[Eric Cartman]

wait until they extend it to the entire process, then hire some jap lads for a day and have them build it - result - $10,000 extra for the only reliable american car ever made

[ianobrien]

Originally Posted by mb1725

Is that a pushrod V8 in that Corvette?

I'm reminded of the comment that Keith Duckworth made about pushrod engines.

"It's like playing the piano while lying on your back"

I reckon he knew what he was talking about.

FYI - Keith Duckworth was one half of Cosworth, and was the chief designer. Another comment he made about Yank engines was when shown a "proper" Nascar engine was to suggest to cast arrows into the ports to tell the gases which way to go......

[SouperComputer]

No offence meant to the Cosworth legacy, but road-going V8's were never their specialty anymore than 4 cylinder turbos were GM's, so I'd take those comments with a pinch of salt. Theres no disputing the DVF's success, but thats a purpose-designed racing engine. Apples and oranges as they say.

[ianobrien]

Originally Posted by SouperComputer

No offence meant to the Cosworth legacy, but road-going V8's were never their specialty anymore than 4 cylinder turbos were GM's, so I'd take those comments with a pinch of salt. Theres no disputing the DVF's success, but thats a purpose-designed racing engine. Apples and oranges as they say.

Cosworth did plenty of V engines both road and race, GAA, BOA, BOB come to mind. They recently did the compact Volvo V8 engine as fitted in their big cars. The DFV (not DVF by the way) revolutionised engine design with it's narrow angle head. Duckworth was against turbos in F1, and only used them when he had to. The YB that you're on about was originally a n/a engine, called the YA

Oh, as an other aside, the Infamous "Astra Red Top" GM engine was actually a Cosworth head bolted to the Manta engine (KBA I think) Cosworth also did the twin cam heads for Opel 3.0 V6 as well (as used in the Omega) The Merc 190 2.3E was also a Cosworth engine.....

[itarumaa]

Originally Posted by ianobrien

They recently did the compact Volvo V8 engine as fitted in their big cars.

I have always thought that Volvo V8 is made by Yamaha.

[ianobrien]

Originally Posted by itarumaa

I have always thought that Volvo V8 is made by Yamaha.

I'm sure that it was the V8, but it may have been a V10....

[gofaster_s13]

Originally Posted by Mr.David

You'll probably do a better job than they would

The LS series of engines are as close to bulletproof as you can get.

[Plug]

ahhhhh how cute

[Run_to_da_hills]

Smart move by Corvette , ie something goes wrong with the block later down the line they will blame you.