America's Crazy Front-Wheel-Drive V8 Automobiles

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@edugj23 18 часов назад

Missed the 1st-gen Oldsmobile Aurora, it was quite high-tech

@Flies2FLL 13 часов назад

That was basically a Cadillac Northstar with lower displacement. I think it was a standard GM chassis as well.

@devinthierault 11 часов назад

@@Flies2FLLit had olds steering and suspension

@Flies2FLL 11 часов назад

@@devinthierault It had GM corporate steering and suspension. Oldsmobile was a marketing monicker, nothing more.

@devinthierault 11 часов назад

@@Flies2FLL sure thing

@christophercofer2192 17 часов назад

I love my 66 oldsmobile toronado everything on it is original i bought mine with 36k original miles for 8500 usd in 2022 and just reached 60k miles such a treat to own and drive

@wickiezulu 14 часов назад

At least one European example is the Lancia Thema 8.32, plus the Saab 9000 V8 prototype.

@volvogt21 18 часов назад

They must have crazy torque steer. A Saab Viggen scared me once these must be so much worse

@peterbennett4124 18 часов назад

Apparently according to motorweek the 2007-2008 Acura TL Type S has the worst torque steer.

@ukwan 15 часов назад

Longitudinally mounted engines with equal length drive shafts don't really torque steer that much..

@hellbringer09 14 часов назад

@@peterbennett4124as someone who has a v6 6mt honda accord i can tell you its worse without the limited slip the type s has. Still better then my 3.8l buick allure. I cant imagine what the 5.3 was like in it...

@memorimusic420 14 часов назад

Torque steer is caused by unequal length front drive shafts, idk if these longitudinal engines have a problem with that.

@hellbringer09 14 часов назад

@@memorimusic420 yea they do.

@zonie70 18 часов назад

I almost forgot about the Toronado Samuel . Thanks for reminding me again ! Scott 🌵

@soggycracker5934 16 часов назад

I had a Caddy Seville STS. Very fast and comfortable.

@King1Street 7 часов назад

an 8L engine with roughly 150 HP is mind blowing

@davidl546 14 часов назад

Have been working on a few Toronados lately. Neat car to drive. A 1968, a 1969 w34 car and another standard model 69 at the shop. Have recently met some people who had helped develop the car in Lansing, Michigan, USA. The standard 455 Toro rated at 385hp, the w34 rated at 400

@Flies2FLL 13 часов назад

Gross horsepower. Subtract 25% or more for equivalent Net horsepower.

@swmig19 14 часов назад

I do miss my 1995 Lincoln Continental with that beefy, rev-happy 4.6L 32-valve Intech V8. Sure it was wrong-wheel drive, and had a transmission made out of glass, but it was a riot 😅

@c.a.r.s.carsandrelevantspecs 7 часов назад

Wow, very interesting! I knew about at least one of these, but I was surprised by how many different cars were in this unique category! Thanks for presenting this fascinating content!

@dmandman9 7 часов назад

I remember equating FWD with the tornado and Eldorado. They had a conventionally mounted engine. When they turned v8’s sideways such as in the later Cadillacs and Continentals, they felt a bit rough. I couldn’t always feel the engine vibration through the steering wheel.

@speedhunter7156 15 часов назад

I am happy the 6th Gen Monte and third Gen Taurus got talked about I mean the third Gen Taurus despite its design was a monster at Nascar events when they was required to use the actual body design as a template for the race car so might be ugly but it's fast and slippery where it counts

@davidblalock9945 14 часов назад

Ah yes, a recounting of American automotive sins. The one saving grace of it all is the LS4, as it can with minor modifications, be fitted into a DF Goblin kit car to make a ridiculous fun death trap.

@AccAkut1987 16 часов назад

always so funny to think about those 8.2 litres producing just 190 hp. What you get only having a 8.5 :1 compression and really little valve opening

@Flies2FLL 13 часов назад

It only spun to a little above 3000 RPM.

@gomezgomezian3236 8 часов назад

And really crap fuel economy. The absolute worst of everything. That's American engineering for ya!

@dmandman9 7 часов назад

The only saving Grace was that they still had good low end torque. That’s the only way they were able to move those heavy behemoths of the mid 1970’s

@Flies2FLL 6 часов назад

@@dmandman9 Yes, that was the point. Americans don't drive on unrestricted autobahns, we have no need for sustained 125 mph performance, we like instant acceleration. And these big engines can do just that when tuned for low RPM torque. Also, the clientele of Cadillac at the time wanted effortless power with NO noise and NO vibration at all, essentially an electric motor that ran on gasoline. A huge V8 engine at low RPM with big torque could give exactly that experience.

@fadedsoul23 5 часов назад

the early years of the 500CI/8.2L actually made like 400hp, but as the years progressed it got weaker.

@themadscientest 4 часа назад

My father had a Bonneville GXP for years and had the engine rebuilt by the local Caddy expert.

@napalmholocaust9093 16 часов назад

That Taurus made me remember they also made a Contour SVT. Thanks for ruining my day 😔

@katzicael Час назад

The Taurus SHO - you can *Tell* Yamaha did the heads on that engine purely from the induction sound lol, you can even hear the intake manafold valves open so the sound changes - fauxvtec lol.

@Kastro876 17 часов назад

Imagine out smoking a civic in your fwd toranado or an Eldorado

@markst.germain9286 9 часов назад

The GMC Motorhome used a oldsmobile 455 and it's front wheel drive directly out of the Oldsmobile Toronado.

@goosenotmaverick1156 8 часов назад

Those are such a neat oddity. I'd love to own one and modernize it with some fuel injection. As long as you don't expect it to be superiorly capable off pavement haha

@Paradise_Arms 17 часов назад

Forgot the Buick riviera

@PaulG.x 15 часов назад

Output doesn't drop due to changing the units the O/P is measured in. Just the number changes

@Flies2FLL 13 часов назад

The "Unitized Power Package", or the FWD Toronado/Eldorado engine and transmissions were repurposed for another use... Motor homes! Yes, GM built FWD fiberglass motorhomes in the 1970's using the UPP. I think there was a 26 foot and a 28 foot model, and you can still find them today. The system worked just fine, but some parts for the body and suspension are no longer available. That UPP is still going strong though!

@goosenotmaverick1156 8 часов назад

There have been a couple for sale near me more recently. So neat.

@joshuaharrison9331 Час назад

how to turn dino blood into the saddest, slowest miles ever.

@seanpaul8584 14 часов назад

You messed up not including the Cadillac Seville sts. Fastest production sedan ever made in it's day. Fwd Northstar v8.

@wonyankeesays5661 17 часов назад

Had a 66,,toronadas are there on thing🎉

@charleshulsey3103 14 часов назад

Here's the thing If you have room for an inline 4cyl, and/or a V6, you probably have room for a v8😅

@launch4 8 часов назад

It's not that all these cars weren't great cars because they were front wheel drive, they were great cars, and there are many great front wheel drive cars out there, but in every case they are all great in spite of being front wheel drive. It is inherently bad engineering that goes against physics and is only used because it is cheaper and most buyers don't care.

@vapno92 4 часа назад

Damn, Taunus SHO sounds like European V8...

@kayallovertheplace 4 часа назад

Please tell me where is a V8 SHO because everyone I see is a twin turbo 6

@ChrisBurrill 6 часов назад

Emission control was responsible for the power loss.

@TundeEszlari 18 часов назад

King content.

@gen3v8 18 часов назад

Never really understood why fwd v8.

@goosenotmaverick1156 8 часов назад

One should ask "why not?" Instead. I mean sure they have their downsides, but man are they cool

@ramadhanisme7 17 часов назад

Yoo dude where is your iconic intro?

@exxor9108 5 часов назад

I'm sorry, but a V8 having 200hp or less is a waste of resources. A waste putting it together, that is. 300hp or more, now we're talking.

@djdoo 12 часов назад

Those Americans do not know what inertia means and how it is connected to the mass of an object... I cannot imagine how much weight was on those front axles and how unstable those cars would be on corners... I would take a Lotus light weight sports tiny car with a 1.8 liter 4 cylinder engine on the rear or front axle against those inefficient dinosaurs every day at a twisty mountain road. 8,2 liter 190 HP? And how much it weights? Just completely nuts...

@kayallovertheplace 4 часа назад

I offer myself for continuity to make sure you don't say dumb s*** again

@kayallovertheplace 4 часа назад

Bro this guy doesn't know what he's talking about

@terenceiutzi4003 17 часов назад

When you excellerate forward the wieght shifts to the rear wheels. Every front drive Pease of junk I ever drove front end slid the opposite direction that you turned the wheel when they spun the wheels@