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Old 05-18-2016, 11:11 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by Chevy_cowboy View Post
Also might have to do with fuel economy, remember the L99 just barely squeaked by the gas guzzler tax, (which is why it was detuned and had AFM), the L86 would have had to go through all the epa testing and perhaps detuning to meet those requirements or buyers would have been paying GG tax, just not worth the cost and trouble for the last year or two of a generation.
Mention the LT1 was probably already around in test if anything, so L86 what? I also think the last 3 years of production they stalled development on the car because they knew they were gonna dump the platform anyway. Changing engines was surely the last thing on their mind.
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