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Originally Posted by Number 3
You think GM is going to completely redo this brand new engine in only 2 years? Not saying they won't, but it would be very out of character to spend 100's of millions on an engine and then redo it 2 years later. To get way over 300 HP would be a pretty big tear up. That is a lot of HP from a 2 liter. That would be equal to nearly 1000 HP from the LS3 on a per liter basis. And we all know what it would take for GM to achieve that.
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I agree that getting way over 300 HP is far fetched, but getting to 300 HP and about 350TQ is not.
I mean, they already damn near did it with an optional GM factory tune for the Cobalt SS. 290hp and 340TQ
http://www.gmpartsdirect.com/results...umber=19212670
I think whatever Ford does could be a clue on what GM does. Rumors suggest that the next Mustang base engine will be the V6, with possibly a slight power increase over the 305HP/280TQ it currently has. An optional engine could would be the turbo 4, and if that is true I'd expect it to have around 300hp and 340+ TQ.