johnsocal

Im not saying the Nissan 6v is the same as an LT1 v8 but one cant argue that the performance of many v6s are coming close to the performance of a v8 ten years ago. One could argue that the V8's performance has also signifantly improved over the last ten years as well.

The reallity is that these new v6's in a light and smaller chassis perform as well as a v8 sports coupe did 10 years ago. While there's "No Replacement for Displacement" the performance of the new-breed small engines have made huge leaps over the last 10 years.

Personally none of these v6 engine's sound as good, have the torq and have the incredible powerband of a Chevy 350 small block V8

mastrdrver

The performance of the V8 has improved ever since EFI in 86. I was talking to my friend that has a 5.0 and he said that the performance sector for the 5.0 wasnt nearly as big as the 350 aftermarket until EFI in 86. Like in 64 with the GTO, I think that since EFI, on Camaros and Mustangs, the hp wars have been caring on.

All I have to saw about the IRS in a Camaro or any RWD car, other then Corvette, is I really hope someone makes a 12 bolt or something I can put in to replace it. Save the IRS for the high end sports cars and the FWD cars.