Message from @Thomas the Sowell Train [USA]
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@LOGiK Right, but they only had to compete via making their engines bigger
The gas crisis wasn't a thing yet, and fuel was cheap
More cylinders = more power. No need to make things 'efficient' or w/e lol
well, not really, bigger displacement means more weight
means worse handling
means slower to an extent
that's why smol turbo engines do so well
We're debating the design philosophy of automobile regions at this point
I'm saying that without the US regulation, US cars would have ended up being outshon by foreign cars anyway and that would have pushed them to innovate
I'm not saying the big displacement wouldn't have also been a thing, just that they wouldn't have gone so big and might have done smaller stuff instead to compete
especially if with the deletion of regulation a lot of barriers to entering the US market were removed as well
it's all hypothetical though sadly
I want a window into parallel universes
so I can see how all different things play out
idk why this is even a debateable topic. I thought it was common knowledge about American 'muscle cars' and large displacement engines prior to the gas crisis.
Yes, you're right about 'performance', but there wasn't really even a competition between the regions yet. Different vehicles for different kinds of roads.
And turbos weren't common yet, until the advent of CAD and more precision engineering
Not until the mid-80s
ITC: insanely low level conversations masked as high level ones with yellow prose.
what if they're GREEN
what then
Commies...
For my Bristish friends...
https://www.engineswapdepot.com/?p=26576
Merkur
haha
Sierra
bruh
Yeah, they were a marketing nightmare here
Fox body mustang is still better though
but you got the Focus now
just took a little time
But it's wrong wheel drive
yes
why didn't he just crank the boost on the original engine?
@LOGiK Because the Coyote is lighter, more powerful, and more robust?
prefer the original engine, it can push a lot of boost too