More Makes in The V8's

[Smife]

I think the idea sucks, it would be a big waste for toyota and mitsubishi they would have to spend big bucks just to get a engine in them that would be able to keep up with the field as they only have v6 engines. And then you would be introducing the problem of pre qualifing again there would be more cars on the grid so u might pay 90 bucks and not even see ur favourate race driver.

Well Smife, shows how much you know about cars. Just so you know for future reference, Toyota DOES have a V8 engine. They came out in the soarer. So maybe you should check the facts before assuming things.

[swardsie]

hey scoota,
i dont see any AUSTRALIAN V8 toyotas so maybe u should shut ur mouth!

mitsubishi will use the mopar v8,it makes more power than chev and ford

[MinusZero]

[quote] swardsie hey scoota,
i dont see any AUSTRALIAN V8 toyotas so maybe u should shut ur mouth! <hr></blockquote>

Ah hello? Holden runs a Chev motor which is not australian and have been for years. In fact i read before the VT/X came out that it was based a little on a Buick.

[swardsie]

they still make their own changes to the engine and they have only been using chevs since series 2 VT

[gtr69]

Whats an Australian Toyota?

[jopaul]

Ford dont use an aussie v8 either but you can at least buy a ford or holden with a v8 here in good old oz

the chev 5.0l motor is not anything like the current 5.7l gen 3.
it is not even offered in the aussie line up and is of old style chev.
the motors in the v8 supercars are the same basic's as the US nascars which if you checked on are very close in performance including dodge.
the last time i checked ford was leading championship plus manufacture's championship.

the ford windsor style engine is available and you are lucky that ford australia didn't continue with the clevo as it licked the 350 chev monaro's back in the early 70's before the ****s in our government tamed it.
imagine how good it would be now.(alloy svo block with robert yates heads of which ****y used the year his cars where so fast down conrod.)
these heads are more than likely the reason why we now have the 7500 rev limit as these heads on a 5.0l would love making big hp well past 7500.
and don't give me the 1972 brock crap as he was running a illegal alloy cylinder block in his xu1 which would have helped big time in wet conditions.
1971 gtho phase 3 14.2-14.6 1/4, top speed 140mph rev limited, 291kw/380hp.
the only thing that came close was the charger.

the real problem is that gmh don't have a overhead cammed engine and would not be competitive with the likes of ford,toyota,mits

The CHARGER was faster over the 1/4 mile than any ford ever

that is correct and it would be probably the fastest 6cyl production car ever but that is the only thing it was faster than the ho at.
and there are other fords that are faster than any hemi's which are gt 40's, ac cobra's, shelby mustang's, sierra's etc.
not to mention though the big block mopar does make a awesome drag engine.(victor bray uses a keith black as do most. derived form the crysler hemi.)
when he did the change from chev to kb he quoted that the chev just couldn't cut it (power wise).

[Unit]

The quarter mile times for a GTHO are sketchy at best. It depended ongearing, Ford offered different final drive ratios depnding whether you wanted high speed or fast acceleration. With the shortest ratios the HO's were cracking 13s. So boo hoo to all those Charger fans out there.

i have also heard of phase 3's posting into the 13's and i also heard of 1 that was supossed to have cracked a high 12 in standed form which was classed as the quickest phase 3 in australia but i have not been able to find any written info on this factory standard phase 3.
if anybody can find this info it would be appriciated to know of any written evidence.
this is why i have only mention 14.2 - 14.6 as i have written evidence of those times.

Just a quick note to people that don't look at at car's alot Toyota has a V8 sold in Australia and it would be in the 100 series Landcruiser.
So they do sell V8 in australia just to let u know!!! :cool:

[imported_JacK]

lol, that'd be cool to see a Landcruiser V8 Supercar! I reckon that'd be a heaps good publicity stunt for it there. It'd be more crash-resistant, and running off the road wouldn't be a problem . . .