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[bcredeur97]

Just now, Benji said:

Now I'm curious... In what way does that remind you of an Alfa Romeo? I don't think it looks like one at all...

The Alfa Romeo 4C was gorgeous

yeah the 4C is nice. 

Idk what is about it? Maybe the headlights? Kinda looked like a stelvio

though there is a difference in the grille so idk why i thought of it that way:

[iDeFecZx]

Just now, bcredeur97 said:

yeah the 4C is nice. 

Idk what is about it? Maybe the headlights? Kinda looked like a stelvio

though there is a difference in the grille so idk why i thought of it that way:

Id have said a mixture of Guilia and Audi personally

[bcredeur97]

Just now, iDeFecZx said:

Id have said a mixture of Guilia and Audi personally

i almost said audi but held my tongue lol

[TVwazhere]

4 minutes ago, Benji said:

Now I'm curious... In what way does that remind you of an Alfa Romeo? I don't think it looks like one at all...

The Alfa Romeo 4C was gorgeous

Oh, most definitely. Your halogen headlamps shine too high? Your car loses it's operational licence. That's why you can manually adjust it in halogen lights. And they'll usually even do it for you and make you pass when the glass is clear (not milky/foggy) and they shine high enough without blinding opposing traffic.

@TVwazhere Your ST also has the Xenon headlamps, right?

The mid(mine) and high level trims came with HID/Xenon bulbs. The base was halogen I believe. 

[JoaoPRSousa]

I sure hope more manufacturers start using 3 cylinder engines more because they sound so much better than the farts most 4 pots make

 

 

[bcredeur97]

3 hours ago, JoaoPRSousa said:

I sure hope more manufacturers start using 3 cylinder engines more because they sound so much better than the farts most 4 pots make

-snip-

 

holy crap those things make 257hp ?! 

Will it (the engine) fit in a miata? Lol

 

imagine putting in engine that weighs less in an already really light car that also makes at least 117 more horsepower

[vetali]

7 hours ago, iDeFecZx said:

I kinda like how it looks on the upcoming M3 Touring

Its like they took a grille from an X7 and put it on everything. Thing needs gulag'd

[RevoltTrain]

11 hours ago, JoaoPRSousa said:

 

If you've watched MCM recently, you know what I meant xD

Oh I know, been loving the Volkswagen RS3 build

[Fast_N_Curious]

I've owned a bunch of these Taurus SHOs over the years, kick ass engines that are basically bulletproof and made by Yamaha to they are finely tuned at 76 HP/Liter from the factory.

 

Snowmobile friendly?

Arctic Cat 1994 WildCat 700 EFI (two stroke of course, that's all I run)

[JoaoPRSousa]

15 hours ago, Benji said:

I have literally never heard anyone say that, ever. Most three-cylinders rattle in idle and artificially growl during normal load. Also, there's a LOT of sound engineering going on in every car nowadays. Our neighbour's Abarth 595 (Fiat 500 but sportier) with the 1.4l 4cyl with 165hp is way louder than our 2.0l 4cyl Focus ST. And something is definitely off when such a small engine is that loud, but it's actually the stock sports exhaust. The Toyota is rather an exception as it is just a 1.6l 3cyl but with 261hp and 360Nm of torque (which is the exact same torque, but 11hp more than the Focus ST out of a quite a bit smaller engine. I'd expect that thing to be louder. (Also, the interspersed anime is pathetic, lol, but that's maybe just my taste.)

 

What do you mean by artificially growl?

So, engine horsepower equates to more noise? Where do Rolls-Royce's fit then? 600hp and almost no noise

I'm confused. Different engine configurations sound different, and I much prefer a 3 cylinder sound to a 4 cylinder. That's my opinion.

Different people, different tastes.

 

13 hours ago, bcredeur97 said:

holy crap those things make 257hp ?! 

Will it (the engine) fit in a miata? Lol

 

imagine putting in engine that weighs less in an already really light car that also makes at least 117 more horsepower

 

I'd assume it does, might be too tall, but no clue honestly.

 

9 hours ago, Storm-Chaser said:

I've owned a bunch of these Taurus SHOs over the years, kick ass engines that are basically bulletproof and made by Yamaha to they are finely tuned at 76 HP/Liter from the factory.

 

I'd really like to have an SHO someday. Too bad they weren't sold here in Europe...

[iDeFecZx]

16 hours ago, vetali said:

Its like they took a grille from an X7 and put it on everything. Thing needs gulag'd

I'd definitely prefer it with the normal 3 series front end

[flibberdipper]

On 2/18/2021 at 8:48 PM, vetali said:

Its like they took a grille from an X7 and put it on everything. Thing needs gulag'd

I'll be real, I've never liked BMW's. Partially just for the wanky following they collect, and partially just because I don't find them appealing. But if I had to choose between one of their ugly-ass new lung-grille mfs and an E30 (which is the era Bimmer I hate, by far, the most), I'd choose an E30 and smile doing so. Sweet FUCK this new direction is horrible.

[IKnight]

Tfw customers send you pics of their car which they want photoshopped and the pics are like 96 dpi.... 

8 hours ago, flibberdipper said:

I'll be real, I've never liked BMW's. Partially just for the wanky following they collect, and partially just because I don't find them appealing. But if I had to choose between one of their ugly-ass new lung-grille mfs and an E30 (which is the era Bimmer I hate, by far, the most), I'd choose an E30 and smile doing so. Sweet FUCK this new direction is horrible.

The thing with BMW is that when the Bangle-era cars were released, everyone collectivly agreed they looked hideous. 10-15 years later and we're going, "hey those looked pretty good, and have aged very well!". So whilst I get all the hate they've gotten for their new styling, and I agree with it, what's to say that we won't look at them the same way we look and Bagle-era cars now?

Asides from styling, I still wouldn't buy a BMW. Their whole "shtick" used to be that they're 'The Ultimate Driving Machine'. That simply doesn't hold true these days.

[FakeFBI]

On 2/18/2021 at 7:18 PM, bcredeur97 said:

Will it (the engine) fit in a miata? Lol

YES, in a few years the gr yaris engine is gonna be like, cool? reliable? cool? its gonna be the next jz im feeling, but wait what about the honda beat, im geussing it sound good, but do you know that donut media show money pit? where they literally turbo a miata na, im pretty sure it was the 1.8 liter engine

 

On 2/18/2021 at 3:41 PM, JoaoPRSousa said:

I sure hope more manufacturers start using 3 cylinder engines more because they sound so much better than the farts most 4 pots make

-snip-

gr yaris? sounds amazing nowadays how much is a 4 pot making, maybe 100-150 hp with no turbo or turbo, and mostly the mufflers make it sound horrendous, the 3 cylinders is like more motorcycle, because of having 2 cylinders and no muffler, or very minimal muffler speedbikes go like brrrrrRRRRRRRRRRRR

[bcredeur97]

45 minutes ago, FakeFBI said:

YES, in a few years the gr yaris engine is gonna be like, cool? reliable? cool? its gonna be the next jz im feeling, but wait what about the honda beat, im geussing it sound good, but do you know that donut media show money pit? where they literally turbo a miata na, im pretty sure it was the 1.8 liter engine

 

gr yaris? sounds amazing nowadays how much is a 4 pot making, maybe 100-150 hp with no turbo or turbo, and mostly the mufflers make it sound horrendous, the 3 cylinders is like more motorcycle, because of having 2 cylinders and no muffler, or very minimal muffler speedbikes go like brrrrrRRRRRRRRRRRR

it's only in one car is the only problem. The uniqueness will make it rare and expensive. 

They need to put it in more cars. detune it and put it in corollas or something so they are everywhere xD 

But yeah you can turbo the stock miata engines and get 250-270hp without stressing anything too much, it's just a heavy iron block motor. Although that's a big reason it's so reliable, It weighs as much as a aluminum LS motor iirc 

[AlwaysFSX]

41 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

it's only in one car is the only problem. The uniqueness will make it rare and expensive. 

They need to put it in more cars. detune it and put it in corollas or something so they are everywhere xD 

But yeah you can turbo the stock miata engines and get 250-270hp without stressing anything too much, it's just a heavy iron block motor. Although that's a big reason it's so reliable, It weighs as much as a aluminum LS motor iirc 

Hey so when are you doing an LS swap btw

[bcredeur97]

1 hour ago, AlwaysFSX said:

Hey so when are you doing an LS swap btw

Never lol. It’s just too much and causes more problems then it’s worth 

[FakeFBI]

Just now, bcredeur97 said:

Never lol. It’s just too much and causes more problems then it’s worth 

the car* gains 6 tons of weight

[bcredeur97]

2 hours ago, FakeFBI said:

the car* gains 6 tons of weight

no it doesnt? As i had just explained...

[FakeFBI]

Just now, bcredeur97 said:

no it doesnt? As i had just explained...

are you talking bout v8 ls swap, if no then i must have been just blabbing

[AlwaysFSX]

2 hours ago, bcredeur97 said:

Never lol. It’s just too much and causes more problems then it’s worth 

Plz, you could have some sick sidepipes with it

2 hours ago, FakeFBI said:

the car* gains 6 tons of weight

[bcredeur97]

23 minutes ago, AlwaysFSX said:

Plz, you could have some sick sidepipes with it

And lots of broken diffs and transmissions 

[FakeFBI]

4 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

And lots of broken diffs and transmissions 

and breaking the jdm law

[bcredeur97]

3 minutes ago, FakeFBI said:

and breaking the jdm law

i don't care about that. at all

[JoaoPRSousa]

11 hours ago, IKnight said:

Asides from styling, I still wouldn't buy a BMW. Their whole "shtick" used to be that they're 'The Ultimate Driving Machine'. That simply doesn't hold true these days.

 

"Used to be" doesn't invalidate the older cars in my books.

 

6 hours ago, FakeFBI said:

YES, in a few years the gr yaris engine is gonna be like, cool? reliable? cool? its gonna be the next jz im feeling

 

gr yaris? sounds amazing nowadays how much is a 4 pot making, maybe 100-150 hp with no turbo or turbo, and mostly the mufflers make it sound horrendous, the 3 cylinders is like more motorcycle, because of having 2 cylinders and no muffler, or very minimal muffler speedbikes go like brrrrrRRRRRRRRRRRR

 

25 minutes ago, FakeFBI said:

and breaking the jdm law