Message from @LOGiK
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Gimme dat ol' 4.0 Lexus V8
That would be good too
V6 would have better torque tho...
Oh look
Another way to make houses more expensive with no feasible gains
That's like $50 in parts
i6 is smoother running than v engines as well and the reason inline engines carry weight is because traditionally those heavy inline engines were made of heavy materials, and handled a lot of boost as a result, not all good inline engines are heavy though; the s54 is pretty reasonable really
GM killed off the Atlas 4.2 too soon
also electric charge points cost very little really, especially when installed with a construction
Its just another breaker and an outlet
Depends on how they handle it.
I actually wish I'd had one fitted when they were doing a free scheme
If they have any extra requirements or certification...
just because why not
@LordCaledus It's no different than a freezer or washing machine
I mean, I'm all for _encouraging_ builders to build houses with these
Requiring it is stupid tho
Particularly given that it's part of the shoe-on-head level of stupid Road to Zero plan
the requirements for electrician work being signed off in the uk is extensive but any decent electrical worker will have someone to sign off on ev outlets
it's not a complicated installation, there are far more difficult things being stuffed into modern builds
The electrician who builds an EV station vs installs an outlet in your house is the same guy
Also, i6s are smoother running inherently, yes, but they were heavy not just because they were made of heavier materials.
If that was the case, Toyota's 3.0L iron block turbo wouldn't be the same weight as GM's iron block 5.3
They need to be made stiffer because they're so long
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This does make them inherently good with handling boost
But here's the thing, you can make a heavy V6 that handles boost just as well and fits in a smaller space to boot
A v6 and a 3cyl have about the same amount of structural metal for the engine block
One just has more heads
Thus, i6s are really really good for applications where you don't care about weight all that much
Ie, truck engines
Like the AMC 4.2 and 4.0
Or the Cummins sixes
The Aussies use i6s instead of V8s, because taxes
That they run smooth is a big bonus for trucks too, especially since you can make an inline 6 _simple_ and still smooth running
Well yeah, but that's government interference, not engineering reasons
on weight i again refer to the s54 which is like 150kg
That's also a really, really small aluminum block engine
With lots of painstaking effort taken to make it light.
it's a 3.2, you were talking about bringing back the cool japanese cars