I wonder why BMW offered this only as a 325, not 330?

Good suggestion if she is open to 2dr. THE suggestion if the spare 4.6 is dohc and you can find a otherwise nice car with a bad motor (the motors dont really seem to fail often though). I picked up a decent mark viii with a bad transmission last fall for $600. Not the easiest to work on, but I’ve always wanted one and…

We think in very different terms.

Forget the Furd motor.

Meh, it doesn’t tick any boxes for me. It doesn’t have the performance I want in a car. It doesn’t have the height/transfer case and front and rear limited slip/towing capacity I want in a truck. It doesn’t stoke a fire in my loins.

Robustness, character, cost, tuneability

Because the deck height makes the 5.4 even worse to fit. Why not a 5.3 is the question.

They are also heavy and even with heads/cam/intake are only in the stock LS ballpark.

Still behind an LS, which responds better to cheaper mods and fits in more things.

I have a mark viii. Even so, get rid of that asterisk. Theyd still need to do something for a transmission and management, adding that and the hassle of making it work just doesn’t make sense when 10k will buy you all sorts of nice cars with 300hp V8s already. If you are suggesting boost, I suppose you may end up…

What’s the lot called!?!

Forget that mod motor. They aren’t swap friendly because they are so wide angle and have big heads. They are also sorta anemic, and have some problems like coil and intake manifold failures. For 10k, you could get all manner of things with a better motor and save yourself the trouble.

Worse as in faster with better gas mileage?

I think of the EG as the best hatch. Better looking than what came before or after. Usefully modern compared to the EF yet still super light. VX and B16 models. Good suspension

I agree. That was a special time in history, pitting the B16 up against the antedeluvian 5.0 for example, or the B18C against the new, but not improved 4.6.

I see that as more true malaise. The degeneration of the Accord after 2007, the death of the rsx and NSX, the stagnation of the Civic si which after the introduction of the kseries didn’t progress till like now.

The malasie Vette was pretty terrible. The 99-07 Accord were pretty good.

My exact thought was 3600, before seeing your comment.

I generally like Hondas, but never paid much attention to these, so perhaps I’m out of touch.

I’m thinking maybe they’ll reposition it, with more of a touring emphasis. The comparitive athletic disadvantage won’t matter as much. The 911 brand continuity will be preserved. The top level pricing will be justified.