Kourse it is. aint nothing like a RWD car.. hands down. I like those cars though. I'm simply stating that katz put into FWD and build the 4 bangers out and what not to do a decent time slip or a decent track mobile.
I never got why people get so heated over a car. Have pride and build your shit, cool, but talk about something that was NEVER THOUGHT POSSIBLE happen, its really a trip. I never though FWD cars would ever get that far bekuz of that disadvantage.
I put a SBC 350 in an RX7, and people got angry at me. Rotary motors are expensive to build, and if the apex seals constantly go out, they are a pain to the motor out and rebuild all the time.
As you mentioned, its easy to build a v8... parts are everywhere and everyone works on them. Shit puttin the 350 in my RX7, there was hardly any wiring. Doing a OBD II to a CRX or something takes more wiring.
No need to trip about people's preference to a car homey. They way things look, expect to see less powerful cars coming out and more hybrids/economy cars.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/04/25/pontiac.reaction/index.html