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Old 02-10-2009, 09:33 AM   #4
Fred Popov
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Default Re: 2008 Cobra Jets belong in Stock

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Originally Posted by bill dedman View Post
Shawn,

When I say they are making inroads, what I mean is "getting faster all the time." If you look at the road test results (in mags like Car and Driver, Road and Track, and Motor Trend) of the Honda Accord V6's, Camry V6's, and Nissan Altima V6s, you'll see that some of them run very close to 100 in the quarter, and the 5-speed Altimas run well over 100mph in the quarter-mile, and in the low-to-mid 14s on stock rubber and do this in brand-new, showroom-stock trim. The slowest run right at 100mph... and will exceed that, when broken in... still showroom-stock, thru the cat's and mufflers. That's a little faster than a '64 GTO was, or a '68 383 Road Runner, which were considered "muscle cars" in their day. And, (except for the Altima) those are all automatics... Amazing, for a 3,400-pound car with a 3.5-liter (214 cubic inch) motor, normally-aspirated, in "grocery-getter" trim.

I think if NHRA gave them a place to race, they would come... and you could have "your day in court," Gary.

Bill
I have to disagree... No doubt about the modern V6 engines making great power compared to the older ones, but there is not much more power that can be extracted out of them. They have advanced variable cam timing that varies duration and lift. They are basically making as much power as possible and still emission legal. Other than removing the accessories, exhaust, and making a few computer tweaks there isn't much more to do. Getting 100 hp more would be very difficult if not impossible. It's much easier to get that 100hp out of an older V8 that has much more displacement.
Also, if anyone was ever asked to go though tech in V6 Altima or Camy, that would be the end of their weekend. They would spend the rest of their time reassembling their engine.
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