I'm just laughing about one of the drivers' names being Richard Small....

And my hovercraft is now full of eels.

I'm not spoiled, I remember the 93 maxima's being as quick as a 5.0 Mustang to 60 and in the quarter. I don't think it's all about the power, but whether or not the engine made the car quick enough, lasted well enough to be a daily driver, and if it can be made more powerful. The Small block will probably always be…

After spending way too long thinking about it, I came up with the engine I think fits this question.

Oh, I remember when they came out. The Sts and Sls were some of the quickest cars around, but they always seemed more like luxury before speed kinda cars. Very little emphasis on sport. So yeah I guess they are pretty high performance, but I still can't bring myself to call em performance cars.

This engine has great potential. Valve springs and a computer reflash allow wonderfully stupid rpm's (8-10k). The real problem was the head bolts which threaded straight into the aluminum block. The cars would overheat and go into limp mode alternating between both banks of four cylinder operation, until the driver…

The Modular Ford engine owes it's lack of performance to bad head design. The valves are at wonky angles and intake and exhaust ports are all serpentine and choked down to keep air velocity up for better mixing and reduced emissions. These things love forced induction though. The only solution for n/a is AFR's…

It wasn't just emissions. IIRC the engineers had to lower the compression ratio more than once to reach marginally acceptable longevity. The cams were detuned and fuel injection and a catalytic converter plus air injection were added. The highers up at GM insisted on raising low end torque. These things conspired to…

I just borrowed a Miata this passed weekend and loved it (first gen, 1.6). I never felt like it was underpowered. I just downshift and rev to pass. I dont know if the Miata is considered a performance car though, so how can the Miata engine be considered as such? These cars, much like the classic British roadsters…

Question was, which performance engine. That Chevy 4.3 is a work engine, all torque and no breathing. The after market has lots of goodies to rectify that, but it is still not a performance engine in factory form. The Typhoon/Syclone however has an engine loosely based on the same architecture and is a performance…

5.7 Litre.

You should try driving one, It's ridiculous fun.

I'll take that Murkurial Purge.

Still can't stand that fucking douchenozzle bastard.

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I think you mean 32 valve.

Fan-fucking-tastic. I'm driving into Manhatten on Sunday afternoon. Luckily I will be in a Miata, but this still looks like a pain in the ass.

Send me a Beetle while you're at it my good man.

If this really was filmed in Mexico it would be a Nissan Tsuru going 105mph with two families in it.

It's Mexico, far worse things happen there. Besides. at least he's doing it out in the desert.