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Old 05-22-2008 | 12:27 PM
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Old 05-22-2008 | 12:40 PM
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Wow crap load of room for a turbo
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I think my need for a V8 model just disappeared if that's what I think it is...
Old 05-22-2008 | 12:56 PM
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What? No accompanying interior shot?
Old 05-22-2008 | 01:38 PM
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i like the pictures of the SS in this thread
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4195
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If that's what we all think it is, if the V8 is too pricey, this may work just fine.. These pictures actually tell us a lot. It's most likely the 3.6 DI V6 from Cadillac. Secondly, those will be the V6 wheels. (No surprise there), and third, the scoop on the V6 is very fake.

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That looks like a DOHC motor, does anyone else agree? Take a close look at the front of the valve covers... and then specifically at the coils placed in the middle of the valve cover.

Edit: The lower half of the engine looks identical to the DOHC V6 in my old ford taurus.
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If the V8 is anything like the GTO's bay, there is tons of room.
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Word has it it's going to be an LS3, so I imagine it'll be similar. Or else, they're just printing Camaro jackets with "LS3" emblazoned on them for fun.
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road and track says LS3 for the SS and then the LSA LATER for the Z28.
Old 05-22-2008 | 10:25 PM
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The DI V6 in the Camaro is good news. Great performance for a base model pony car.
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The V6 going into the Camaro is most likely going to be the LLT version. 3.6L, direct injection, 302 hp, 272 lb-ft. This engine family is also going to be one half of the V12 that GM is rumored to be working on for the flagship Cadillac on the way.

Another thing to think about is that the Saab 9-3 has a version of this engine with a turbo. Maybe you can buy a relatively cheap turbo straight from GM to hook up to it? Or possibly a turbo version in the future?

I would bet money that Ford is going to have to up the performance of their Mustang GTs though because the future V6 Camaro should give it a run for it's money the way it looks now.
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Originally Posted by LrngCrv
The V6 going into the Camaro is most likely going to be the LLT version. 3.6L, direct injection, 302 hp, 272 lb-ft. This engine family is also going to be one half of the V12 that GM is rumored to be working on for the flagship Cadillac on the way.

Another thing to think about is that the Saab 9-3 has a version of this engine with a turbo. Maybe you can buy a relatively cheap turbo straight from GM to hook up to it? Or possibly a turbo version in the future?

I would bet money that Ford is going to have to up the performance of their Mustang GTs though because the future V6 Camaro should give it a run for it's money the way it looks now.

The ford mustang is getting a face lift for the 09 model year i believe...the GT is going to be a 5.0 motor producing around 400hp.....and im sure they will up the V6 as well.
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I talked to the engineer driving that car at MIS last week (which is where and when that picture as taken) and he wouldn't open the hood for me. wtf.
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^^^ perhaps this is another GM leak? (I'm all about conspiracy theories today hah).
Anyways this car is gonna leave the base Mustang in the dust!!
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You know, I was comparing the G8 v6 to the one in that Camaro...

It doesn't have the same intake manifold...

If you look, there is a bolted-plate in the middle of the runners on the Camaro, whereas the G8's just kind of do the normal thing. That wouldn't be a variable-geometry intake manifold would it? Why else would there be a box like that in the middle of the runners?
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Originally Posted by Hydramatic
You know, I was comparing the G8 v6 to the one in that Camaro...

It doesn't have the same intake manifold...

If you look, there is a bolted-plate in the middle of the runners on the Camaro, whereas the G8's just kind of do the normal thing. That wouldn't be a variable-geometry intake manifold would it? Why else would there be a box like that in the middle of the runners?
Good eye wonder why that is. I'm pretty sure that just based off what the focus group people said about the V6 being so impressive that it has to be the 300hp V6 engine from GM.
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the new camaro is gonna have a 300 hp v6
Old 05-27-2008 | 11:25 AM
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I find a 300HP V6 rather impressive for a base car. Good job, GM.

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