• PlayWithMeRiven@alien.topB
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    10 months ago

    My favorite thing is how they’re put on this pedestal but Chevy and ford get shit on because V8’s might need a recall on a Dis or a manifold. JDM is more like “the whole engine is set to fail at 60k miles unless you take apart the engine, and our Autos are made of glass” meanwhile we still have dragsters using old American tech to go as fast as possible.

    There’s a reason a LS1 swap kit is available for every car/truck out there

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      10 months ago

      Dragsters engines based on the design only. V8 with hemi heads. Theyve been improved over the decades

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        10 months ago

        Agreed on the Hemi heads. Dragsters have their own ecosystem of acceptable mods and how far trimming can be done while stay reliable enough. I always wondered what kind of engines these 1500-2000hp dragsters were running. By that point it’s gotta be unique to the Dragster

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      10 months ago

      While yes i agree that the japanese brands get put on a pedestal for misguided reasions, american small cars really are junk.

      i’ll still take a civic over a focus or a cruze