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Even when my engine was horribly ill, she still ran strong. Bad bearings, oil leaks, torn gaskets...and kinds of abuse from the previous owner...she never let me down.

 

Yes the turbo Trans Ams and Buicks were very quick, but the supercharged 3.8 in the 2000's were not very powerful. They only generated between 240 to 260 horsepower with a supercharger. My point is that the 3.8 stayed relatively the same in design throughout its lifetime. GM finally did the right thing by introducing the new 3.6 liter V6.

 

thanx gorn buffalo is just stuck on the fact he has an ls1 and hes the sht because of it and i didnt know they stopped producing the 3800

and btw i am about to pick up a 3800 series 3 SC with a trans and wiring harness for 250$ only problem its FWD but i plan on tearing it down putting in new pistons bearings and rods and selling it for atleast 1000$

 

I would not get to excited about "NEW" V6's designs. GM tried to push a Performance 60 deg V6 once before back in the early 90's. The DOHC 200 HP 3.4, Wow what a stinker that turned out to be. The 3.6 shows promise but only time will tell if it is a worthy replacment to the 3800. At the end of its run the supercharged 3800 was 280 HP and 28 MPG. I do not think the 3.6 is that much better concidering the design is a 1/4 of a century newer.

 

who the hell buys a V6 camaro anyways... ohh ya me lol but if i were buying brand new best believe id be getting the SS2 LS7 7.0L umm... 505HP ohh ya that where its at

 

Haha I knew that someone would jump to this conclusion. I'm just saying that the 3.6 is better than the old 3.8 V6.
There are many advantages that the new 3.6 liter has over the old 3.8 liter. The 3.6 has four valves per cylinder, it has two camshafts, it is made of aluminum, it is equipped with variable valve timing and it generates 312 horsepower naturally aspired.

 

Dude, GM doesn't build an LS7 equipped Camaro.

 

and according to DR its slow as fck i know with my little 3.4 ive raced a new V6 camaro and whooped his ***

 

ohhhhhhhhh i just assumed theyd put the LS7 in it but after researching they put the LS3 still 500 hp still fast (and if i had it my way it would be an LS7 the same exact one as the Z06 youd open the camaro hood and it would say CORVETTE lol)

 

I doubt that the driver of the newer Camaro raced you for real. The new V6 Camaro runs a quarter mile time of about 14.5 seconds while the 2002 Camaro V6 runs the quarter in about 16.0 seconds flat.