Can you find an even more densely-packed engine bay (in a normal

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do not want!
not modern but nissan micra

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You see how you can get the battery out?

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volvo S80
twin turbo straight 6
in fwd

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Lewd

>>17816479
wtf is that a smart?

>>17816497
Not very smart.

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>>17816392
>not the transverse 60° vee-ate

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>>17816368

The V12 Jags are packed tight AF.

>>17816533
theres more space in that bay. look

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V12 in a fucking E30

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>>17816549
holy shit

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when the engine takes 150% more space than the engine compartment

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>>17817450
ls2 is a good engine

Most modern engine bays are equally tight? I guess that's what happens when your engineers use CAD for the first time and make smart use of all available space.

>>17818493
>smart
>having to jack up the engine to Change spark plugs or remove a tire to change the battery or pull the engine to access the timing chains that are on the rear of the engine pressed against the firewall
yeah that's quite fucking brilliant mate

>>17818847
Depends on what the intended purpose of the build is. We're obviously moving away from a market of cars that are meant to be serviced at home and instead meant to be serviced at the dealership. Not great for the consumer who likes to do his own work but if the trade off is advancements in things like better crash test ratings then maybe its not the worst thing in the world.

>>17819528
Reducing the availability of darwin awards isn't nessarily a good thing desu

>>17819532
We've long since passed by the availability of darwin awards. It takes something worse than stupidity to get yourself killed these days.

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>>17816384
Half under the cowl on the driver side, take off the top haslf of the air intake box and you can slide it forward. 15 mins

>>17818847
You don't have to do any of those things you listed on a Z32; everything you mentioned is easily accessible. Guess you're just talking out of your ass and should be ignored.

>>17817439
>for the glory of Satan, of course

>>17819528

The problem is it reduces the vehicles effective lifespan. Vehicles from the '90s with engineering like this (usually luxury cars) are virtually worthless on the used market because the people buying a car that age can't afford a engine-out dealer service every time something breaks. As this trickles down to midsize and compact cars it'll get worse.

>>17819768
Nah, that intake box needs all its screws removed to give enough clearance to remove the battery. The NA fords (focus, fiesta, transit connect, fusion) just require one to remove the plastic battery cover and battery hold-down so it can be removed at a sharp angle

>>17817429
>Brabus 3.6 liter straight-six
MUH DICK