How much Power is too much? And what is the point?

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savage388
I think the point of buying a mustang or camaro with the v8 is all about the American muscle experience not just the speed. The v6 does perform well but it lacks things that complete the experience like the sound and the torque that only a v8 can give. People do tend to be excessively harsh on the new v6 cars myself included because of stereotypes of the old "lumps" and the relatively cheap v8 option that offers so much more.
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Couldn't agree more; I'm guilty of it myself. As great as that V6 motor is, when I was looking at the new Mustangs, I wanted a V8. I didn't just want the extra 100 horses, but the added experience of having a V8 & modifying it into a noisy machine with a big cam that could make the ground tremble.

There was no doubt the V6 could be just as powerful & fast, but it still won't be able to deliver, as you said, the sound & the torque (& all the other little quirks about V8s).
 
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Couldn't agree more; I'm guilty of it myself. As great as that V6 motor is, when I was looking at the new Mustangs, I wanted a V8. I didn't just want the extra 100 horses, but the added experience of having a V8 & modifying it into a noisy machine with a big cam that could make the ground tremble.

There was no doubt the V6 could be just as powerful & fast, but it still won't be able to deliver, as you said, the sound & the torque (& all the other little quirks about V8s).
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Yep, desk jockeys just forget why exactly they like the V8 and just point out differences they can see on paper, not what actually makes a V8 car "cooler" and more attractive to customers and enthusiasts. And it's not too hard of a choice, resale value doubles, gas mileage in modern cars is respectable, all for not that much money over a well optioned v6 car.
 
Insert Borla, Mangaflow, Flowmaster + Cam = Muscle car sound on V6 Mustang

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