You guys are missing the point. V8 powered vehicles where made to get out of there own way. Most where made to be fast!

4 cylinder vehicles where made to be economy cars and cheap as well as easy on the pocket and great on gas.

It takes alot for a little car which was never intended to be fast, to beat a car that was built and bred to follow in the lines of past muscle cars.

Once the market got to the point where faster cars where more requested the manufacturers tried to get in on some of this modding money. Here come the turbo cars, These cars are made to keep up with the stock modern but yet still average priced muscle v8 cars yet still retain good gas milage.

All in all, this is a v8 sport, not a econo sport. V8's have always been faster and will be faster than an economy 4 banger. Times are now changing, the import cars are getting faster and cost is going up on them as well as v8's.

If I wanted to have a nasty track car I would build a v8, I'll get further with my money but on the street there limited.

If I wanted to have a nasty street car thats good on gas and is a killer from a dig on the streets, I would build an import hybrid awd that would dominate.

All in all, if you want true killer performance, v8 is the choice to go with, if you want a fun street car that no one expects to be fast and love it when jaws drop, I would get a import with a killer swap and awd.

Import vs Domestic, I know of only one import that can go mod for mod with a v8 toe to toe on the street. Any awd 4g63 based mitsu from the would get the job done, but reliability is an issue so in the end the V8 ends...

I like the element of suprise, the feeling you get when a bragger is shut up and never saw it coming. I chose a 4cyl awd hybrid for myself...Is it worth it, to me yes. For a drag car no, its all about what you want out of your hobbie

I tell you what, the import guys do alot to keep up with muscle cars with a vehicle that was never intended to, so please show some respect and give credit to those who have done the almost impossible