[blackedout010]

Originally Posted by garagelogic

Your points are well made and you're giving sound advice, but I'm not sure if I agree with the statements about 600+rwhp cars. Back in the old days of hot-rodding, having over 600+rwhp meant you had a car on the ragged edge of being streetable, but that is not so much the case these days. My car makes over 650rwhp on pump gas in the configuration I drive it in every day. (3" upper pulley). The car sounds, drives and tracks just like it did when I drove it off the showroom floor. I pull down a combined city/highway mpg average of about 18mpg and on long huals, I can see 22-23mpg. In fact, unless you knew what was under the hood, you'd be hard pressed to believe it makes the power it does. No lumpy idle, quiet exhaust, etc.

I believe the same will be true for the new Camaro, especially if you go the s/c route. I do know a lot of GM guys who stay n/a and go the H/C/I route to make power, however, and I agree that in those cases, you are giving up some street manners for the additional power.

agree 100%!!! i had an 03 with a kb2.6h with 644rwhp and it drove and sounded stock til you matted it to the floor. i loved that car. and yes you can with the ls3 but your gonna fork out some dough. in the end the price will be close to the same.