Small car body with large engine VS Big car body with small engine

**philsat** · April 11th, 2015 03:27 PM

If you will own a personalize Sports car. What do you want?
A small car body with large engine or big car body with small engine?

Sample.
Suzuki alto body with Nissan GTR engine VS Nissan GTR body with suzuki alto engine.

Whats your priority.. Sporty Looks or Sporty performance.

Sporty looks have saving on fuel, maintenance and unit cost.
Sporty performance have the speed and acceleration you want.

**StockEngine** · April 11th, 2015 03:44 PM

2016 Mazda MX-5 2.0 6MT

**beeftapa** · April 11th, 2015 03:51 PM

Allen Iverson vs Shawn Bradley? I will go with Allen Iverson any given day

**donbuggy** · April 11th, 2015 04:36 PM

Small car body with a large engine.

Example: Classic Mini with a Honda VTEC engine.

**dr. d** · April 11th, 2015 04:40 PM

who was that guy? he put a chevy big block V-8 engine into a honda civic.??

**niky** · April 11th, 2015 05:36 PM

What's the point of having a big car with a tiny engine?

You won't get great performance.

You won't even get great fuel economy. To move mass takes power. To use power takes fuel. A small engine needs to make the same power as a big engine to provide the same acceleration. While it will use less fuel at idle, any time you need to accelerate, an overworked engine will use much more fuel than a bigger, understressed one.

If all you want is the looks, it's pretty easy to stick a few hundred thousand pesos worth of ugly bodykit onto a small car to make it look bigger....

**dr. d** · April 11th, 2015 05:44 PM

and then there's carroll shelby.. cobra.
some say, he put wheels around the engine and a seat behind it..
i'm sure they were exaggerating..

**philsat** · April 11th, 2015 06:09 PM

Originally Posted by niky

What's the point of having a big car with a tiny engine?

You won't get great performance.

You won't even get great fuel economy. To move mass takes power. To use power takes fuel. A small engine needs to make the same power as a big engine to provide the same acceleration. While it will use less fuel at idle, any time you need to accelerate, an overworked engine will use much more fuel than a bigger, understressed one.

If all you want is the looks, it's pretty easy to stick a few hundred thousand pesos worth of ugly bodykit onto a small car to make it look bigger....

What if sir i have suzuki alto and there a body kit that look wide and sports car like nissan gtr for alto. Like a mask of alto to become nissan gtr. Do you think it have huge effect on fuel?

**boytsiks** · April 11th, 2015 06:52 PM

Originally Posted by philsat

What if sir i have suzuki alto and there a body kit that look wide and sports car like nissan gtr for alto. Like a mask of alto to become nissan gtr. Do you think it have huge effect on fuel?

Of course due to added weight.

Ill give an example, gen2 vios and gen 3. Same engine but different body. Based on owners, it seems that gen2 is more fuel efficient compared to gen3.

Fuel efficiency is not based solely on how tiny your engine is. It goes with design. The tires used, how aerodynamic the body is, transmission design. Its a matter of getting the right combination.

But if you want your alto with GTR body kits, watch out for the baduy thread ☺

**philsat** · April 11th, 2015 08:01 PM

Originally Posted by boytsiks

Of course due to added weight.

Ill give an example, gen2 vios and gen 3. Same engine but different body. Based on owners, it seems that gen2 is more fuel efficient compared to gen3.

Fuel efficiency is not based solely on how tiny your engine is. It goes with design. The tires used, how aerodynamic the body is, transmission design. Its a matter of getting the right combination.

But if you want your alto with GTR body kits, watch out for the baduy thread ☺

I think it have very few effect on fuel consumsion. Its like you add 1 passenger everytime you use it.. The body kit i means is like a totally replica.. Like 99 percent replica. Haba at taba ay kapareho ng original..