Put this new Honda V-8 on the back of your Lund

[throttleplate]

[A-Jay]

I've already got a V-8 on the back of my Lund.

And it's actually the right color.

😎

A-Jay

 

[throttleplate]

16 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

I've already got a V-8 on the back of my Lund.

And it's actually the right color.

😎

A-Jay

 

looks huge, how many horses she have? The 200 on the cover is 200 cubic inches?

[A-Jay]

9 hours ago, throttleplate said:

looks huge, how many horses she have? The 200 on the cover is 200 cubic inches?

4.6L V-8 and 200 hp.

Nice unit.

A-Jay

[casts_by_fly]

"Propeller- Optional"

 

Why couldn't honda put that 5L V8 engine into a car though?  Put that into a honda pilot and you've got something.  I guess the skeg would drag the ground.

[throttleplate]

2 hours ago, casts_by_fly said:

"Propeller- Optional"

 

Why couldn't honda put that 5L V8 engine into a car though?  Put that into a honda pilot and you've got something.  I guess the skeg would drag the ground.

Or put into this

[casts_by_fly]

13 minutes ago, throttleplate said:

Or put into this

 

I don't know about that, but I've seen a V8 in a semi modern civic, circa 2005-ish.  Its too much weight for that size of car.

[Dwight Hottle]

10 hours ago, casts_by_fly said:

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Why couldn't honda put that 5L V8 engine into a car though?  Put that into a honda pilot and you've got something.  I guess the skeg would drag the ground.

The original Honda 115hp  & 130hp 4 strokes were converted Honda car engines from the Civic & the Accord as I remember. 

[Woody B]

21 hours ago, casts_by_fly said:

"Propeller- Optional"

 

Why couldn't honda put that 5L V8 engine into a car though?  Put that into a honda pilot and you've got something.  I guess the skeg would drag the ground.

 

I hate to be serious, but they wouldn't be able to get one of their transmissions to live behind a 5L V8.  

[throttleplate]

16 hours ago, Woody B said:

 

I hate to be serious, but they wouldn't be able to get one of their transmissions to live behind a 5L V8.  

Especially since they use CVT trannies.

[casts_by_fly]

On 8/7/2024 at 6:42 AM, Woody B said:

 

I hate to be serious, but they wouldn't be able to get one of their transmissions to live behind a 5L V8.  

 

I can't speak to the quality of all hondas or what their transmissions can or can't take.  However, the pilot with the 3.5L is is a fantasticly reliable thing.  They have used basically the same engine for at least 20 years now (I had a 2004, my buddy had a 2012 and my brother in law had a 2017) and its the only option they offer in the pilot (and ridgeline) last I checked.  As a family vehicle and a getting around town car it's great.  It lists at 285HP now.  That's really nice and on the highway mine woud do 24 mph all day (back in 2006 with a 6 speed transmission).  I can't imagine what they are doing in real life now, but 30+ has to be on the cards with the 10 speed.  A little more low end torque from a V8 would be fantastic in it (alternatively an electric assist would do it).  

 

 

10 hours ago, throttleplate said:

Especially since they use CVT trannies.

 

The pilot is not CVT, its a traditional transmission.

[throttleplate]

The mileage of my trip to Green Bay Wisc, down to Oshkosh then Milwaukee onto La Crosse Wisc , Minneaplois Mn and back to Fargo Nd which included in town driving checking out sites totaled 1419 miles. 

I left fargo with a full tank and refilled to full when arriving back into fargo. My 2004 Honda civic coupe LX with 153,000 miles, 1.7 litre 4 cyl, 117hp naturally aspirated engine with automatic 4 speed with no mods averaged 39.4 mpg, best was 42 mpg on a straight highway run.

Car was loaded down with 170 lbs of gear. I aired up my tires cold to 33psi, recommended is 30psi and ran the air con, engine burnt no oil.