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Originally Posted by Dragoneye
Actually...They've been doing turbo-charged engines for a while. They developed the twin-scroll turbo 4 cylinder long before Ford ever thought of "EcoBoost". They're just horrible at advertising it.
Rumor has it that they initially developed the ZR1 to use turbochargers...but the compact engine compartment of the Corvette caused a...."thermal event"...at those power levels, so they deciding on supercharging, instead.
They've already built, and sold a turbocharged V6 in the Cadillac SRX, but it didn't sell very well. And...they've just engineered a twin-turbo V6 for Indycar racing.
Took a trip around the world just to say: "It's possible"...sorry.  |
Interesting... I wonder if the reorganization had some impact on the R&D allocations for these high-tech forced induction engines. Oh and sweet ZL1, can't wait to see it
