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Originally Posted by zondaland I expected that a larger capacity engine would be associated with a larger footprint and more weight. Thus a larger engine would compromise overall car design, and a heavier weight would reduce acceleration and cornering speeds. However as you have made clear GM have managed to make the engine more compact than smaller displacement rivals, and weigh less.

So basically you assumed you must know more than the blokes who built it?

But seriously - the misconception that bigger engine capacity is always accompanied by heavier engines is a common one - although no-one jumped on ferrari everytime THEY up the displacement of their V8 and V12 road engines...

Originally Posted by zondaland Exactly how did I say that the car was lacking anything.

Well, you weren't praising GM/Holden for shipping the GTO/Monaro the way the did with it's current engine choices... unless I misread your musings about why they chose an inadiquate power plant.

Originally Posted by zondaland And to answer your last line, why would I want to reiterate what I have just said, for some sort of edification of yourself?

No - simply so you can repeat to yourself as many times as you can that "paper specs and stats out of context are of no use".

I don't critique Ferrari for going the route they did - as the engine they shoehorned ionto the 360 fit their purpose - and helped the package perform at a ceratin level.

But just because performance peers choose a differnet route doesn't make either one wrong.

The say way it would be a pointless waste of time to put the 360 engine in a Z06 and the LS6 into the F-Car - as out of their own context and packaging each is uneffective.

So- again, you repeating yourself would be for YOUR edification - although I would hesititate to equate Chevy/Ford/Ferrari fanaticism with the path to religious enlightentment - but it's a damn close second...