No substitute for cubic inches, is there?
Nearly misread that.:-)
No there isn't, and thinking of my favourite engines over the years, they've all had buckets of low engine speed torque, nothing worse for me than a vehicle that is missing that vital ingredient.
Forced induction can make a good engine better, but it has to be big enough in CC IMHO to be a decent engine in unblown form (which is where so many fall down), good on paper figures which seems to be the most important thing doesn't always translate to good to drive normally, a turbo on the OP's 2.0 litre would make it a different animal i suspect.
Some favourite engines i've owned or in lorry terms driven long term, Fords 3.0V6, Ford's 5.7 V8, GM's 5.0V8, Rover's 3.5V8, Merc's 3.2 i6.
My two favourites were Cummins' 14 litre i6 Diesel from the 80's, lightly blown with massive torque from 800rpm, max torque @ 1100rpm @ 70mph, and my present steed the 3.4 V6 NA petrol in the old Landcruiser which is an engine you'd enjoy G, so long as you ignored its thirst.
Isuzu made a lorry engine i'd have liked to try out, went in one of their standard artic tractors, 30 litre V10 naturally aspirated, apparently runs 600hp at some stupidly low revs, wonder what the torque would be on that, i want one..:-)
Edited by gordonbennet on 18/04/2016 at 00:39
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