Acelifted: I have heard many warnings about using a V6 engine, ranging from high cost of maintenance to non-durability. I am about changing the engine of my Toyota Camry 2002-2003 (big Daddy) and once again, my mechanic has warned that he prefers i get a V4, even though the price difference is alarming (N110,000 as against N320,000 of V4).

What is really wrong with a V6 engine? have auto makers made a mistake by manufacturing it? Haba!

iykay4455: The only problem I have with a V6 engine is the fuel consumption

Lexusgs430:

V8 in my summation, are one of the best engines out there. Three points to note -:
(1) cost of fuelling ie consumption
(2) our mechanics scared of the V8 under the bonnet
(3) if the engine goes wrong, would be best to get another better engine than repair

Lexusgs430:

V8 in my summation, are one of the best engines out there. Three points to note -:
(1) cost of fuelling ie consumption
(2) our mechanics scared of the V8 under the bonnet
(3) if the engine goes wrong, would be best to get another better engine than repair

iyatrustee: i drive a honda accord v6 and must confess dat d car dey fire! even as a lady i dey enjoy am wella cos i be ruff rider. but then, is it true dat v6 cars are cheaper to buy cos dey are expensive to maintain?

Ikenna351:

Have you ever owned a V6? Or you are just saying what clowns that call themselves mechanics in Nigeria told you? Or are you basing your belief on complain from people who abused their V6s, with lack of proper maintenance & come back to blame their innocent cars? Dont always believe what you read!

Like i said in my previous post here, if V6 isnt that good, durable & fuel efficient, then my present 2 cars wouldnt have been V6s. This last Easter break, I travelled with one of them to East from Abuja. On coming back, I left Enugu at 6am & got to Area 1, Garki, Abuja at 12.30pm on the dot, with only one full tank (less than 7 hrs drive) . For those that complain that V6s are gas guzzelers, go figure!

Ever listened to a V6 engine song while you rev it? Oh! It can be so sweet! Most V6s i know are torquey engines. They are very good for overtaking; design for hiways or long distance trips. With a V6 on highway, to overtake a car on a single lane, all it needs is a small flex of throttle pedal & the car will shoot out like rocket & you will be so amazed how the vehicle you just overtook will be fading away behind you. Unlike I4s that you will have accelerate hard, to gain high hp before you could sluggishly overtake a car before you. What it takes to overtake a vehicle on highway faster is engine torque, not hp, which most I4s lack (though some newer I4s have improved on the torques). The only I4 that are as torquey as V6s, sometimes better, are Diesels. Yes, they can so good. But Nigerians dont drive Diesels. Reasons? Long strory for another thread.

The only time you would know how underpowered most I4s are is when loads are added to the engine, especially, when you switch on A/C. You would start & keep wondering where all the oomph or power has gone.

But the fact remains, some V6s consume fuel more than the others. First, auto transmission V6s will consume more fuel than the manual trans V6s counterparts. Some V6s models of some brands consume fuel more than the others. A faulty V6 engine management would guzzle fuel, if not fixed, likewise the I4 counterparts. When out of spec or non-factory tyre sizes are mounted in a V6 or I4, it increases the car's fuel consumption. If the tyre is under-inflated, it will increase the fuel consumption, be it V6 or I4. If you drive aggressively with V6 in the cities, it will guzzle fuel like Hell.

I drive gently with my V6 when am in the city. I always try not to rev beyond 3k rpm, even though it can be very tempting to push beyond that, knowing there are so much power left unused. But it helps with the economy when driven in cities. With my driving style in the cites, i average almost the same mpg with the I4s. But once i hit expressway or highway, I would push it for the Hell of it.

V6s are fun cars, especially the manual trans ones that give room for stunts to be put on those wheels (when in the mood) with aggressive gears shifting & smart clutch engagements, getting the full power of V6 on the wheels (which is why my 2 V6s are manual trans) . V6s are designed to give one driving them some driving pleasures one could ever imagine. The thing is, once you experience the power & driving pleasures a clean V6 gives, you will swear never to go back to I4.

Ikenna.

toba: v6 common problems are gear box and fuel consumption.

My car dey drink fuel like humans drink water when thirsty

yungboss:
well articulated. I plan to add another inline 6 to my car,the e36 bmw 328i (i got an offer for an e36 bmw m3 but for N2.1m so i'm holding on). I once drove a 328i from warri to benin. It was the most awesome experience i had driving a '98 car. To be honest,i dont think any car built in '98 in its class is faster...but consumption was more compared to my 320i.
About my 320i, i used a full tank to warri from Pharcourt and back to pharcourt during the fuel crises period early this year. (arrived home with the fuel guage needle just below the 1/4 mark). @poster, you can live with a V6/I6 just give it a try.

KA24DETT:

You have to try 98 Nissan maxima v6 VQ30DE if you think no 98 car is faster .. Beats BMW inline 6 0-60 and 80-120km/h with power delivery.

purefella: If a car is not v6 and above count me out on buying it , my totyota avalon that was stolen never gave me a problem and my jaguar am using now never give me any problem with very low fuel consumption

V6 and above is the best for male drivers , while v4 is very good for our woman

yungboss: KA24DETT]

You have to try 98 Nissan maxima v6 VQ30DE if you think no 98 car is faster .. Beats BMW inline 6 0-60 and 80-120km/h with power delivery
the bimmer does 0-60 in 6.4s and does 1/4 mile in about 15s, with just 190hp and 206lb-ft torque. Lets see ur figures for the maxima

KA24DETT:

0-60 in 6.5. 190hp 205Lb torque. BULLETPROOF reliability. WARDS 10 best engine list (95-99) . Both are great engines no doubt but maxima comes out ahead in reliability ..Timing chain not belt driven . Absolutely no maintenance required. Just change oil and drive..

KA24DETT:

0-60 in 6.5. 190hp 205Lb torque. BULLETPROOF reliability. WARDS 10 best engine list (95-99) . Both are great engines no doubt but maxima comes out ahead in reliability ..Timing chain not belt driven . Absolutely no maintenance required. Just change oil and drive..

Ikenna351: Am not hear to talk about how good, durable & fuel efficient a V6 can be. If its not that good, i wouldnt have gone for another V6 as my second car. Am not saying Inline 4 engine is not good, it depends on what you want out of a car, which am not here to discuss, since its not what this thread is all about.

That clown that told you to convert your car to I4 or swap in I4 engine to your V6 engine bay should not have any business with spanners. Or at least, should not have any business with modern cars with EFI engines like yours. Does he really know what it takes to do such a conversion? So he thinks it ends only with the engine swap? Interesting!

To swap in an I4 engine into that your car, that particluar I4 engine harness/wires, not just any Camry I4 harness, will also be swapped in, including that engine complete sensors, relays & ECU/PCM, which must be done with that I4 engine wiring diagram, which I bet you dont have. First, you need to know the paritcular I4 engine model number to get the exact diagram. Also, you should note that the transmission maynot match. So you will need to buy a complete I4 engine with tansmission bolted to it, including the tansmission sensors, harness & ECU too. The radiator maynot match as well, due to different positioning of the water pumps & thermostat housing on both the V6 & I4 engines. So you may need to swap in the I4 radiator too. The best way to do such conversion is to get a donor car & transfer what you need from the donor car to the car been converted. Remember, any wrong connection of the engine harness will result to a lot of issues. Either the car wont start at all or even if it starts, it will never run properly.

Its your call.

Ikenna.

johnwell: Try maxima 98 & you'll condemn BMW. Am 100% Nissan/Infinity fans.

Ijogz K: There was a clean 2005 EOD V6 my mum was about buying 2yrs ago, we were kinda excited cuz it was a good offer of about 1.3million Reg from a family friend as against the 1.8/2milla dey were selling Toks as at that time. My mum called her mechanic and as soon as he saw the ride, he just told my mum dat V6 doesn't make sense that its expensive in all aspect. I was sooo angry and tried convincing her dat what the mechanic said ain't true, as i was talking the mechanic said these words "Mummy Gear Box V6 N250,000 ni wan ta" Meaning that the gear box of Honda V6 is sold for 250k... And i was like EOD(End of the real discussion) Cuz i trust my mum, She ain't gonna go near the ride ... Well we ended up buying a 4plug Camry 2001 eventually sha....

yungboss:
did u say condemn a bmw 328i?? I didnt read that correctly,or was it a mistake by u? i'm not arguing/saying ur 3.0 v6 vq30de aint powerful,but i bet u,the famous RWD inline-6's 328i as a matter of fact, wil teach it a little lesson about driving/performance/handling. U know this kind argument is best settled on the dragstrip/twisty road,lol. Where's jeremy clarkson?

yungboss:
thats the prob, a mechanic just tells u ur gearbox wil go bad when you get a car, a car that you'l probably use for years as long as u give it its proper and due maintenance. Some Nigerian mech's arent good enuf, too bad

Ikenna351:

Have you ever owned a V6? Or you are just saying what clowns that call themselves mechanics in Nigeria told you? Or are you basing your belief on complain from people who abused their V6s, with lack of proper maintenance & come back to blame their innocent cars? Dont always believe what you read!

Like i said in my previous post here, if V6 isnt that good, durable & fuel efficient, then my present 2 cars wouldnt have been V6s. This last Easter break, I travelled with one of them to East from Abuja. On coming back, I left Enugu at 6am & got to Area 1, Garki, Abuja at 12.30pm on the dot, with only one full tank (less than 7 hrs drive) . For those that complain that V6s are gas guzzelers, go figure!

Ever listened to a V6 engine song while you rev it? Oh! It can be so sweet! Most V6s i know are torquey engines. They are very good for overtaking; design for hiways or long distance trips. With a V6 on highway, to overtake a car on a single lane, all it needs is a small flex of throttle pedal & the car will shoot out like rocket & you will be so amazed how the vehicle you just overtook will be fading away behind you. Unlike I4s that you will have accelerate hard, to gain high hp before you could sluggishly overtake a car before you. What it takes to overtake a vehicle on highway faster is engine torque, not hp, which most I4s lack (though some newer I4s have improved on the torques). The only I4 that are as torquey as V6s, sometimes better, are Diesels. Yes, they can so good. But Nigerians dont drive Diesels. Reasons? Long strory for another thread.

The only time you would know how underpowered most I4s are is when loads are added to the engine, especially, when you switch on A/C. You would start & keep wondering where all the oomph or power has gone.

But the fact remains, some V6s consume fuel more than the others. First, auto transmission V6s will consume more fuel than the manual trans V6s counterparts. Some V6s models of some brands consume fuel more than the others. A faulty V6 engine management would guzzle fuel, if not fixed, likewise the I4 counterparts. When out of spec or non-factory tyre sizes are mounted in a V6 or I4, it increases the car's fuel consumption. If the tyre is under-inflated, it will increase the fuel consumption, be it V6 or I4. If you drive aggressively with V6 in the cities, it will guzzle fuel like Hell.

I drive gently with my V6 when am in the city. I always try not to rev beyond 3k rpm, even though it can be very tempting to push beyond that, knowing there are so much power left unused. But it helps with the economy when driven in cities. With my driving style in the cites, i average almost the same mpg with the I4s. But once i hit expressway or highway, I would push it for the Hell of it.

V6s are fun cars, especially the manual trans ones that give room for stunts to be put on those wheels (when in the mood) with aggressive gears shifting & smart clutch engagements, getting the full power of V6 on the wheels (which is why my 2 V6s are manual trans) . V6s are designed to give one driving them some driving pleasures one could ever imagine. The thing is, once you experience the power & driving pleasures a clean V6 gives, you will swear never to go back to I4.

Ikenna.