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Originally Posted by 8cd03gro
??? I thought the Gen V were supposed to be DOHC per the UAW/GM documents a few years ago. As for DOHC being obsolete, no chance. Too many advantages in every configuration, especially smaller, lower displacement engines.
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Ahhh remember I said DOHC V8s not 4s or 6s. If the Gen V V8s gets concentric cam tech (as expected) and thus true VVT, D.I. , camshaft higher in the block (thus less valve train weight, as expected). Combined with the advantages inherent with OHV V8s, it could possibly be the best N.A. V8 made for per cost and packaging. In the future we already know GM is working on H.C.C.I. , and I was told that the Gen V new block makes it easier/cheaper for GM to use the designed yet not implemented 3 valve cyclender heads in the future SBC. If over the next 10 years all that tech is incorporated in the SBC, what suppose advantage would a N.A. DOHC V8 have over the OHV? None, infact DOHC would be almost inferior in everyway that matters in the real world.