Ward's 10 Best Engines for 2004

[NFS4]

Rotary and Hybrid Engines Highlight Winners of 2004 Ward's 10 Best Engines

 

[LivinLaVivaPollo]

Surprise surprise... VQ.

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

* Toyota Motor Corp. 1.5L DOHC I-4 Hybrid (Prius)

I can't think of a powertrain more deserving.

 

[Ns1]

fujitsu heavy industries one crazy ngga, neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeegga

 

[RU482]

"Dat thin got uh Hemi en it??"

 

[RU482]

I'd say that list looks about right. Some real winners on that list, yessir

 

[Davegod75]

accord coupe v-6 and sedan v-6 are the same right?

 

[jjessico]

No 5.7L Chevrolet engine mentioned.

That sure is odd considering it is probably the greatest all around v8 of all time.

Any top 10 engine list that leaves the 350cid Chevy off is plain old wrong.

Jason

 

[NutBucket]

Originally posted by: Davegod75
accord coupe v-6 and sedan v-6 are the same right?

yep.

 

[mdbound]

Originally posted by: jjessico
No 5.7L Chevrolet engine mentioned. That sure is odd considering it is probably the greatest all around v8 of all time. Any top 10 engine list that leaves the 350cid Chevy off is plain old wrong. Jason

Agreed. I like the following line:

Rounding out the new entrants to the 10 Best Engines list is Audi AG with its power- and technology-laden 4.2L DOHC V-8, which powers the special S4 variant of the company's A4 compact sedan/wagon lineup. The thrusty Audi V-8 produces 340 horsepower and 302 lb.-ft. of torque, making it one of the market's most powerful V-8s.

Conservatively, my SS makes atleast 300 RWHP and lb-ft of torque, which, at the fly wheel would be much more. Obviously though, the displacement is higher and the engine overall is probably lower on the "technology" scale. But the Audi's V8 is definitely not one of the "most powerful"

MD.

 

[Bulk Beef]

Any top 10 engine list that leaves the 350cid Chevy off is plain old wrong.

I'm sure it was on their list...















...in 1967.

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: jjessico
No 5.7L Chevrolet engine mentioned.

That sure is odd considering it is probably the greatest all around v8 of all time.

Any top 10 engine list that leaves the 350cid Chevy off is plain old wrong.

Jason

Bah. 351C > 350.

ZV

 

[oLLie]

the Renesis brings significant and exciting new improvements to
the design

Improvements like slightly less horsepower and significantly less torque than the RX-7 rotary engine?

 

[SuperTool]

Originally posted by: LivinLaVivaPollo
Surprise surpise... VQ.

The gold standard for V6.

 

[Vic]

Ah good... they included the EJ257

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Originally posted by: oLLie

the Renesis brings significant and exciting new improvements to
the design

Improvements like slightly less horsepower and significantly less torque than the RX-7 rotary engine?

The RX-7 that had more horsepower also had turbos. The non turbo one had some absymally low (for a sports car) hp like 170 or something.

 

[fs5]

Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis

Originally posted by: oLLie

the Renesis brings significant and exciting new improvements to
the design

Improvements like slightly less horsepower and significantly less torque than the RX-7 rotary engine?

The RX-7 that had more horsepower also had turbos. The non turbo one had some absymally low (for a sports car) hp like 170 or something.

and it needed to be rebuilt every 50k from what I hear.

 

[Justorq]

That list sux ... plus it has a mistake in it ...
The accord engine is a SOHC and not a DOHC

 

[shabby]

Booo hiss, no 4g63 evo motor

 

[CFster]

Originally posted by: jjessico
No 5.7L Chevrolet engine mentioned.

That sure is odd considering it is probably the greatest all around v8 of all time.

Any top 10 engine list that leaves the 350cid Chevy off is plain old wrong.

Jason

Fifties technology.

 

[SynthesisI]

Crap, my Volkswagen 1.8T got beat out for the first time since I can remember! The mill is getting a little old in the tooth though. 2.0T coming soon.

 

[steelels1]

Originally posted by: jjessico
No 5.7L Chevrolet engine mentioned.

That sure is odd considering it is probably the greatest all around v8 of all time.

Any top 10 engine list that leaves the 350cid Chevy off is plain old wrong.

Jason

The LS1 (Not a 350ci, but a 346 - close enough) was on the 2000 and previous lists. It's an awesome engine and I have an LS1-powered car myself, but face it - it was new in '97, and hasn't really been updated since then (other than the LS6). I'm sure GM will unleash another (GenIV?) killer V8 engine when the C6 is introduced, but until then, I believe all of the engines on that list are more deserving.

Fifties technology? Are you referring to the old SBC or something?

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Originally posted by: mdbound

Originally posted by: jjessico
No 5.7L Chevrolet engine mentioned. That sure is odd considering it is probably the greatest all around v8 of all time. Any top 10 engine list that leaves the 350cid Chevy off is plain old wrong. Jason

Agreed. I like the following line:

Rounding out the new entrants to the 10 Best Engines list is Audi AG with its power- and technology-laden 4.2L DOHC V-8, which powers the special S4 variant of the company's A4 compact sedan/wagon lineup. The thrusty Audi V-8 produces 340 horsepower and 302 lb.-ft. of torque, making it <STRONG>one of the market's most powerful V-8s</strong>.

Conservatively, my SS makes atleast 300 RWHP and lb-ft of torque, which, at the fly wheel would be much more. Obviously though, the displacement is higher and the engine overall is probably lower on the "technology" scale. But the Audi's V8 is definitely not one of the "most powerful"

MD.

Yeah, lets see. The Hemi makes 345, the LS1 makes 345, the LS6 makes 405, Ford's Lightning makes 380, Ford's GT makes 500. All of which have torque numbers that devestate the 302LB/ft. My little budget V8 that puts out 230HP is only 7 LB/ft shy of that. (295 LB/ft). Unless "the market" is defined as "overpriced european...", then they'll get eaten alive. 302LB/ft isn't that impressive.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Wait, no SRT-4 love?!

 

[LAUST]

Originally posted by: jjessico
No 5.7L Chevrolet engine mentioned.

That sure is odd considering it is probably the greatest all around v8 of all time.

Any top 10 engine list that leaves the 350cid Chevy off is plain old wrong.

Jason

They don't make the 350 anymore it's a 346 now, different block, and I agree though

But noone really likes OHV anymore cause it's cheap to produce easy to fix and a very simple layout, people want sh!t that is impossible to fix without ripping out the entire engine because it's so cool :disgust: