One of the first thins I noticed about the Camaro SS’ 6.2-liter V8 when I opened the hood was how set back the engine is in the engine bay. This is in contrast to the V6 in the non-SS versions where the engine is mounted much closer to the front of the car, further from the lateral axis of the front axles (the red body is the SS, the Yellow the V6 RS). The big old lump of a V8 (made of aluminum, but still pretty heavy) in the SS is mounted much further towards the back, near the firewall, which has benefits in terms of centralizing the car’s mass for better balance and therefore crisper handling. Another thing I like about this is on the cooling front, where there’s more air around the engine and much more room for a larger radiator and associated chilling technologies.