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Originally Posted by SKILMATIC

Mustangs are nice because they have a v8 powerplant in them to work with...

Imho there's nothing inherently "nice" about a v8, except for it's slightly lower center of gravity. Generally speaking, a V8 is a poor design, that's inherently unbalanced, and puts 'funky' loads on the main bearings. ...and don't even get me started on how 'stone-age' push-rod technology is. Only decades of 'tweaking' and literally billions of $ of investment by car manufacturers and race teams have made the v8 a somewhat-viable alternative. Contrast all that to how easily we can get over 1000whp out of a bone-stock 3.0L inline-6 longblock, using only a big turbo and a set of cams...and I hope you can see why I believe that (in general) the term "v8" is highly overrrated.

Fwiw, the only domestic production v8s that I have any interest in is the ZR-1 Corvette's LT5, and the 5.4L engine in the Ford GT. Imo, if Chevy had put even 1/10th the r&d into the LT5 as they did with their stupid pushrod, 2-valve-per-cylinder LS2, they might have actually had something...

Originally Posted by SKILMATIC

...However, the only race that vehicle will win is a drag...

For the $, yes (especially in the 1/8th)...but in relative numbers, there are many full-weight Supras in the 9s and 8s that can compete in the 1/4.

Originally Posted by SKILMATIC

...You stick it in any other category the supra will make it cry all over a track. I have seen it...

Agreed.

Originally Posted by SKILMATIC

...Not to mention the 4.6l puts out about 300hp while a 2.8l on the supra puts out around 340...

Fwiw, the Supra is 3.0L (not that 0.2L makes that big a difference), and actually put out about 320whp with the 6spd option (about 375hp at the crank) bone-stock...very underrated from the factory.

Originally Posted by SKILMATIC

...I guess ford loves to waiste their displacement.

Of course, the big difference between the two (horsepower per liter of displacement) is forced induction.