FTO AUSTRALIA

Maybe this could be a good engine upgrade for the FTO. Is a Connaught Type D GT.

The dam car is ugly as, the front is like some sort of screw up Ford's Thunderbird and the back looks like a beaten up TVR front. But at least the engine got a bit of ommfff.

2.0L, 22.5 degree V10, supercharged.

223kw & 371Nm

ugly

rofl.. who designed that? the newb needs to be punished...

yeah the exterior looks a bit out but well i like the interior... especially the gauges that lines up in the centre... that's like our FTO, just that we only have two... which one appears to be voltmeter and one is clock..

is the picture below the picture of an engine?? doesnt look like an engine to me though... doesnt have the classical engine look... hmmm, would like to know more about this car...

looks like some weird mutation of a rolls royce and a 350z

2L v10?.... um... has anyone thought about the protential USELESS-ness (power to $$ ratio) value to this engine?

not to sound like a d!ck, but honestly i've just come to terms with the 2L v6, a 2L v10.... that's a whole lot of protential wasted.

yes, i am only b!tching because i'm poor and will probably never be able to afford that engine lol

how much is one anyway?

Y

p.s. i happen to like that clock in my fto, it tells me how late i am to uni lol

i dont think a V6 or a V10 will make the much difference in price if they are to produce the same power and torque... the "V" actually doesnt mean much... it doesnt mean more power...

the reason why a bigger capacity car has the "V" in front but not a smaller capacity car is because a bigger capacity engine must have more cylinder in order to make the power distribution better and also smoother... and you can make a in-line 8 cylinder engine with no problems at all, but just that the engine will be super too long to be fitted into a normal engine bay..

in fact, i have a friend who told me that a in-line 4 cylinder engine can produce more force than a V6 engine if they're in the same capacity... not sure whether how reliable is this but this is a claim after his research...

well this is what i understand from engine, if i am wrong please correct me k...

thanks!

Lawrence

lawrencetlc wrote:i dont think a V6 or a V10 will make the much difference in price if they are to produce the same power and torque... the "V" actually doesnt mean much... it doesnt mean more power...

the reason why a bigger capacity car has the "V" in front but not a smaller capacity car is because a bigger capacity engine must have more cylinder in order to make the power distribution better and also smoother... and you can make a in-line 8 cylinder engine with no problems at all, but just that the engine will be super too long to be fitted into a normal engine bay..

in fact, i have a friend who told me that a in-line 4 cylinder engine can produce more force than a V6 engine if they're in the same capacity... not sure whether how reliable is this but this is a claim after his research...

well this is what i understand from engine, if i am wrong please correct me k...

thanks!

Lawrence

the V means the configuration, thats it. doesn't mean its better or worse as all have their pros and cons...as u say try fitting 10 cyl. in a straight line...lol

yup... I know that the V is the configuration...

But i thought that what he meant was he could not afford a 2L V10... so I just think maybe he thought that a V10 is better than a V6 so makes it more expensive but actually it is not the case..

sorry if i have some problem in expressing myself

To my understanding the engine is more reliable coz there's more pistons working therefore less work to produce the same amount of power as say a 4 cylinder would.

Nacho wrote:To my understanding the engine is more reliable coz there's more pistons working therefore less work to produce the same amount of power as say a 4 cylinder would.

thats right, but you have to weigh up the pros and cons again...
4cylinder = more wear and tear on each cylinder = more frequent service/fix etc..
6/8/10/12(/w16 lol) cylinder = less wear and tear on each individual cylinder = less frequent problems from wear and tear, but when the problem does accure.... $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

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well you get the point.

and also the price for a mechanic to work on your engine increases as your cylinder count increases as well (unless you have a 2cylinder subaru sherpa, the mechanics just laugh at you )

anyways, just thought i'd add my 2cents worth (to help me get off the newb title)
lol cheers
Y

Yeah sure, more cylinders, more combustion points... but dont forget add extra cylinders, you got extra weight on the crank, extra wear points, extra resistance in the bored multiplied by how many more pistons you got, a much bigger re-co bill if you blow one up. My mechanic has done a couple of V12 Jags recently & jobs that would cost 5 grand on a V8 cost 15 grand on a V12. Pro's & Cons for each way.

Having said that look at F1, they had V10's of small capacity & obviously they lead the forefront of engine development, now that are down to V8's and lapping just as quick. Any design that has the $$$ go into it can be made to work.

Well, I don't mind the look of it actually.

**prepares the fire extinguisher**

At least it's unique.

looks similar to the next Monaro....see last months wheels for more infoo