2cams70 wrote:Since you guys don't really care about the character and feel of an IC engine I suggest you go electric!! You can't beat those washing machine on wheels Teslas if torque and back shove only is your thing!!
Most (
) of the turbo engines I have enjoyed have been IC engines.
I care deeply - to the point of getting all weepy - about the 'proper' engine in my car(s).
My last transplant victim had the following (IC) engines examined, offered up, installed, removed, re-installed before I settled on the one I felt right for the car.
Fiat 1.8 Twin Cam
Mazda 2.0
Pinto 2.3
Zetec 2.0
KA24DE
Gen 1 SHO
I eventually settled for a Honda (IC) engine because it fitted the character of the car - had I found an all electric 'engine' which felt right I may have gone that route. I am no snob when it comes to engines, if a turbo works well on a particular car, great, bung it on and give the welly, ditto a supercharger etc.
Nothing is sacred in my book - as long as it fits, for me, the character of the car.