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Originally posted by Nimisys
for being an overhead valve engine, its output is not to bad, espiccaly witht he supercharger. as for the cars performance look at the wieght of the car its sitting in. drop it into a fiero and you will not complain.
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Ok let's compare cars and consider weight:
Pontiac Supercharged GTP3.8L 260HP 3583lb 0-60 6.9
Nissan Maxima SE 3.5L 260HP 3478lb 0-60 6.5
Honda Accord V-6 3L 240HP 3384lb 0-60 6.5
95'Chevy Camaro 3.8L V-6 200HP ????? 0-60 7.4
95'Nissan Maxima3L V-6 190HP ????? 0-60 6.6
All of those number were taken from Motor Trend. I'm not sure that a camaro v-6 is worth the insurance premium when practacilly every V-6 car on the road is faster with the same or better gas milage.
I couldn't compare it to another overhead valve engine because I don't know of another overhead valve V-6 that is still in production. So that should tell you something. With that being said Overhead valve engines usually have a low-end torque advantage when compared to overhead cam engines of the same displacement. So you would expect 0-60 times to be better for the 3.8L considering that it's bigger and OHV. I just think that this engine is an antique. OHV doesn't have to die just look at the LS1 & LS2 from the corvette. I just think that GM has not made improvements to the 3.8Liter for 15 years.