03-25-2003, 07:22 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: California,
Posts: 27
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Dear Jack, Ernie and Baker....a 63 vette IS AN ORIGINAL. A Replicar is not an original and just an interpretation of the original. Also lets look at the numbers from an engineering stand point, Camaro @ ~3400lbs can get ~22-26 mpg and the engine weighs ~400 lbs. It will idle well and get better emissions (Important me and for my neices and nephews) and will be driven almost everyday. Hey what am i saying it will be my daily driver. It is also no secret that small and or big block (of early vintage) cannot really sustain high RPMS due to cavitation in the oil pan....they were just never built to do that. And yes i could build a SBF that pumped out massives of power but i do not think the realiability would be there....mpg....driveability....weight. Weight is important because i really like to road race. I am not really into the whole straight line thing (though it can be fun). Less weight through the corners has an inverse realtionship with inertia. Then from a $$ standpoint i can but my LS6 package and have more relatively realiable and cheap power. But then again i wonder what the Brits were thinking when they found out that we were ruining there nimble little car with this "caveman motor". "There goes the Americans who are once again over paid, over sexed and over here". I do not mean to offend anybody by choosing this particular drive train but i am just looking at cost per value. HAHA Yeah dont every take any accounting classes it will ruin how you thyink about money forever. What a terrific discussion this has been.
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