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Will it be:
>LT2: more aggressive cam and valvetrain LT1
>LT7: high displacement 427-454 direct injected LS7 successor
>LT8: DOHC high rpm top trim engine, likely introduced in MR C8 Vette
I think the horsepower goal would be at least 530hp to beat out the 526hp 5.2 VooDoo.
The 2018+ Vette and Maro should both get the 10-speed auto, so I wanna believe higher displacement and output is still viable.
The 460>530 70hp increase seems like a huge jump, but that's only 15%.
The 345hp LS1 > 405hp LS6 was a 14% 60hp with a fatter cam and stiffer springs.
The 345hp LS1 to 400hp LS2 was another 55hp from just 0.3L more of displacement.
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The LT5 will be used in the C8 Corvette and it will be DOHC.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq7YimybK_w
Start @ 2:55
>pic related, c8 and c7 zr1
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>>17070572
forgot pic, sorry
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>>17070583
I guess it makes sense to put the seating position forward due to the mid engine, but it looks weird for a corvette.
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>>17070605
They will still make a front engined corvette for purists. Some speculate they might even make the mid engined one the new XLR or something.
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>>17070572
Yea he's saying it won't fit Alpha or C7 platform because DOHC heads are two wide.
I want a 7.4 pushrods V8 that revs to 7700 anyways.
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>>17070572
learning from the best
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>>17070618
I think their strategy is to move the Vette image exotic and leave the Camaro as the staple FR boomer mobile.
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>>17070624
Maybe Ford will make a v8 ecoboost in response.
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>>17070651
ecoboost is such a terrible name and I hope ford realizes this.
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>>17070624
I think Northstar series and Modular came out the same year in 91
also
>make god tier DOHC V8s
>use shitty 11 mpg V6 in your supercar instead
>not your record breaking V8s
GG Ford.
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>>17070672
Meant to post this but year they both debuted in 91
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>>17070624
What makes Ford so revolutionary?
Dodge scat is a 6.4 485hp and the differe nce in speed miniscule.
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>>17070651
>>17070663
Yep , called eco but still has bad gas mileage. At least it's got good torque.
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>>17070750
when any normie sees the word 'eco', they think 'slow'
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>>17070685
Ford makes only overhead cam V8's that are worth modding.
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>>17070622
Might not happen this development cycle. I have a good friend who is a computer engineer working at GM in Detroit and according to him they can't get LSX displacement on the LT platform to pass emissions.
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I hope it's DOHC, pushcucks won't recover
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>>17070635
Hmm. Not having access to their market info, but the Vette seems to me to always have been an affordable super-ish car, the all American David to the euro goliath. The Camaro will always have a bit of a red neck patina for some reason.
Would be risky to push a car that sales so we'll, in base trim, further up into exotic territory.
To me it would make sense to have a mid engine caddy exotic and the Vette. Xlr does gt-lm, Vette does gtd/gt3. Although I can see the Vette and vette-mid engine living side by side.
The engine isn't the issue against the Ford GT, it's the chassis limitations of being a mass produced car. The Vette platform sales at a profit for 1/8 the the price tht a Ford GT breaks even.
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>>17071073
Good thing it won't be as DOHCucks can't go over 4 liters without losing the backseat for engine space.
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