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Originally Posted by GretchenGotGrowl
You do realize that about 70% of all 5th Gen sales were V6 models (LLT and LFX). That means 30% of V8 sales were spread across 4 different engines (L99, LS3, LSA and LS7). My guess, is yes even if there wasn't a V8 there would still be a big following on Camaro forums. That being said, there should be no worries about losing the V8 as an option anytime soon.
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While this is true, more V8s were sold in the first year than V6s despite them being quite hard to find. Further, the GenV came from an auto show concept car with a V8 that sparked a groundswell of demand. I submit that without the V8, the GenV would not even exist.
People talk about boost being the substitute for cubes, but the way I see it, if you can get 500hp from 3L you can get 1000 out of 6L.
There are crappy 4 and 6 cyl designs that nobody races just like there are crappy V8 designs that nobody races. Lets hope the lot of new turbo engines have something left on the table so even more boost can be applied without them coming apart or being prohibitively expensive to get them there.
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