motors for kit cars (was Re: [geeks] Hmmmm fattening)

[alex j avriette]

>>> I've dropped my V-Twin powered micro-hotrod idea in favor of a cobra
>>
>> Eh. Just go with a Lotus Elise and you'll be fine.
>>
>
> Blah - a high-winding 4-cyl is not my idea of a muscle car.  It works,
> no doubt.  However I like to feel the pistons throbbing up and down
> vibrating the car all over, er, I mean.  crap....

Um, you have a pretty twisted idea of what a muscle car is.

> I think a 10-cyl is too much weight.  I'm going to go with a
> small-block, bored out to larger displacement.  Which one?  heh, maybe
> a  360 bored and stroked to 408 :)

Do you even know what a viper motor weighs?

alex