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Originally Posted by Frank Lee
At the LEAST they could have come up with a successor that continues to make use of that nice 1.0 three-banger. Could have been a great engine; today's "small block Chevy".
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...my thoughts exactly!
...I'm not saying GM should've
dropped any their engineering search for
"...more HP from fewer cubes..." but rather that they should've
concurrently downsized existing engines in 'cid' while maintaining same HP output! That way a smaller engine, with same HP would be used in the same chassis to achieve ever increasing MPG.
...in other words: two races: (1) upward for HP from same cid, and (2) downward for displacement for same HP.
...heck, I was a "dyed-in-the-wool" MOPAR guy during my
younger days (had a 70½
AAR'Cuda 340/6BBL), but these days I wouldn't even
think about a FIAT-managed HEMI Challenger (ha,ha)!