Today's Market of Import Vs. Domestic

[95mustanggt]

Originally posted by BaLListic
For instance lets take a stock Mazda RX7 of the same year and a Mustang SVT Cobra lets say 94.


The Mustang:
Displacement-----4949 cc / 302 cu in
Power--------------179.0 kw / 240 bhp @ 4800 rpm
Torque-------------386.41 nm / 285 ft lbs @ 4000 rpm
HP / Liter----------48.49bhp per litre

RX7:
Displacement----1308 cc / 79.8 cu in
Power-------------190.2 kw / 255.1 bhp @ 6500 rpm
Torque-------------294.0 nm / 216.8 ft lbs @ 5000 rpm
HP / Liter----------195.03 bhp per litre

I mean look at those specs...... where i have respect for a car is bhp per a litre and by car imports usually rule in that! a 79.8ci engine making more horse power but less torque than the american car. I'm not really knocking the american car but i find this amazing!

You can't compare those 2 cars, they are COMPLETELY different engine designs. Ones is Rotary and ones a standard V8.

I'm not neccesarily going to disagree with you about HP per litre. What what really is HP? Want to increase it? Just turn it faster. Since the rotating components are lighter thats easy to do.

Another car that everyone seems to love is the Honda S2000. Why? Who the hell wants to drive at 8000 RPM just to get enough power to move the dam car?