Inline 6

[bigmikespec]

Well technically the engine in your car has 1.998 litres so you fall outside the range unfortunately.

You must also love that piece of shit 2 litre 6 cylinder engine in the Eunos 30X.

Wow some one has sand in their vag!

Anyway, recently I have read a lot of info on inline 6's and the more I read about them the more I like them. Especially the way they are balanced with crankshaft design. It seems a bit disappointing how BMW in the new M3 have gone to a 4.0L V8... kind of hor the GTR went to a V6

[NZM.031]

i never said i liked my engine.

[mad082]

i love the sound of skylines (oddly enough i prefer the sound of the rb25 over a 26), and i really like the sound of the ford 'barra' turbo (xr6t motor) as they sound a lot like a rb, but beefier, but there is one breed of engine that gets me harder than chinese algerbra and it isn't a 4, 6 or 8 cylinder.........

lamborghini exhaust note ftmfw!!! either their v10 or v12.

[A&J]

Yeah But for the most of us a V10 or V12 are out of reach and or impractical, (BTW V10's Suck)... The Boxer is not bad too... but the I6 is gooooood.

[PM-R33]

I'm still amazed by BMW's N54, twin turbo, 3L, 6cyl that makes peak torque of 400Nm at 1200rpm in standard form! That is very impressive in any ones books.

Edited June 28, 2009 by PM-R33

[mad082]

yeah, and the f6 makes 565nm (or 560 something) from 1500rpm through to about 5000rpm. a lot comes down to the turbo and when it makes boost.

[GT-R32]

yeah, and the f6 makes 565nm (or 560 something) from 1500rpm through to about 5000rpm. a lot comes down to the turbo and when it makes boost.

4L doesn't mind helping either.

[DAS KAMU]

L-28 is my fave after my rb26

[Swiper the Fox]

was at Bathurst in 1990 and the best sounding car there was the Gulson/Gulson BMW 635csi. One of my hero cars...much louder than the 8's.

[iplen]

"i love the sound of skylines (oddly enough i prefer the sound of the rb25 over a 26)"- Ever since swapping from RB25 Stagea to a GTR I have been thinking a similar thing..

Inline 6 love for me started with an old 4.2 LPG Patrol, "Hmmm, turning right at a round about, 4th gear should do it," and with a set of extractors and a big zorst on it, it sounded sweet.

[Birds]

You weren't one of those pricks who puts the monster truck lift kit on their Patrol and runs a straight pipe exhaust with several stickers on the rear window were you?

[iplen]

Nope, one of those in my hands would fall over

[Roy]

So people do realise the BMW are dropping all in line 6s next model range. Ditto Ford, Merc and Holden already doing so. Nobody is making straight 6s. Does anybody actually make an all alloy straight 6? Didnt think so for pretty obvious reasons. Even the M engines are all cast iron blocks

I can live with the death of the straight 6 if all the replacements are 2.5-4.0L V10s and But they wont be so it just sux

[djr81]

Unfortunately the demise of the straight six is less to do with the motor itself & more to do with making the car easier to design for frontal impacts.

[mad082]

So people do realise the BMW are dropping all in line 6s next model range. Ditto Ford, Merc and Holden already doing so. Nobody is making straight 6s. Does anybody actually make an all alloy straight 6? Didnt think so for pretty obvious reasons. Even the M engines are all cast iron blocks

I can live with the death of the straight 6 if all the replacements are 2.5-4.0L V10s and But they wont be so it just sux

umm..... holden did it about 20 years ago........

but v6's aren't all bad. remember that the new gtr has one

[PM-R33]

V6's definetely don't sound anywhere near as good as a straight 6. That includes the new GTR, sounds nowhere near as good as an RB.

[Birds]

umm..... holden did it about 20 years ago........

but v6's aren't all bad. remember that the new gtr has one

And people say GM are behind, but look at everyone playing catch up on the V engine game

[bigmikespec]

And people say GM are behind, but look at everyone playing catch up on the V engine game

GM are behind hence why they are in position they are in, trying to keep their head above water. If you looked at their financial position years ago they were miles ahead of Ford, however Ford had a lot more money tied up in R&D which may have helped...

Back OT, it sucks everyone is going the V mainly due to reasons of packaging especially in performance cars, I think it is a poor compromise. I think BMW dropping the inline especially in their performance models is a real shame!

F**k it lets just all buy a TVR Tuscan S!!!!!