what's better, a super light car with an l4, or a heavy

>>14213739
yes

>>14213760
>you might as well give up turning and just get a crotch rocket

are you insane? an atom would destroy a motorcycle in every conceivable way. it has so much grip you would snap your neck if you were too low test.

>>14213776
Except for acceleration, top speed and price.

>>14213739
Lightest you can find with the biggest engine possible.
Basically an LS-powered Caterham.

>>14213810
>LS-powered Caterham

From a handling standpoint. I really hope this doesn't exist.

>>14213835
Actually, if you positioned things right, I think it could work.

>>14213839
>I think it could work
>think

Anon, please

Let's just pretend this never happened

>>14213739
Light-Medium weight with V8 for higher end performance, super light I4 for sportie

>>14213848
It'd be easier to drop in a Rover V8, since it's smaller.
That's actually been done before, and pretty successfully too.

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LIGHT CAR WITH V8

>>14213739
Depends heavily on what the car is going to be used for.
The general formula is lightness=better, though some weight can be good.

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Small car, big engine
aka hot rod

>>14214856
Don't listen to this asshole.

You want the heaviest car you can find for chassis stiffness.
And you don't want too much power so the smaller the engine the better.

Tldr heavy car i4

whichever is the best balanced

>>14216132
so V12?

>>14216140
no you cumguzzling retard, i meant which ever has the best roadhandling ability

General rule of thumb is less weight and average power > more weight and more power.

>>14216146
Rover SD1 Vitesse?