Second off, the Camero SS is Fast. But you do in fact hafta dump money into it to make it really fast. Unless you plan on rebuilding the entire motor yourself and changing out all of the rods and pistons yourself and balanceing them yourself it will get really pricey really quick (even if you do, its expensive as f*ck), where as on nearly all Japanese motors the only time you really need to open up the block is when you wanna go for retarded power and speed, not to break out of 13s.