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Originally Posted by nacho_nissan
another example that came to my mind! whats better? S13 SR20DET, or S15 SR20DET? what about a eclispe 4G63 or a EVO 4G63? newer gets better.
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You missed the point....by narrowing it to those motors.
First, in reference to the Eclispe 4G63...tje older Eclispe 4G63's, the 6-bolt desgin, is better than the newer Eclipse 7-bolt 4G63...in this case, the OLDER Eclispe motor is better than the NEWER Eclispe motor. The 7-bolt tend to get crankwalk...a bad thing...I havn't heard of this problem in the Evo 4G63...but that doesn't mean newr is always better....after all, the 1st gen DSM 4G63 is better than the 2nd gen DSM 4G63...
Now, secondly...newer is not better....Name me the replacement for the Supra....There is none. Is the RX-8 Better than the RX-7? Most of use don't think so. For one, many RX-8 owner seems to have issues with the motor oil getting water in it and becomes a whitish goo as a result...Not good. Second, the power output at the flywheel isn't much improved over the TT RX-7. I'd take the RX-7 any day. For one, the oil issue wasn't there...for 2, it was turbocharged. I don't give a rip idf they "basically got the same power out of the same sized motor but without a turbo, as a N/A motor." Well, good for the engineers. However, you can modify the RX-7 to handle way more power than the RX-8...for one, it was made for boost, unlike the RX-8. Turbo's are what propell these motors into monster power numbers...As for the 300Z-350Z, don't get me wrong, I love the 350Z, but again...the 300ZX TT was built for boost. The 350Z wasn't. In the end, you can throw more boost and get more power out of the 300ZX...and both can handle well. Again, it's the "without boost" agruement with the power, but I like the boost. If you want 400HP out of these motors, that's what you'll need, and the 300ZX is built for this. As for the VR-4 3000GT...that was one heck of a car...and like the Supra...no newer one. Even if they make a new one, much like with Mustangs, the Newer isn't necessarily better. The older mustangs kick the pants out of most newer ones...It would be the same with a new Supra or 3000GT. I don't care if they use "newer techonlogy," that itself won't make it better, and I'd still take the old ones.
If you think newer is always better, good for you. That leave one more Supra or one more 300ZX out there looks for a good home...which means one more for me to consider buying. Those older Japanese Sports Cars would kick the pants out of almost any of the newer ones. You say newer is better, but I'll take a Supra and that stout motor over any of the others any day.