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<blockquote data-quote="josh99ta" data-source="post: 378948" data-attributes="member: 545886"><p>It&#039;s not a matter of efficiency. Its a matter of making power. It&#039;s easier to make 300 HP in a V8 than it is to make it in a I4, simple fact. How many stock V8s come with that kind of HP rating and how many I4s come with that kind of HP rating? Different companies choose different ways to reach their intended power goals. What you&#039;re saying it like saying a 15&quot; sub that moves 10mm is less efficient than a 10&quot; sub that moves 30mm. Efficiency has nothing to do with it, it&#039;s another matter all together (read up on volumetric efficiency sometime, not some BS cubic inches in relation to HP levels). The engine efficiency arguement is just some misplaced arguement that small engine guys picked out to try to make themselves feel superior to V8 and larger equipped vehicles. Would you rather have a V8 making 300 HP easy all day long, not even breaking a sweat, or an I4 spinning into oblivion to make it? If they are equally reliable, they&#039;re going to do the same thing. If the I4 is stressing to make that much power and it compromises the integrity of the engine then the V8 is superior. If the I4 is the more reliable engine and the V8 compromises it&#039;s reliability in making that power, then the I4 is obviously the better engine. I suppose DOHC engines are much better than pushrod, OHV motors eh?</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="josh99ta, post: 378948, member: 545886"] It's not a matter of efficiency. Its a matter of making power. It's easier to make 300 HP in a V8 than it is to make it in a I4, simple fact. How many stock V8s come with that kind of HP rating and how many I4s come with that kind of HP rating? Different companies choose different ways to reach their intended power goals. What you're saying it like saying a 15" sub that moves 10mm is less efficient than a 10" sub that moves 30mm. Efficiency has nothing to do with it, it's another matter all together (read up on volumetric efficiency sometime, not some BS cubic inches in relation to HP levels). The engine efficiency arguement is just some misplaced arguement that small engine guys picked out to try to make themselves feel superior to V8 and larger equipped vehicles. Would you rather have a V8 making 300 HP easy all day long, not even breaking a sweat, or an I4 spinning into oblivion to make it? If they are equally reliable, they're going to do the same thing. If the I4 is stressing to make that much power and it compromises the integrity of the engine then the V8 is superior. If the I4 is the more reliable engine and the V8 compromises it's reliability in making that power, then the I4 is obviously the better engine. I suppose DOHC engines are much better than pushrod, OHV motors eh? [/QUOTE]

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