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Originally Posted by Suberman
That's one of many bone headed ideas that put the American car industry behind the 8 ball. You will note that specific torque and power declined precipitously in particularly American engines during the implementation of emissions regulation. Specific torque improvements have been driven entirely by fuel economy considerations or limited displacement racing formulae.
If power to weight mattered American muscle cars should have been bog slow.
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Wait a minute a 90's LT1 camaro gets better gas milage than the Toyobarus and didn't even require premium.
Also if you are talking about 60's American muscle cars not many of them were actually much faster than the twins 0 to 60 mph. A toyobaru would be neck and neck with an average 60's muscle car at the drag strip. My FRS is faster than my friends 71 mach one 0-60, 1/4 mi, and top speed.
But modern V6 muscle cars tend to get as good or better gas milage on 87 octane than the high strung DI H4 does on premium. I and many others think this car is really about 300 lbs too heavy for the engine.