Chevy Nick

There are a lot worse places that Missouri, a lot worse.

I checked out the numbers, From what I could tell, Camaro beat Mustang by about 3,000 units (~8,000 camaros to ~5,000 mustangs). Is this right? Camaro seems to be doing very well.

My wife wants to trade in her GTO for a new mustang solely for this reason.

Chevy Volt can't get here fast enough.

The country is completely spoiled by it's energy wealth. 100 years ago there was nothing there, in 100 years there will be nothing there. Spend it while you got it. Daytime high was 115 when I was there last week.

Was in Doha, Qatar last week, something to think about next time you're buying gas:

Where is hyperv6 to remind us that nobody wants pushrod technology?

Quality writing

Last weekend:

You don't think the other race teams spend money on their cars?

[sarcasm]I don't know how the Corvette, with its out-of-date pushrod engine, and ancient transverse leaf spring suspension could ever keep up with something on the cutting edge of technology, ie. a Ferrari F430: http://www.lsxtv.com/forum/corvette-racing...nish-1646.html# [/sarcasm] C6.R engine technology: http://www.corvetteracing.com/cars/c6r/engine.shtml World-class sports car for the common man at a reasonable price I missed most of the CTS discussion, but the top of the line CTS runs a small block chevy v-8, pushrods included.

I am disappointed at your remarks, and I'm afraid your understanding of engine design may be incomplete. When you write , you must be comparing one DOHC engine to another. I can you assure you of a simple fact; a 5.0L OHV engine will always (and I do mean always) be substantially smaller than a 5.0L DOHC engine. It's simple design, the DOHC engine has 3x more camshafts, more timings chains, more sprockets, more lifters, more of everything. This stuff takes up space. Every piston engine requires pistons, rods, a crankshaft, that will be the same either way, but the OHV engine will be more compact on the top end. As for You really don't have to look farther than a comparison of LS1 f-bodies and mod-motor mustangs to realize the fallacy of your remarks. LS1 Camaros can get 30mpg highway when equipped with the T56, and make quite a good deal more power than the DOHC mustang engine. The reason the Camaro has more displacement is because the OHV engine allows for more piston bore and stroke length than the "sophisticated" DOHC design. I hope that you haven't fallen prey to the import lover argument of "more HP/Liter", which is not taking into account the external dimensions of engines. The Northstar engine is dead, the small-block chevy lives on, that should tell you something. Put direct injection on a LS3 and you've given it another 10-20 years of competitive performance.

So that's your argument? anecdotal evidence that Aston Martin can do it, so can Corvettes. The goal of the Corvette is to be a world-class sports car for the common man, affordable. The whole point of the Z06 is that it's faster than cars 3 times its price (same for ZR1). It's definitely not easy to make 505 hp, it's even harder to do it afford ably.

They are only smaller when comparing internal displacement, the external dimensions of the DOHC engines are similar sizes to the "larger" OHV V8's.

What's the external displacement of the V12? Example: 4.6L DOHC engine on left, 5.0L OHV engine on the right:

Where did these numbers come from? The HP estimate for a 6.2L gen 4 or gen 5 v8 with direct injection is way too low, that thing will easily pass 500 hp. One of the disadvantages for the v8 is 'less output per liter'? Come on man, this is an enthusiast site, we all know that the small block chevy has one of best ratios of hp per external displacement. That v12 dohc monstrosity is going to take up a whole bunch of space.

courtesy of Texas Speed & Performance:

Don't know if this picture has been posted yet:

INTJ

That's good work

What did you trade it in for?

Atomic Orange does catch the eye, but I think Cyber Grey Metallic is better.

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I'm still amazed at Clarkson's review of the ZR1. That guy hates everything about America and he said it was one of the best cars he's ever driven.