Please go look at what Mercedes was doing in the Sixties and Seventies. About the only time you don’t improve things by putting a V8 in is if you’re starting with a motor from Rover (pre-BMW).

More power, less weight, more torque, better noise, more plentiful and cheaper parts.

How does it often ruin it?

I’d argue that this car was wonderful, but needs a power upgrade. I was shopping for IS300s last year, but with only a bit over 200HP, I couldn’t do it.

So you’ve never driven anything with a V8 is my takeaway here.

The 1JZ is not a great motor. It’s heavy, thirsty and weak.

You’ve obviously never driven a car with a bloody big pushrod V8 in it.

Yes, please ruin the car by installing the lighter, more powerful engine. Suffer from the bigger aftermarket, suffer from the insane power levels you get both N/A and FI, suffer from the better fuel economy, suffer from the instant response, noise, and charisma bestowed upon most V8’s. Suffer away. The 1/2JZ motors…

I think it has been well documented that there is nothing that can’t be improved by sticking a bloody big pushrod V8 in it. Do you recall Clarkson’s V8-powered blender? It was better, right?

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Imagine that, I have big feet (US 14) and have the opposite problem most of the time.

I don’t like Miatas because they are to small for me. As in I literally don’t fit in them. As in my knees cannot clear the steering wheel with maximum tall and fat settings in the seat and wheels. Life is one big, unfair, disappointment innit?

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Women can be soulless, ignorant fuckwads too. What a revolutionary concept.

Your were completely wrong to defend her. She didn’t get mysoginistic shit because she was a woman. She got shit on cause she was a horrible horrible person who went out of her way to shut down any family health programs or family leave time her companies ran while secretly having a nanny who worked in her office and…

ETA: Years ago at Lucent I used to defend her. Not because I liked her, just because the bullshit any woman exec catches is always heavily laced with misogyny.

Hey settle down, hotshot. I understand a lot of young women have this fear, and as a 45 year old, who hasn’t seen this kind of thing lessen but increase, I say a hearty STFU dude to you. Seriously, take a fucking seat and slap yourself for trying to make this person feel bad about a fairly common and appropriate fear.…

somewhat misleading headline. should read “okafor tries to assault someone, has gun pulled on him in retaliation”