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My civic is more UB3R than YOURS!!!
Crazy Cooter:
--- Quote from: DrewKaree on April 22, 2005, 10:19:21 pm ---The trouble comes in believing that a hybrid engine can deliver the same performance, horsepower/torque wise, as a gasoline engine.
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Half-truths! (I've been waiting to use that term)
Actually a hybrid can deliver in the torque category, but not the horspower:
http://auto.consumerguide.com/Auto/New/reviews/full/index.cfm/id/38254/Act/Specs/
2005 Toyota Prius
Size, liters/cu. in 1.5/91
Horsepower @ rpm 76 @ 4500
Torque (lb-ft) @ rpm 82 @ 4200
Availability Standard1
EPA city / highway mpg
CVT automatic 60/51
Notes: 1. Gas engine; electric motor has 67 hp @ 1200 rpm and 295 lb-ft @ 0-1200 rpm.
Not that I'd ever be caught dead in a Prius. ;)
pointdablame:
--- Quote from: Buddabing on April 22, 2005, 05:15:33 pm ---PMFJI,
I know nothing about cars.
Please explain to me what a "ricer" is. To me, rice is a grain or a university.
Also, how much horsepower is good? Wouldn't a lighter car need less horsepower to get the same acceleration as a heavier car with more horsepower?
I saw an ad for a large truck that had "300 horsepower". Is that a lot? Is Sephroth's 450+ horsepower a lot?
I looked up my car and it has a 277 horsepower engine. But it is a V8. Do engines with 8 cylinders have more horsepower than an engine with fewer cylinders, barring exotic superchargers and other additions?
Do hybrid engines really have the same power as pure gasoline engines? I have trouble believing that.
Buddabing
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Ricer has some different meaning for different people, but in general, a "ricer" is a person who mods an Import car either 1) just for looks ie. "all show, no go", or 2) mods it mechanically or cosmetically, but has some outrageous parts (huge unnecessary wings, 832 stickers on the car, etc etc. You would call a car "rice" if it has these massive wings, body kits, etc etc. Again though, some people think one thing is "rice" while others dont...
You'll never get a "right" answer on how much horsepower is good. Depends on the car, the person, and what you're trying to do. If you are going to get some groceries, your 115hp civic (or whatever) is just fine. If you are a car guy... there is never enough. NEVER
That being said, I PERSONALLY think that anything over 300hp (for cars) is respectable.. but again... 300hp in a civic is a lot different than 300hp in a Cadillac sedan.
In general, it's not a stretch to say that a stock V8 will have more horsepower than a 4banger or V6. Again though, its far from a rule. There are imports that are tuned for performance from the factory that make more power than a common sedan, just as there are 100hp Hondas and 500HP V8 sportscars. There is no rule.
I don't know much about Hybrids, so I can't really speak about that.
paigeoliver:
Isn't the cheapest route to a nasty fast car still the same as it has always been? Buy 2 cars, a good running (but junky rusted out turd of a car) big block equipped 4 door beast, and a lighter rear drive 70s V6 car and swap the engines between the 2?
I remember them doing that in the car magazines all the time and getting cars that run 12s for like $1000 or less total.
SOAPboy:
--- Quote from: paigeoliver on April 23, 2005, 01:46:26 pm ---Isn't the cheapest route to a nasty fast car still the same as it has always been? Buy 2 cars, a good running (but junky rusted out turd of a car) big block equipped 4 door beast, and a lighter rear drive 70s V6 car and swap the engines between the 2?
I remember them doing that in the car magazines all the time and getting cars that run 12s for like $1000 or less total.
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Yeah its pretty much the same now.. just harder to get bug 8s into smaller cars now due to size.. :-\
grueinthebox:
--- Quote from: SOAPboy on April 23, 2005, 04:02:00 pm ---Yeah its pretty much the same now.. just harder to get bug 8s into smaller cars now due to size.. :-\
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http://www.cardomain.com/id/jb3452
Not my car. Not an original idea, but probably the nicest implementation I've seen.