LSjinx

Ok, Gm has released the word on the LS3 as the next engine in the base corvette. Rated at 436 hp / 428 lb.-ft. Why not have that as the engine of choice. Just my 2 cents. The vette always has the engine that usually finds its way into the camaro. 6.2 liters of displacement, not bad. Sound more economically sound and realistic. The LS2 to the LS3 is going to be like the LS1 to the LS2 in a year; so I think LS3. If LS2 goes into the camaro, let it be the base V8. I think the LS7 idea is too unrealistic for the blue collar's ponycar; gm never has made the camaro outperform there flagship anyway.

-280hp V6
-400hp LS2 z28 (or no base V8)
-436hp LS3 ss (or just this)

OctaneZ28

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As stated in the sticky at the top of this forum, LS2 and LS7 are both gone.
Neither will end up in Camaro.

If history is a lesson with engines showing up in Corvette for their debut, then the Camaro a year later (L98, LT1, LS1) then one could speculate that the LS3 will find its way into Camaro.

02_LS1

I highly expect the LS3 to be in the new Camaro.

RomulusSmallBlock

i think it will be the LS2 for a year and bam the LS3....watch us all be wrong and its the L79

OctaneZ28

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Mystic 98 TA

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I think Nine Ball put it best....



LS2 has finished its life-cycle. Done, Finito, Kaput, No Mas....

LS3 ???!!!

Vanilla_Gorilla

6.2 ltr LS3 to compete with the 6.1 ltr Hemi in the Challenger

bbqz28

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Maybe they'll have the 6.0 from the G8 as a base V8, then the LS3, then whatever the Blue Devil has in the ZL1 Camaro.

Tommy 35 SS

How bout the LS4 as a base V8 and/or Z28 engine
The LS3 as a Camaro SS engine
Then the LS7 as a ZL1 engine

OctaneZ28

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LS4 is for FWD applications only, so that's out.
But the LS3 is possible.

And for the third time in this thread:
Repeating myself is getting old.

Tommy 35 SS

Sorry

But how is the LS4 being a FWD engine an absolute?
Cadillac's Northstar V8 was changed from FWD to RWD to AWD and still seemed to work fine.

Now I've heard about the Corvette Z07, but i didn't know it would replace the Z06 or is it the Z06 is going to get a new engine? Because I heard chevrolet wasn't going to stop making the Z06 until 2010.

skinbrain

i hope the new camaro comes out with the LS3 in the Z28 that would be great!! 430hp!!! 6spd!!! lots of burnouts!!! i can't hardly wait any longer.

99RebelZ28

I think we will most definitely see this motor in the new camaro. I can't wait to see this thing. Hopefully it won't weigh 4000lbs and has a reasonable price tag. I wonder if ford will be able to handle the competion from chrysler and gm with their new gt? These next couple years should be interesting in the new muscle car world.

stealthctsvjjl

I agree that the LS3 is the Camaros V8 engine option, however I would not be surprised to see a bit less horsepower than the Vette, like say 415 or so.
LS3 is the future, even the LS7 will disappear soon when the Supercharged LS3 appears. With the LS3 using forced induction, it will be very easily to regulate the amount of power the engine produces, so this Forced Induction engine will surely be used in a top of the line Camaro, the Cadillac CTS-V, possibly the next gen GTO, and of course the SS Vette.
They can easily regulate boost to deliver as little as 500 HP or as much as 700, depending on the application, sort of like what Nissan does with it's 3.5L V-6 which is used in everything they make at different horsepower levels. It makes economic sense and it serves the purpose of having a dominant engine with room to grow.

SStheBest

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...good point

Bones Z28

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that's what I thought,the ls4 is a tranverse motor correct? I don't even know why people are so concerned lol, like you have stated about 10 posts earlier in this thread lol, the LS3 will find it's way into the Camaro.

OctaneZ28

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Agreed!
But the "Supercharged LS3" has a different name.

GTODan

I don't agree with that. GM hasn't been detuning non Vettes with Vette engines for a few years now. In 04, the GTO and Vette LS1 had the same ratings, same as the LS2 in the Vette and GTO in 05, Why would they go back to doing it now? Even with the same exact engine the Vette will always outperform due to its lower weight.

RomulusSmallBlock

just because the LS4 is for FWD apps. only doesn't mean that it will be remodified for RWD or have an all aluminum 5.3L and be called the LS4 type B.

although i would agree that only having two engine options (a V6 and a V8...LS3) would be cheaper to do and therefore very logical, but at that same token having a V6, a 5.3L for the base V8, and the LS3 for the SS is very doable as well.

me personally i for some reason like the LS2 a lot more than i do the LS3. i feel that they are killing it off the LS2 and LS7 too soon. they still have potinial and room for modification. they can do what they did to the LS1 when they made the LS6 to the LS2. honestly 425 hp out of the LS2 isn't asking for much. the LS7 in their own words is "detuned". so why the short life span. basically both engines aren't maxxed out by any means.

in some ways i feel the LS3 is a comp out...the easy way out for making more hp. if they can make 405 out of 5.7L why kill the LS2? to me it just doesn't make sense. it has the last gen 4 structure to it. the only thing that i can think of is that they are trying to stream line their engines and we might see the LS3 in more than just the vette and camaro like in suvs and trucks.

OctaneZ28

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The LS4 is a transverse mount FWD engine.
Yes, there could be another 5.3L engine made, but it would have a different RPO.
They could make it out of one of the truck 5.3s, so that is possible I suppose.

I don't really see it happening, but yes it is possible.