08 vette gets 430 horsepower LS3- Could this be camaro's engine?

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Old 05-08-2008, 07:58 PM
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I do, because the 'Vette will progress faster than the Camaro -- they have new 'Vette plans in the pipeline... There will always be feature differentiation... Plus, generally, 'Vette owners have more spare cash to blow... ;-)

Just like Apple had a 3G iPhone in the pipeline last year when the 2.5G one came out...


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I don't see an LS3 going into it. Why would Chevy build a car to compete with itself. The vett has always been top of the line and the camaro is just a poor mans vett. They start putting LS#'s in it and the price will sky rocket. They need to sell these cars and that means Sporty, fun to drive, gas milage, and a price that your average Joe/Judy can afford. Your going to have to order a car with that Monster LS3 IE: COPO or what ever they want to call it. That's just my opinion. Shaun
 
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Old 05-08-2008, 08:03 PM
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It will be sad and ridiculous if the new Camaros do not have direct injection, at least as an option on V6 & V8. The 2008 CTS got a nice boost (almost 50 extra HP), basically for "free" (supposedly no loss in fuel economy) w/direct injection!

See:
http://www.edmunds.com/cadillac/cts/review.html

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hate to tell ya, but the ls1 is in all 98 up maros, and a variation of the ls is in the trucks, and i think the monte ss has one but i am not positive. The Ls is chevys new small block design, not some ultra fancy/expensive legend. its a good, efficient motor
Agreed, and all of the current LS engines will soon be replaced by the new Gen5 engines, direct injection (in the heads) is going to play a big role in the Gen5 engines, rumoured to also have DOHC (at least in some versions). I think GM/Chevy has some very interesting engines in the pipeline, time will tell how fast they make it into the production cars.
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Old 05-15-2008, 09:36 PM
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Well this will blow the termies out of the roads. I dont think Chevy needs to put a supercharger, if the car is going to be making around 430hp. This is how you mess the longevitity of the car. If they do, it will be a turbo charger, because of the higher fuel economy from a t/c
 
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Old 05-16-2008, 10:09 AM
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I read the '08 CTS V8 has a supercharger, so maybe that will trickle down to the Camaro, just like direct port injection...
 
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