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Originally Posted by bigearl
HP per liter is to some extent simply a measurement of where your car redlines. I would agree that it's kind of useless when discussing muscle car engines-because face people talk about HP, but TQ is what makes muscle cars interesting. And yes, HP/$ is clearly important for us regular joes on a Camaro forum. However at the extremes, HP/L can get pretty exciting (may I direct your attention to the Ferrari 458?). So I wouldn't say it's a useless stat, just not particularly germaine to Mustang v Camaro.
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I don't think HP per liter is completely useless, look at F1 cars, with their 2.4l V8's getting upwards of 700hp 'no replacement for displacement', I guess they didn't get that memo lol