V8 only for me.
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I feel like I have to say this in every thread where V6 output is brought up.
323 HP doesn't mean much when the car is so heavy and the gearing is not that great. *** This is not a bash on V6 cars or there owners! *** I owned for for over a year and it's a great car -- but as stated (and coming from a 4th gen WS6 I can relate) -- it just doesn't touch those cars (I wasn't expecting it to before anyone asks). People need to understand that while yes it's awesome the new 6's are putting out 300HP + they don't have the torque, gearing, or weight to back it up to compete with even the older V8's. If the 10-15 V6 had 300 ft-lbs of torque to go with the 323 ft-lbs we'd be having a whole different conversation |
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The LS V8s are just as efficient as comparable power turbo 6s in real world fuel economy. They are inherently smoother and have a sound like no other engine. If car people and logic prevail over being PC and "new" tech the V8s will be around for a long time to come. |
V8 or go home...
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Im all about the V8, if you're gonna get a 6, just buy the cheapest 6 you can buy so that you cant start saving for a V8.
That being said, I am to young to be apart of the "get off my lawn, with your wimpy V6" crowd. If a twin turbo V6 is faster, lighter and more efficient then the current V8s, then I would switch. In this hypothetical scenario, V8s are obsolete. Note, the hill I'd die on is the manual transmission one. You'll never find me in a performance car (like the Camaro, or vette etc.) with an auto tranny. Just go buy a Jeep |
For the sound factor, a V6 could have 1000hp but it'll still sound like a V6.
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"V8 sound"? Eh, I got the mp3 of an AC/DC song. Power is power. If a TT V6 gets more power than a V8, I'm getting it. Will it happen in a Camaro? No. GM won't do it anytime soon due to the Camaro's market. In a new car? Yep. |
If GM made a TTV6 and put it in the Camaro, they should just tell everybody it is a V8 and I bet most people would never know the difference...
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Was it a bad car? No. However, it could it have been so much more. Quote:
Additionally, pretty much every car today, to include the V8's, are designed to make them super quiet. Have you ever looked at all the baffling and noise reduction they put on the Camaros? I dropped 40lbs of mufflers off my car. The intake under my hood could be used to snorkel a Jeep...its ridiculous. Quote:
I never once specified the horsepower range or the size of the V6, but yes, it very does make sense and there is very much room for it. With the rumored LT1 coming to the SS, you can figure the output will be around the 470-480hp range. Even if it only jumps to say 450-460hp, thats still a solid jump. That almost guarantees the Stingray will be re-tooled and jumped over 500hp. So now you have a twin-turbo V6 that can fit in the 370-380hp range no problem. You can of course continue to offer the base V6 with 323hp. And considering GM has the 400hp TTV6 for the CTSV....its pretty easy to simply cut the boost or de-tune it to make it work. |
And for the record, I'm not against a V6 powered muscle car. The GN and GNX are my 2nd favorite muscle car behind the Camaro. They were bad ass cars and while many will say they aren't muscle cars, they were in fact the very definition of them.
However, the Camaro was made famous by being a V8 in a small car. It is what pretty much lured a vast majority of it's fans to the car. Does this mean a V6 can't be a muscle car? Of course not, it's still a Camaro and it's still capable of being made fast. |
V8 or bust
That said I would happily own the twin turbo V6 ATS-V |
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they're just pony cars. like every other camaro. |
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