Originally Posted By: demarpaint
Originally Posted By: SteveSRT8
Anyone with a disdain for pushrods should note that GM seems to do quite well with it.
The reason the new Vette has the LOWEST CG ever measured in a street car is pushrod packaging. Simple, small, extremely powerful, great efficiency. Doesn't seem to lack for much.
DOHC engines are needlessly complex, with dozens more parts to fail and yards of chain to chew up your oil. Then the packaging issues set in...
Sometimes old school is better.
It really isn't old school. OHC engine have been around long enough to be called old school as well.
Originally Posted By: SteveSRT8
Anyone with a disdain for pushrods should note that GM seems to do quite well with it.
The reason the new Vette has the LOWEST CG ever measured in a street car is pushrod packaging. Simple, small, extremely powerful, great efficiency. Doesn't seem to lack for much.
DOHC engines are needlessly complex, with dozens more parts to fail and yards of chain to chew up your oil. Then the packaging issues set in...
Sometimes old school is better.
It really isn't old school. OHC engine have been around long enough to be called old school as well.