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2010reddevil · 06-05-2016, 04:05 AM

Well if it's built anything like the old LNF engines, it can make silly power with just a turbo upgrade. How strong the internals are made is a whole different animal. That's really the advantage of any FI engine, ease of upgrades if it has enough displacement. I wouldn't own one myself, just personal preference really. If it's gonna be a muscle car or has a V8 option and I can afford it, then of course it will have a V8 beating under the hood, no matter the make. I will say that the V6 engines sound very 350Zish. It's not a bad thing as long as the raspiness is kept in check. To each their own of course.

songsj · 06-05-2016, 04:13 AM

The way I see it, it is not JUST about HP and speed. Just because there are lighting quick crotch rockets, Harley Davidson did not scrap their big honkin" bike platform. Muscle cars today are as much about "life style" as everything else. At least to a lot of us. The large displacement V8's in Camaro's, Mustangs, Challengers etc. are a heritage thing. They are a part of the foundation that made these cars so popular. Eventually big engines may go away but if you could live 100 years the automobile as we know it may be gone all together. For me as long as they are available and affordable I will be buying the V8. I don't car how fast the 4 popper is. Don't ask me why they care but almost everyone that I talk to about my car asks me, " What have you got in that thing" One brilliant soul even asked me if I had the Hemi. Different strokes.

drew peacock · 06-05-2016, 04:20 AM

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Originally Posted by songsj

The way I see it, it is not JUST about HP and speed. Just because there are lighting quick crotch rockets, Harley Davidson did not scrap their big honkin" bike platform. Muscle cars today are as much about "life style" as everything else. At least to a lot of us. The large displacement V8's in Camaro's, Mustangs, Challengers etc. are a heritage thing. They are a part of the foundation that made these cars so popular. Eventually big engines may go away but if you could live 100 years the automobile as we know it may be gone all together. For me as long as they are available and affordable I will be buying the V8. I don't car how fast the 4 popper is. Don't ask me why they care but almost everyone that I talk to about my car asks me, " What have you got in that thing" One brilliant soul even asked me if I had the Hemi. Different strokes.

very good post.
nothing about how fast it is..it's about owning a proper muscle car and the lifestyle around that..
i would never own a 4 or even 6 pot so called muscle car..V8 all the way

jd10013 · 06-05-2016, 06:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Linuss8

Especially with the coming CAFE standards, unless they make some pretty great efficiency changes in the coming years, or fudge the average in other ways.

what do cafe standards have to do with it? everything I've read here over the years says the V8 pretty much gets the same MPG's as the 6.

seriously though, they'll meet the standards through expanded use of electric cars, or cars like the volt. cafe is fleet average, and last I heard they are allowed to count the Volt as 150 mpg.

GossipSquirrelJelena · 06-05-2016, 10:39 AM

As far as the thread title goes. A I4 Mustang and a V6 Camaro are a pretty even match stock. The problem with all turbo cars is they gain so much from simple mods. Way cheaper to get a turbo 4 banger into the 11s-12s than an NA power plant. The same will go for the 2.0 Camaro.

Linuss8 · 06-27-2016, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by jd10013

everything I've read here over the years says the V8 pretty much gets the same MPG's as the 6.

2014 SS rated at 18mpg combined, 24hwy. 2014 V6 rated at 22mpg combined, 28hwy. That's a nearly 20% and 15% difference, respectively.

I can cut your salary by 15-20%, and it's ok, because it's pretty much the same salary as before, right?

redcoats1976 · 08-01-2016, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by 2013ZL1FUN

I don't think GM had a choice, with CAFE standards, etc. They have to build/sell some of these so that they can still offer the 6.2 & 7.0 L engines in high horsepower form.

probably so ,but who wants to buy a 4 cyinder camaro?

06-05-2016, 04:05 AM	#15
2010reddevil Drives: 2010 Camaro 2SS Victory Red 6M Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Gulf Coast, TX Posts: 1,424	Well if it's built anything like the old LNF engines, it can make silly power with just a turbo upgrade. How strong the internals are made is a whole different animal. That's really the advantage of any FI engine, ease of upgrades if it has enough displacement. I wouldn't own one myself, just personal preference really. If it's gonna be a muscle car or has a V8 option and I can afford it, then of course it will have a V8 beating under the hood, no matter the make. I will say that the V6 engines sound very 350Zish. It's not a bad thing as long as the raspiness is kept in check. To each their own of course. __________________ 2011 2SS 6A Red Jewel Metallic, Vararam Tune CAI, Magnaflow 3" Competition c/b, Speed Engineering 1-7/8 LT's, Circle D 5C, M/T 275/40R20 S/S, HPTuners tune by Ryan@GPI 12.3 @ 112 ACM as of 12/22/19 Gone on 12/28/19 R I P 2010 2SS 6M Victory Red/Black (old ride) CAI intake, Speed Engineering 1 7/8" LT's, X4 base tune, Flowmaster Outlaw axle-back. 12.6 @ 115 SAR as of 9/19/15 Gone but never forgotten.

06-05-2016, 04:13 AM	#16
songsj Drives: 2015 2SS/RS Summit White Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: MPLS Posts: 798	The way I see it, it is not JUST about HP and speed. Just because there are lighting quick crotch rockets, Harley Davidson did not scrap their big honkin" bike platform. Muscle cars today are as much about "life style" as everything else. At least to a lot of us. The large displacement V8's in Camaro's, Mustangs, Challengers etc. are a heritage thing. They are a part of the foundation that made these cars so popular. Eventually big engines may go away but if you could live 100 years the automobile as we know it may be gone all together. For me as long as they are available and affordable I will be buying the V8. I don't car how fast the 4 popper is. Don't ask me why they care but almost everyone that I talk to about my car asks me, " What have you got in that thing" One brilliant soul even asked me if I had the Hemi. Different strokes.

06-05-2016, 10:39 AM	#19
GossipSquirrelJelena Account Suspended Drives: 2015 Mustang GT. Supercharged. Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: South Jersey Posts: 971	As far as the thread title goes. A I4 Mustang and a V6 Camaro are a pretty even match stock. The problem with all turbo cars is they gain so much from simple mods. Way cheaper to get a turbo 4 banger into the 11s-12s than an NA power plant. The same will go for the 2.0 Camaro.