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Originally Posted by 2SSRS@Gen5diy
The year after they come out look for more ring time with the Z/28 car, if members of the Camaro team get what they want look for a small displacement V8 with high revving capability, i know you dont think its right but IMO that is whats coming.
This last part was talked about by Al and Mark Reuss
http://gmauthority.com/blog/2015/06/...maro-race-car/ |
You could be right. Ford has definitely demonstrated in the Voodoo that a high-revving engine with a low displacement can be a strong competitor. I just wonder if such an engine is anywhere in GM's DNA. The LS line and LT line show a particular philosophy on engine design. They may
want a high-revver, but is GM really ready to bet the necessary R&D dollars on it?
The only way I'd see that happening is if the engine designers have truly tapped out the current design trajectory. e.g. Intel couldn't continue to ramp up MHz any longer on their microprocessors so they switched to adding more cores. When more cores wasn't enough, they went to 3D circuit design. This transition was exceptionally painful for the company and almost lost them the market to AMD when the Pentium IV just couldn't cut it.
While I see GM staying ahead of the curve a bit better than Intel, I don't think we've seen enough of a slowdown in their current trajectory to make them redirect funds. They literally have to be frustrated at the lack of ROI to see them take an R&D path that is borderline disruptive to their current business. What I've seen so far is that their current engine design philosophy is paying massive dividends. Not just in the GenV V8s, but even in the V6 arena.
Who in their right mind would have ever thought we'd see a 335HP, naturally aspirated, V6 engine?!? Especially one with no compromises, drawbacks, or reliability problems?
Who thought we'd see the day when the first taste Chevy gives anyone of a new Camaro is not the V8, but the V6? Who would have thought that such a car would be the perfect everyman's sports car?
I guess time will tell. Any way you cut it, the engine for the Z/28 is going to be special.
