I6 vs. v8???

Hello everyone, first a quick Intro, I'm Insanitoid, and I have a little Toyota Yaris I drive as a daily and for autocross. I also have a ford bronco with an I6 as a field car (in extreme disrepair). I love this game as it's the first to actually show gamers that vehicles are truly fragile, and intend to keep on playing through release... So I was driving around in the Gavril D-Series and was quite saddened that my I6 is garbage compared to the v8.



Even though the I6 displacement is .4 lower than the v8 in-game, I believe it should have better low end torque than the bent 8... I seem to have a lot of trouble getting over things with the I6 in first gear, but for some reason the v8 seems superior, even thought they both have their advantages and disadvantages in RL. Anyone else even wonder about this???

 

V8 ftw m8

 

More cylinders = more power.

Try comparing a V6 and a straight 6.

 

He does have a point though... I have an F150 with the same 300 i6 as his truck (imagining that your Bronco has a 4.9L in it) as well as an F150 with a 5.0 V8 and I have to say when it comes to torque... that V8 doesn't even hold a candle to the i6.

Once the V8 gets up to speed and gets above 3000ish (guessing here cause both trucks don't have tachs) it will outrun the i6 all day long, but when it comes to bottom end torque, like I said, the i6 will burn rubber like the tires aren't even there.

Now it is true that while the i6 is a standard (so more power is usable) the V8 is hooked to an automatic transmission. Is it possible that that is why the truck feels as slow as it does? Possibly, but if that is the case, the auto makes that V8 feel like a turd.

Anyways, the point of this is that I can see where he is coming from when he says i6 would be torquier... even if the numbers don't always add up, it sure feels like thats true!

 

Uhhh, no.

A V12 BMW 850CSi generates around 375hp, whereas a Flat-6 Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0 generates 493hp, with half the cylinders.



As for the topic, I6 all the way, mainly just because of the terrible sounds that V8s make.

 

I do not think you understand the debate here, he is talking about torque not horsepower. Also a flat six is very different than any V motor, an Inline motor is very different then both of those. More cylinders does NOT mean more power, their are a lot of factors that play into why a motor makes the power it does. The I6 motor that the truck has in game has a bigger displacement per-cylinder than the V8. At higher rpm the v8 should make more horsepower(horsepower is just a funtion of torque also) but since it has more cylinders it performs better at higher rpm(not always the case). The I6 motor does not have to make more torque than the V8 but normally the straight 6 motors do.

 

Just speaking about this part, there may be some exceptions but even talking about torque, cylinders don't equate to more power automatically. Example in this case being VW Touareg models. According to Wikipedia the standard V8 model puts out 325lbft of torque, whereas the V6 diesel variant makes 369lbft in manual form. Fuel type seems to make much more of a difference in power than cylinders due to diesels being simpler engines. The V8 might experience less stress in its lifetime because of the high displacement, but the V6 has more torque to give out.

 

Alright lol

 

V6 motors are not known for making loads of torque, Straight 6 motors are. I agree 100% that more cylinders does not mean more power. The type of motor is a giant factor in what the output of the motor is. An inline 6 is completely different than a V6. Displacement is a large factor in how are motor makes power or torque, but its not that simple, you have to look into bore diameter and stoke length.

I Did a quick look at the VW Touareg motors and the gasoline motors are not inline motors only the diesel motors have inline motors and they have turbos, The Gavril has N/A gasoline motor.

 

Thanks, you illustrated my point quite well.

 

Oops, I think it sounds like I6 wins. These are vids of my car btw.

 

BMW I6 FTW

 

to me it sounds like you guys just have different opinions :/

yes i realize i'm a hypocrite

 

I certainly have nothing aganst i6's.
I quite like them, actually. They sound good. Not as good as a v8 though.
I hate the sound of v6s, though. i4's are ok.
Logoster: TheAdmiester's opinion is wrong >:|

 

How ironic, there is no such thing as an opinion being "wrong".

 

who do you think you are?

me?

 

I was obviously joking.
It's fine for people to have opinions, but when they start expressing them like an ass I have a problem.
He didn't do it here but he's one of the worst about it here.

 

Here's how I see it:

Inline pros
-more low end torque
-easier to manufacture, maintain and access
-simple construction
-better fuel consumption
-less power loss
-runs smoother than a V engine
-sexy as fuck (opinion)

Inline cons
-takes up more space
-sometimes less high end torque



V pros
-compact
-more power (depends)

V cons
-bad fuel consumption
-more power loss
-doesn't run as smoothly as an inline or flat engine
-more costly to manufacture
-harder to access and maintain
-more complex, because more parts

Might have some incorrect things, this is just my opinion.

 

I6's don't get better fuel consumption. It's all about displacement, how the computer is programmed, how you drive, and how heavy the vehicle is.

V8's aren't harder to access. It depends on the vehicle. For my Bimmer, to really access anything on the driver side you have to pull the shield that separates the master cylinder + a bunch of other brake stuff from the main engine bay. And anywhere else, you have to pull a bunch of the plastic engine covers off. However with my mom's Yukon, it's super easy to get anywhere on the motor from the fact that it's a gigantic engine bay along with not having half the motor under a cabin filter.

V8's aren't more complex overall--if you look at nearly any American V8 it's possibly as simple as you can get. My car's I6 is MUCH more complex vs the V8.