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Old Oct 21, 2009 | 01:26 PM
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Anyone see that admin on that board
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Old Oct 21, 2009 | 02:52 PM
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Originally Posted by GTRACER88
Well given the length of the stroke of the 5.4L.. your limited when going with power due to the inefficiency to entering high RPM. The 5.0 is perfect IMO due to the shorter stroke and bigger bore, allowing the engine to rev higher. Most of the gains are coming from the high compression and volumetric efficency of the heads.. The official announcement is on December 7, 2009. I dont think that we are going in the same direction as the 60's, because our level of reducing emmisions is impressive compared to the old days. I dont think we are going to have the EPA stop producing cars with high HP.
More cubes requires less RPM to make power though. Not to mention the torque is greater.
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Old Oct 21, 2009 | 04:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Quick
Anyone see that admin on that board
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Old Oct 21, 2009 | 10:26 PM
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Originally Posted by ZONES89RS
More cubes requires less RPM to make power though. Not to mention the torque is greater.
This is true. Also not to mention that an engine can only make so much torque N/A. The more cubes you have the more torque you can make. Ehh. I think this will finally even the playing feilds. For now... Next thing you know chevy gets mad and puts an LS7 in the camaros.
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Old Oct 21, 2009 | 10:50 PM
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Nope, they will just cam it and get 500+ RWHP on pump gas at the back tires...NA
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Old Oct 21, 2009 | 11:23 PM
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Good for Ford and just in time for the 550 hp LSA Z28 Camaro.
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Old Oct 22, 2009 | 02:34 AM
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what ever happened to the new firehawk?
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Old Oct 22, 2009 | 12:18 PM
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what ever happened to the new firehawk?
Well with the of Pontiac, the death of the Firehawk occurred.
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will it be able to beat the ss
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will it be able to beat the ss
with ease.

i cut my teeth on stangs, still wear my ford racing hat while i drive my vette. gets a lot of looks.

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Old Oct 22, 2009 | 11:07 PM
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Well the ss I believe it will beat it. As for the Z28... Hell no. That's a monster if it ever goes in production. I would love to see that happen though.
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Originally Posted by GTRACER88
This is true. Also not to mention that an engine can only make so much torque N/A. The more cubes you have the more torque you can make. Ehh. I think this will finally even the playing feilds. For now... Next thing you know chevy gets mad and puts an LS7 in the camaros.
ls7 is no longer produced or about to run its course. so thats not gonna happen.
if the genV is released. it will def. change the look of the ls. and bring with it better than ls3 heads with 3 valves and still be OHV pr motor.
the only thing the 2010 ss have to worry about is how long wil it take to the the sc available
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