[Shotimes] 06 IMPALA....Replacement for SHO?

[Carl Prochilo]

Dunno if this is helpful to people.  I always subscribe to the notion
of test driving too as a means of making a decision.

http://www.caranddriver.com/article.asp?section_id=16&article_id=10106
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Cheers,
Carl Prochilo
92 Ultra Red Crimson

On Tue, October 11, 2005 13:07, Ron Porter said:
> Define "performance sedan", it's more than just 0-60.
>
> Also 220 HP from 1989 is not the same as 220 HP today. Yeah, sounds
> stupid, but more recent engines may have the same peak HP as
> 15-year-old engines, but what is more important is that the torque
> curves throughout the rpm range are much better. Many car with 220-250
> HP today are solid mid-low 14-second cars, and some 250 HP turbo cars
> are good for high 13s....
>
> One really obvious example was the difference between the pre-'99
> Mustang GTs with the 2225 HP 4.6, and the '99-newer 260 HP 4.6. It was
> "only" a 35 (peak) HP upgrade, but the big change was a much fatter
> torque curve. The result was that the 1/4-mile times dropped from
> 15.0-15.1 to 13.9-14.0. The less intelligent car mag readers thought
> that the HP increase "had" to be more than 35, but peak HP ain't where
> it's at.
>
> I would bet that, if the V6 SHO engine was produced today, it wouldn't
> have a lot more peak HP, but I bet the peak torque would be 230-240
> lbs/ft, rather than 200.
>
> Ron Porter
>
> Peter Maggiacomo <gtsrider@yahoo.com> wrote:
> "Probably a decent car, although it's 2005, and I'm
> not sure I would call a current 215 hp 4 door
> "performance" sedan."
> Mark
>
> Good point, Mark. I feel that my 95 MTX is just
> average
> hp these days. Can't even impress women with 220 hp.
> -Pete
> Tampa, Fl.
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