LLOYDJ

http://www.roadandtrack.com/article.asp?se...9&page_number=1

Quite interesting article, don't know if this has been posted before?

5th

Paper Lawyer

Hmm, the corvette is the 3rd best handler in a list of prodominately European cars.....

hazdjc

Well the top 3 cars are made in the US

Nottm_S2

strange cars to compare. lets chuck in a porsche which costs about 3 times as much as the cheapest car.. its not going to be any better is it?

but then lets frig it so the home grown car wins. "The 6.0-liter pushrod V-8 pumps out 400 bhp"... my vauxhall viva 1.3 had ohv, thats the last car i ever had with pushrods and it was built in 1979 towards the end of the line for that car.

An incredible 66bhp per litre, less than the new vauxhall vectra cdti or the 1.8 'Life'... nice... American Engineering (of the results) at its best..

mikey k

Based on my "dilema" poll and this article I would stick with the S.
Not sure I agree with their top 5 though!

AquilaEagle

I am guessing this is american

soulcrew

i thought vtec engines had pushrods

RichUK

Road and Track is an American magazine

LLOYDJ

[QUOTE=AquilaEagle,Mar 18 2005, 02:06 PM]

Nottm_S2

err no..

http://www.akamoto.co.uk/resource-camshafts.htm

a pushrod is required when you have ohv, basically ohv engines have no overhead cam (ohc) but its in the actual engine block instead, the valves are driven by a pushrod off the cam which moves a rocker, rather like a little see saw, as the pushrod is pushed UP the valve on the other end of the see saw is pushed down..

you can't rev these engines so high as ohc as there are more moving parts and the rocker makes it all less efficient..

very old design..