Originally posted by DemonSVT:
Originally posted by acammer:
Powerful, advanced technology NA v6. Above average handling. Refined, not to bold styling.


Pushrods are in NO WAY "advanced technology" slick. It does have VVT on it's Single Underhead Cam but other then that it's simple old school technology.

Also it's power rating is nothing to brag about.

It has a 3.9L engine (57-60% larger then the SVT) and makes only 240HP. (~20% more power) It does have a significant advantage in torque (+75 peak or ~40%) but no @$%#@)! shock there because it displaces 57-60% more cubic inches respectively. Considering the huge displacement advantage and the fact the engine design is well over a decade newer the output sucks in comparisson. Quite badly actually. (heck look at any of the current 3.5L DOHC offerings )

Then to top that off it gets poor fuel efficiency. (18/26) It takes that large an engine to produce so little power and it gets terrible mileage to boot. What a waste of an engine design team.
Hell the new Hemi engine is rated the same and it's behind a slushbox. It also makes over a hundred more HP & TQ and is nearly 2 liters larger.
The engine is nothing special at all.

The handling of the G6 is nothing to write home about either. It has the typical GM body roll and vague steering & handling feel. It is better then the General typical builds into a car but it was definitely designed by the typical GM "lesofa" makers.
I will glady admit it is light years better then the steaming POS it replaced though. I do agree with you on that part.



Yeah, but this is where I think Ford has dug themselves a hole that they can't get out of. They thought too far ahead for their own good, thinking high-tech small engines were the way to go. For example, the new Mustang GT is 100hp short of the GTO's 400hp, but they're rated at the same fuel economy, but the Mustang owner's only hope is to invest in a nitrous set-up, supercharger, etc...if he plans on spanking a stock GM with a NA'd LS2...a CSVT just might need a good shot of nitrous as the easiest way to handle a Nissan Altima, etc. Or even look at the last year model of the Cobra. Smaller lighter car, supercharged, but it's almost dead even with the stock GTO, but the Cobra isn't nearly as easy to drive, with a lot more to go wrong and a cluttered mess of an engine bay to deal with.

2005 RED GTO w/ M6 - Lingenfelter CAI - Corsa Sport Cat-Back - SLP LTs - C5 Pads