Diesel Camaro for 2010?
09-27-2006, 08:18 AM
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09-27-2006, 02:09 PM
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Having an iron block would kill it for me. The weight displacement would be bad for corners 
If they get an aluminium block in that thing I would buy it for sure, LS7 be damned!!!
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If they get an aluminium block in that thing I would buy it for sure, LS7 be damned!!!W
09-27-2006, 06:39 PM
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Originally Posted by sb427f-car
The GMC that he put a twin turbo duramax in is a road race truck...he already set the world land speed record with a Dodge Dakota that he shoved a Cummins into.
09-27-2006, 08:21 PM
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Originally Posted by BAD *** TA WS6
Thanks for the correction. I thought for a minute it may have been a road racing truck. Bad *** none the less.
While a diesel would in a camaro would probably not be what I'd buy, I still give mad credit to GM for even thinking about it. THAT is the kind of ideas that brings about innovation, and the kind of ideas that bring about real change for fuel economy and alternative energy. Kudos! And hey, what's not to say that they don't go Grand Am Cup racing with it?
09-28-2006, 04:19 PM
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Put solar panels in the roof, hood, trunk (along with the disc brake electricity production like on the Prius)...a diesel/electric hybrid would blow away every hybrid on the road performance and fuel economy wise...the Prius would be a mad polluter compared to this car.
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09-29-2006, 05:02 PM
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How hard would it be to produce an aluminium block turbo diesel? If they could make it of aluminium and keep prices down, it would handle so well!!! Is it price prohibitive to create an aluminium turbo diesel or will the engine just not handle it? I would guess if they used LS7 tech in mass production in this engine it would be hardy enough and the mass production would put economies of scale into effect. Or perhaps I am wrong. Oh, I WANT THIS CAR!!!
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10-01-2006, 06:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Nine Ball
a lot of diesel clueless guys here. I'd buy a turbo diesel Camaro in a heartbeat. There isn't another engine platform that is so easily boosted up. A turbo swap and some tuning could turn that 360 hp diesel into a 600 hp setup no prob.
10-05-2006, 08:58 PM
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Originally Posted by redbandit98
**** i think it would freaking rule ..could you imagine loading that thing up at the track and watching the black smoke pour out..hell yes.
I really like this idea and hope GM goes through with it, aka I'd trade my truck in and buy one the first year it came out.
ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME GM?!?!?! YARRR! BUILD THE CAMARO WITH A DURAMAX BADGE AND THEY WILL COME!!!