
Case in point. I'm sitting at a light the other day. On the right was a V10 Viper. On the left a soccer mom in a suburban with Flows. I was checking her out, and almost missed the Viper completely. Had it not been for that low V8 rumble, I probably wouldn't have looked that way.
BTW: It was quite a view!
Quite frankly, I think even discussing performance numbers of a 6 cylinder is bordering Geek-dome. So I'm only doing this in hopes we can put this thread to bed.
I'd think these numbers are posted somewhere from old Road & Track tests. The 144, 200 and 250 had diabolically apposed engineers. The guy who designed the bottom end wanted a real rev monger. The guy who designed the head wanted another tractor. Between the two they managed to muck up what could have been a good product. It did however get good gas mileage for the times. And that was really the intent. Back then most your British cars didn't have much more power, and were just as heavy, if not heavier.
(IMO) By the time the '67 rolled around, they should have put the inline 6 to bed. It really had no right under the hood of a Mustang from second generation on up. Heck, we're the ones who put a V8 in a little Sunbeam Alpine (and renamed it the Tiger!).
I was reading something the other day, and they were talking about how the V8 sound is embedded in us as the sound of power. No other engine (sans a jet or rocket) really identifies that. I think it is less important with the younger generation who grew up with the imports, and understand how much horse power can be generated. For all the rest of us flag waving Americans we'll take a V8 over any other engine, no matter how powerful it is.
Case in point. I'm sitting at a light the other day. On the right was a V10 Viper. On the left a soccer mom in a suburban with Flows. I was checking her out, and almost missed the Viper completely. Had it not been for that low V8 rumble, I probably wouldn't have looked that way.
BTW: It was quite a view!
