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Originally Posted by KenH.
I was asking those questions rhetorically.
0-60 camaro wins
0-100 camaro wins
80-170 mustang wins
lap times mustang wins
For the purposes of talking performance/instrumented testing the cars are close in all areas with the overall win going to the gt350.
I can understand someone absolutely loving how the fpc revs and sounds and performs. What I disagree with is people saying the engine, personal preference aside, is so much better than the LT when it's not. They are apples and oranges that come across the line pretty close to each other.
GM has done a fantastic job pulling all those ponies out of an OHV engine, Ford has done a fantastic job over-engineering something to compete with it.  |
You may want to check your numbers there chief. The GT350 bests the SS in nearly every single one of those categories with the exception of the 0-60, which is entirely a result of gearing (the GT350 is geared for the track after all). By the time you get to 150mph, the GT350 is several seconds ahead. The 119mph trap speed of the GT350 shows you how capable it is.
The Voodoo engine pushes out over 70hp with 1.8l less displacement than the LT, yet it isn't significantly better than the LT? It does so without direct injection to boot. I don't know what world you're living in, but to me...70hp is friggen huge. No disrespect to the LT, but at least give credit where it's due. Any one of you would give their left nut for the LT to produce an extra 70hp NA direct from GM. Many would then praise it's engineering marvel.
Ford didn't just "compete" with the LT engine. It kicked it's proverbial ass.