# what makes a engine great?

**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-makes-a-engine-great/24843
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive
**Created:** [February 20, 2007, 4:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-makes-a-engine-great/24843 "2007-02-20T16:44:30Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author: ![somedude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@somedude](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/somedude)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2007, 4:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-makes-a-engine-great/24843/1 "2007-02-20T16:44:30Z")

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in your opinion what makes a great engine. is it durability? is it ability to produce a huge amount of power with little work? it is swapabilty within a manufacture (for example honda) cheap parts? what is it talk to me.

or does it also take a good tranny to make a engine great.

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### Author: ![Final\_GTS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/final_gts/32/7359_2.png) [@Final\_GTS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Final_GTS)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2007, 4:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-makes-a-engine-great/24843/2 "2007-02-20T16:57:50Z")

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-Overall capability of the block design, and its durability at extreme levels  
-Overall volume taken (ie, bigger ci engine fits in a smaller space than a smaller ci engine…who cares if your engine makes more hp/liter if you can cram twice the displacement into the same space)  
-Weight distribution (ie, bottom heavy is preferable to top heavy)

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### Author: ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2007, 7:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-makes-a-engine-great/24843/3 "2007-02-20T19:31:32Z")

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An abnormally high combination of good, fast, and cheap.

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### Author: ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2007, 7:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-makes-a-engine-great/24843/4 "2007-02-20T19:49:24Z")

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\*an engine

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### Author: ![layzie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/layzie/32/7599_2.png) [@layzie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/layzie)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2007, 7:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-makes-a-engine-great/24843/5 "2007-02-20T19:55:10Z")

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[quote=“newman,post:4,topic:24843"”]

\*an engine

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shut up!

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### Author: ![Jon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@Jon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jon)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2007, 8:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-makes-a-engine-great/24843/6 "2007-02-20T20:01:38Z")

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Your money.

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### Author: ![Justin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justin/32/7459_2.png) [@Justin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Justin)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2007, 10:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-makes-a-engine-great/24843/7 "2007-02-20T22:34:47Z")

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[quote=“Jon,post:6,topic:24843"”]

Your money.

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X2 most of the time.

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### Author: ![The\_Russian](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/the_russian/32/7414_2.png) [@The\_Russian](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/The_Russian)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2007, 12:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-makes-a-engine-great/24843/8 "2007-02-21T00:13:11Z")

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Reliable, makes more torque than hp, isnt finicky, even with light mods will just keep on truckin