valdeztke

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Something I whipped up this afternoon. Whataya think? I'm in. Especially if it has an LT1.

etcts-v

Not bad lookin!

DarkCharisma

Brown will always remind me of turds.

BUKSING

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"Hey bro what color is that?" oh dis doo doo brown.

NIKDSC5

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Seriously bro? LT1?

itsslow98

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Body looks kinda plain to me. And NIKDSC5 hasnt been doing his research on the new Lt1.

NIKDSC5

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Touché sir.

Fuzzy_Wuzzy

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I agree the LT1 would be the perfect engine for the ATS-V. Forget turbo 6's the LT1 will get me into an ATS-V (one day...)

Also I get so sick of the "retro" engine names, I wish they would have at least gone with LT2 to pay homage or something different at least

MasterTomos

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LT1 name comes back once every 22 years lol. Everyone knows Z06, LS6, LS5, ect were all engine names/rpo codes in the past (60's and 70's), right?

Fuzzy_Wuzzy

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Z06 as a model I am ok with, but repeating the engine names just doesn't do much for me. The ls6 would have been just as good as an LS2 (then bump the current models up 1)

I think there is a little too much retro love out there. Celebrate the new designs and let them make their own history.

adanieljohnson1

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Wondering what kind of limits the new lt1 has for power.

Fuzzy_Wuzzy

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I think the Direct injection is going to be the biggest limit. From what i read the way the systems work best is when the injectors work at almost all their capacity, so they design around that. So there may not be much fuel overhead stock. I am sure there will be aftermarket injectors soon after launch, but i image there will be an added cost with that.

But in all honesty 450-500hp in a car that weighs ~3500 lb shouldn't be too bad.

etcts-v

Seems like they put more emphasis on reducing emissions and improving MPG's with the new LT1 rather than more GO POWA!

VVT and DOD are cool and all but I want more displacement! just sayin...

Fuzzy_Wuzzy

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There was talks that they were going to cut displacement something in the 4.X range, so the fact that the new Vette is getting a 6.2L is GREAT. The fact is these days if they can't get fuel economy out of it, they will not produce it. I think there will be plenty of power to be had here (make sure to read the latest Hot Rod magazine for a good summary of the engine) At some point in time the Go power for a stock car doesn't need to be higher (in-fact i am glad to see GM addressing the bigger issue overall weight of the car)

Heck if i can get the same power and better gas mileage it is that much more money that i can spend on other mods. (that bring it right back down...)

vmapper

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Hello ROOMIE ... your Out of D-ET-ERRRrrr GENT!!!...

etcts-v

Great points! GM has to hit that global mpg minimum standard, just feels like an end of an era, loss of the sex appeal! Haha but I do drive a smart car as my daily so I get the purpose. It is cool that engineering is constantly bringing us to new levels of power efficiency, just look the crazy power the import tuners are getting to with 4 cylinders vs the V8's of the 70's...

etcts-v

Great timing for this article!

https://ls1tech.com/articles/celebra...-we-still-can/

MasterTomos

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It's very likely the new camaro (that will ride on the ATS platform in 2015) will have the hand-me-down vette motor (gen 5 LT1), so I'd imagine the ATS-V would have a LT1 option as well.

Derek98z

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I'm guessing S/C 3.6. I was at a CTS-V event last month in Austin and the insiders said not to expect what we all expect for the ATS-V (turbo 3.6). Could be a V8 but for some reason I didn't get that sense.

RADEoN

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i heard it has optispark...