Originally Posted by hachibill
z51 is a suspension option for the vette. it only has leaf springs in the back, and its only one in a transvers location. i know this because i've worked on vette's. in the front it has double wishbone's and a coilover shock. so what chevy gets 500hp out of 427ci. i can get 500hp out of 2.0L's. your point? i think i just proved my point that pushords suck.
Don't start that arguement, Bill. Sure, it has 4 less cylinders, but it needs a turbo to get to those power levels. So I would say that a n/a v8 and a 2.0L turbo 4cyl are about on par with one another. The cool thing about the v8 is that you've got a warranty and it comes like that from the factory. Keep in mind that even the GTO's and base Vettes have 400 hp and aren't overworked at all. I love little turbo 4cyl's, but at those high power levels, they aren't going to be as reliable. That's a fact.