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Originally Posted by shakran
It's this kind of ignorant, idiotic statement that fuels the dumbassed war between import and domestic guys.
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And this is the typical knee jerk "can't take a joke" type of post that seeks to preach about something they themselves should probably be silent about.
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If people who don't know nearly as much about cars as they think they do would keep quiet, two good things might happen. Stupid "my ride is better than your ride" pissing contests might disappear, and by being silent, those people might actually learn something.
The statement is idiotic because you act like 4 bangers are worthless - millions of car buyers in the USA alone would tend to disagree with you, and so would automotive designers with engineering degrees.
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Ok first off where did I say 4 bangers were worthless? I didn't. However if you read my post IN CONTEXT you'd get my point. If you want to drive a fuel effiecient 4 banger fine. I can totally appreciate that. If you want to hot rod what you already have again I can completely appreciate that. My question was why do DOMESTIC manufacturers stick turbos and blowers onto their I4s and totally ignore doing the same thing for their big V8s. Ford is starting to do this but I don't know many car guys that wouldn't love a fully forged small block Chevy with factory boost. Car makers seem to be willing to do this for the 4 banger crowd but get skitish when it comes to the big engines.
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It's ignorant because it shows you don't even know that people ARE turbocharging V8's from the factory. See the Lotus Esprit.
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How many domestics have turbo v8s? Hmmm yeah. Something you would have picked up on if you again would have read the post in context. Hence the statement of the huge cubic inches which are typical Ford and Chevy stroker sizes. BTW I wouldn't call a 3.5 liter V8 a BIG engine.
So let me rephrase it for those who couldn't get what I was saying and decided to write an essay about ignorance and keeping ones mouth shut when they should probably abide by such rules themselves.
"I wonder why domestic car makers are so skitish with using turbo and superchargers on large displacement engines from the factory."
Clarified to protect the sensitive feelings of the 4 banger community and knee jerk message board readers everywhere.
