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Old 02-15-2013, 09:45 AM   #248
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Originally Posted by Lou_Dorchen View Post
He clarified that he was talking about the engines being in the SAME car (Post #231). For example, if I lightly boosted a 2011 Camaro SS and you lightly boosted a 2011 Camaro LS, the Camaro SS would be faster.
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A lightly boosted V6 will run circles around a lightly boosted I-4, so the I-4 will need more radical components to handle higher boost just to keep up with the V6. That means for the same level of performance you will shell out more money for the I-4, and have less headroom to tune it because it will already be pushed closer to the limit just to feel like a mildly boosted V6.
Which as demonstrations of the obvious intended to show "inferiority" are still distractions from the topic. It would be a different story if there already was a boosted sixxer in the lineup.


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