Parents out there, never let kids have fast cars

[zevolv]

Originally Posted by mhn3773 they use v-4s in racing motor cycles? do u have a link to a motor cycle v-4 i have never seen one..least not that i know although if it was a v-4 i could have assumed it was just a 2cyl

They don't use V-4s in racing bikes I even looked it up to make sure and they don't

EDIT: the search I did on Google gave me nothing for racing bikes with V engines other than a V-twin.

[mugsee]

tell me an adult who buys a fast car won't speed, with an honest opinion...

[gr]

Originally Posted by zevolv Your dads S2000 does not have an inline V4 it has just an inline 4 not V4 don't you people ever read the whole thread before posting something! and by the way is that 100km/h or 100mph, if its mph your full of shit unless the thing is modded up the ass.

He's probably talking about 100kmh...

The S2000 has a 2-litre 240hp engine, which means 120hp/litre. That's a world record for a production car with a N/A engine. Honda knows how to make good N/A engines. I'll give them that.

[gr]

Originally Posted by mugsee tell me an adult who buys a fast car won't speed, with an honest opinion...

That's not the point. You're not an expert the day you pass the licence test. We all learn(ed) a lot the first years with a licence. When you're older you have a better chance of adapting the speed to the conditions and situation.

[pimrusis]

Originally Posted by mugsee tell me an adult who buys a fast car won't speed, with an honest opinion...

An average adult with a fast car wouldn't do 145mph coming home from the beach.

[mhn3773]

Originally Posted by zevolv Originally Posted by mhn3773 they use v-4s in racing motor cycles? do u have a link to a motor cycle v-4 i have never seen one..least not that i know although if it was a v-4 i could have assumed it was just a 2cyl They don't use V-4s in racing bikes I even looked it up to make sure and they don't

i didnt think they did but i didnt want to just come out and say the didnt =)

[asthenia]

Saabs used to use V4's way back in the day, and I know a few prototypes have had them too. Weird 2-strokes and stuff. They're a strange configuration that's mostly just useful because of size... so you get an engine about as big as a large Christmas turkey. The Saab Sonnet had it mounted longtiudinally with a regular transaxle, so it was like a backwards Porsche 911 -- the engine was in front of the front wheels, with front-wheel drive. Makes for shitty handling though.

I love driving a fast car, but not because I can say "look, I'm going over double the speed limit!" I like it because it *feels* fast.

I used to have a Volvo 740 turbo, which wasn't a Lamborghini or anything, but it was still enough to spin both back tires for 50 feet, and top out at very very illegal speeds. I sold it and got a slower car that *feels* faster, and I have more fun. Even if I don't quite sink into the seat anymore.

[zevolv]

ok saab used one 20 years ago but no else did and no one probably ever will

[RC45]

I have just become dumber for reading this entire post.

There is so much mis-information it is beyond funny - and borders on imbecilic.

V4's have existed for ever - and Ford produced hundreds of thousands of V4 engines - Honda has and still is producing V4 motorcycles by the tens of thousands - and so has Yamaha.

Honda are currently using a V5 in MotoGP... I will be back later to continue schooling all y'all...

p.s. Google is your friend kids....

[zevolv]

I don't pay much attention to bikes since I will never own one. ford used the V-4 for a single year and it turned out to be a bad idea that was in 1965. I was talking abou cars. not bikes. show me a car that is available at a new car dealer in the past ten years with a V4.

[RC45]

technically Subaru produces 180 degree V4's...

[zevolv]

no it's called an Opposed engine a V is not 180 degrees unless you failed geometry

[zevolv]

read my post on boxer engines there are mathematical equations stating the difference between the boxer and the V and I'm not going to take the time to type them out long hand since I don't have the symbols on my keyboard to do it simply. sin and cos have a lot to do with it.

[RC45]

Originally Posted by zevolv no it's called an Opposed engine a V is not 180 degrees unless you failed geometry

A straight line is an 180 angle.. unless you failed geometry - and a 180 degree V is just that.

Anyone else who followed this thread over the previous 3 pages has seen enough to know it is a case of the blind leading the blind.

BTW, Ford was selling V4's way into the 1970's - and the engines were used in the Cortina, Granada, Consul, Capri and a number of other cars.

[zevolv]

at 180 degrees the V is no longer a V so it can't be a V with a 180 degree angle