LS7 in camaro? = LUTZ
01-24-2006, 07:47 PM
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LS7 in camaro? = LUTZ Sticky: Lutz: "all the way up to 500hp or whatever size V8 we have". (
For production we would obviously do like we did in the old days -- you would have a popular-priced six-cylinder version, then you step up to an eight, then you step up to the next eight, all the way up to 500 hp or whatever size V-8s we have. Any V-8 engine that General Motors manufactures today is potentially slated for this car. You always would like to keep the Corvette with a few horsepower more than a Camaro. Theoretically, anything is possible.
For production we would obviously do like we did in the old days -- you would have a popular-priced six-cylinder version, then you step up to an eight, then you step up to the next eight, all the way up to 500 hp or whatever size V-8s we have. Any V-8 engine that General Motors manufactures today is potentially slated for this car. You always would like to keep the Corvette with a few horsepower more than a Camaro. Theoretically, anything is possible.
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I don't see it happening as the LS7:
- is hand-built
- used in the flagship Corvette, the $65,000 Z06 which has a dry-sump oil lubrication system
I can see it happening as a rumored supercharged V-8 (LS9) is on the way for the C6.
Chevy needs to spend more time with the handling of the future Camaro than worrying about a hand-built LS7.
- is hand-built
- used in the flagship Corvette, the $65,000 Z06 which has a dry-sump oil lubrication system
I can see it happening as a rumored supercharged V-8 (LS9) is on the way for the C6.
Chevy needs to spend more time with the handling of the future Camaro than worrying about a hand-built LS7.
01-24-2006, 07:56 PM
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01-24-2006, 09:51 PM
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well it would be nice to just select the engine without tacking on 10-12000 more dollars. If you want a stripper v8 and nothing else should be able to do it. Unlike dodge with the magnums or charger. Click hemi and you automatically click 10grand.
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Originally Posted by kaptain cap
I don't see it happening as the LS7:
- is hand-built
- used in the flagship Corvette, the $65,000 Z06 which has a dry-sump oil lubrication system
I can see it happening as a rumored supercharged V-8 (LS9) is on the way for the C6.
Chevy needs to spend more time with the handling of the future Camaro than worrying about a hand-built LS7.
- is hand-built
- used in the flagship Corvette, the $65,000 Z06 which has a dry-sump oil lubrication system
I can see it happening as a rumored supercharged V-8 (LS9) is on the way for the C6.
Chevy needs to spend more time with the handling of the future Camaro than worrying about a hand-built LS7.
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I think it's smart of him to keep his options open. Look what it took to turn the Caddy CTS into the CTS-V. That project was more like old-fashioned engine-swapping (cutting, relocating stuff etc.) than typical auto-manufacturer engineering work. I imagine Lutz wouldn't want to get stuck in that situation again, and he would demand that the Camaro would be designed to accomodate a lot of different engines.
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01-25-2006, 01:53 PM
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Ls7 Camaro If FORD is going to come out with its 450 HP 5.4 s/c cobra for 06/07. GM should have a mass production LS7 or an LS2 with a forced induction powerplant to power the new CAMARO SS. That's my opinion.
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Originally Posted by kaptain cap
I don't see it happening as the LS7:
- is hand-built
- used in the flagship Corvette, the $65,000 Z06 which has a dry-sump oil lubrication system
I can see it happening as a rumored supercharged V-8 (LS9) is on the way for the C6.
Chevy needs to spend more time with the handling of the future Camaro than worrying about a hand-built LS7.
- is hand-built
- used in the flagship Corvette, the $65,000 Z06 which has a dry-sump oil lubrication system
I can see it happening as a rumored supercharged V-8 (LS9) is on the way for the C6.
Chevy needs to spend more time with the handling of the future Camaro than worrying about a hand-built LS7.
Edited because I tried to change it before someone read it. Oops too late!!
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01-25-2006, 02:34 PM
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Originally Posted by firecrotch59
What about the LT4 that they put in the 93-97 camaro's? That was the flagship engine too and it was very expensive. Made by Lotus.
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01-25-2006, 02:36 PM
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The LT4 motor was NOT put in ANY 1993-1996 Camaros. The LT4 was NOT built by Lotus. There were 100 1997 SS Camaros built by SLP that came with the LT4.
The LT5 was developed jointly by England’s Lotus Engineering and GM Powertrain Division and manufactured by MerCruiser in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
The LT5 was developed jointly by England’s Lotus Engineering and GM Powertrain Division and manufactured by MerCruiser in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
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"What about the LT4 that they put in the 93-97 camaro's? That was the flagship engine too and it was very expensive. Made by Lotus."
There were very few LT4 cars and they were expensive and rare. We do not want a limited edition LS6-ish thing. We want a mass produced motor. They can do what you are talking about, but we want a cheap enough to afford car. Something akin to all the Terminators running around.
There were very few LT4 cars and they were expensive and rare. We do not want a limited edition LS6-ish thing. We want a mass produced motor. They can do what you are talking about, but we want a cheap enough to afford car. Something akin to all the Terminators running around.
Poor fella !