Re: 10 Best engines

Jul 07, 2003 2 Replies

No american engine should be put on this list!



snipped-for-privacy@rogers.com wrote in
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> >
> >10 Best Engines
> >
> >by Bill Visnic
> >
> >Ward's Auto World, Jan 1, 2003
> >. Great V-8 lost in a sea of great V-8s
> >
> >FORD
> >
> >5.4L supercharged DOHC V-8
> >380 hp, 450 lb.-ft. (SVT Lightning)
> >. Somehow not as exciting as it used to be.
> >
>
> Just a matter of opinion, I guess. I find it sufficiently exciting that my
> SVT Lightning can go from 0-60 in a couple ticks over 5 seconds and has a
> top speed of about 146 MPH -- all while weighing about 4,700-lbs. and
> having a load capacity of about 1,200 lbs. :D
>
> --
> Jim
> 2003 Dark Graphite Gray Clearcoat Ford F150 SVT Lightning

Speaking of the tail end...during WWI, a lot of the airplane engines were lubricated with castor oil - castor oil that blew back into the pilot's faces. Of course, they swallowed some of it and uh, well, you know...

Don

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