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Old 07-30-2013, 06:50 AM   #734
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Originally Posted by revychevy View Post
. . . or I won't buy a Chevy if all they have is 4 cylinder Prius engined muscle cars.
The Prius is a hybrid with anti-performance driving at its core. Nobody is asking potential drivers of a 4-cylinder Camaro to be that kind of driver (those who find a 4-cylinder Camaro to be even a marginally reasonable choice specifically want it to be anything but a Prius wanna-be). You might want to google on "Offenhauser engine".


Devil's advocate . . . the idea that 4 cylinder engines suffer lower amounts of internal friction losses benefits performance in addition to fuel economy. Roughly, more cylinders = more rings = more friction, as anybody who has ever paid attention while assembling an engine would be aware. Without looking at anything else (I know that'll be hard for more than a few folks here), what's not to like?


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