Who make the best engines and which engine overall would you single out as the most amazing ever built and why?
yes the ford cosworth is a very good engine also,well id go for vauxhall and ford
vauxhall for the c20xe (redtop) and the c20let (redtop turbo) i am picking these engines for the simple fact of if maintained properly they will last longer than the car they produce good power as standard and are very tunable and have been transplanted into many fast road cars, drag strip cars, hill climbing cars and track day cars
exactly the same reasons for the ford ybt cosworth engine
Agree completely. Nissan's SR20 series is an all alloy DOHC 16 valve effort and has been in production for years. As such a high standard of excellence has been achieved. All SR20 units are extremely durable and can be found in many different levels of tune.
TN69 mentioned the SR20DET which features in the 200SX.
Lesser know, and not an offical UK engine is the SR20ZE. This has no turbo but is good for 200bhp in standard tune thanks to variable valve timing and an almost Honda VTEC line 7900rpm red line.
Probably the sweetest engines of all to drive are in line 6 cylinder ones. Not as powerful as a similar sized revvy twin cam four but so sublimely, creamily, smooth. BMW does these best, in my opinion.
Notice that I've not mentioned a diesel yet!
There is a new Jag Diesel engine in the XF that is worth mention here. The supercharger is mounted between the V.
Diesel wise, BMW and Audi both have pretty stonking offerings but I think the BMW has it especially when remapped.
I think you will be very impressed with it. There are some very clever things going on in those engines. Apparently a standard petrol XF with a remap will be as fast as a Jaguar XJ220! That is progress for you.
SID447's answer sums it up, I think. There is no single answer to this question. What is your definition of 'best'. Best for what? Looks?, reliability?, max power?, bhp/cc?, size?, economy?, emissions?, weight?, petrol or diesel?, etc, etc, etc. But even then, using just one of these criteria will result in sub-divisions - 1000cc, 1500cc, 2l, 3l, V4, V6, etc.
Basically, there is no one answer to this question, only many arguments
Well said. Put that to MustangMan
That should give him something to consider and about which to subsequently prevaricate.
:sad2: Best- a word that is strictly from opinion. As long as people have different opinions, there will be arguments about what is "best".
oh, and the merlin engine... it was so powerful compared to the rival bf109 engine even if the latter was fuel injected.
well , it's strange no one mentioned the judd engines. lots of power with medium displacement and they are also very light compared to engines with the same size.
also , the hayabusa engine is a masterpiece and what happens when you turbocharge one of those is pure awesomeness
oh, and the merlin engine... it was so powerful compared to the rival bf109 engine even if the latter was fuel injected.
Rolls Royce - merlin engine and the reason supercharged 27ltrs listn to one going full whack.
and yes it has been put in a car before so can count- dont think the 2000+ bhp engines were used however
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