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Old 02-24-2008, 11:56 AM
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X10! I drove a V6 Mustang--the whole car was crap--and then engine sounded and felt like it should be a John Deer!
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Old 02-24-2008, 09:03 PM
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X10! I drove a V6 Mustang--the whole car was crap--and then engine sounded and felt like it should be a John Deer!
I read a couple years ago that it was the same V6 that Ford puts in the Ranger with the same tune & cams.
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Old 02-24-2008, 09:36 PM
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meh, the 4.0 in the Mustang is a moot point, it should be replaced by the 3.5 anytime.
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Old 02-24-2008, 10:14 PM
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meh, the 4.0 in the Mustang is a moot point, it should be replaced by the 3.5 anytime.
The looks like a much better mill at 265hp & 250 ft/lbs on regular vs. the LY7's 252 & 255 (according to Wikipedia). Wikipedia also says that Ford plans to build a version with GDI, variable exhaust cam timing (it already has it on the intake) a variable geometry intake manifold so their should be some fairly stiff competition for hottest V6.

More interesting is Ford's talk of hanging a pair of turbos on the 3.5 and making near LS3 power... http://media.ford.com/article_displa...ticle_id=25149
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Old 02-25-2008, 12:53 AM
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Yeah the 4.0 is pretty much at the end of its useful life, its a dead horse. I guess Ford used it till they could get manufacturing capacity up on the 3.5 (as well as reducng inventory on the 4.0) It did its job though (even if it wasn't sewing machine smooth or the prince of specific output). The 4.0 was a cheap motor for a car that was designed to meet a cheap price point on modest production numbers.
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Old 02-25-2008, 11:30 AM
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Traverse V6 would make a great base V6 for the Camaro. 87 octane and more power and better fuel efficiency than any other V6 they could use.
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Old 02-26-2008, 03:39 AM
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Originally Posted by wildpaws
I don't think we know anything "for sure" about which engines will be used, I think it is all still speculation at this point in time.
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It's more than speculation. Automotive News had the quote from someone at Chevrolet. They could change their minds, but this is more than idle speculation.
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Old 02-26-2008, 07:43 AM
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According to an article in the lastest Automotive News, the base V6 will be a 3.6 with approximately 281hp...sounds like the same engine that's in the Traverse. I'm guessing that it will be +/- a few from that number.


That's 6 more hp than were in the LT1 in the 1993-1995 model.
More like 300 hp for the LT1. They were underrated in the Fbodies just like the LS1 was.
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Old 02-26-2008, 10:58 AM
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Also, if this has more or less confirmed, the 280ish or possibly more hp V6 rules out the 5.3L for the base V8 unless it gets revamped to push out at least 350 hp.

Personally I like the idea of an aluminum block destroked LSX reving to 8k and making 350 or so HP. With DI, it could get decent mileage as well.
That engine would be tremendous in a car that weighs 2800 lbs. But a car that's going to come in somewhere in the mid 3k's in weight I would rather have a stroked V8 that has a torque curve shaped like an ironing board.
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Old 02-28-2008, 09:18 AM
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the funny thing is im pretty sure thats the same 3.6 with vvt thats in the saturn outlook/aura/vue. solid motor with a nice power band actually
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Originally Posted by The-Red-Mist
the funny thing is im pretty sure thats the same 3.6 with vvt thats in the saturn outlook/aura/vue. solid motor with a nice power band actually
And Malibu and CTS (with DI). The latest version in the Traverse is a DI with a little less horsepower than the Caddy DI.
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I think it's a winning powertrain. But my personal thoughts are it will be the non DI 3.6L unless they decide to drop the standard 3.6L.
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I think it's a winning powertrain. But my personal thoughts are it will be the non DI 3.6L unless they decide to drop the standard 3.6L.
DI is the future. Slowly the non-DI engines will get replaced.
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Old 02-28-2008, 03:22 PM
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Accord Coupe V6 268hp
Altima Coupe V6 270hp

So if the six-cylinder is going to be "class leading", it probably needs to be the DI version. And yes these front-drivers are close enough to be in the same class IMO.

(But maybe there will be an 'entry level' engine for fleet rentals and so on.)
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Originally Posted by The-Red-Mist
the funny thing is im pretty sure thats the same 3.6 with vvt thats in the saturn outlook/aura/vue. solid motor with a nice power band actually
Is this also the 264hp 3.6 with VVT that is in the Equinox Sport? I've driven my friends, and it's got a nice bit of oomph to it (keep in mind I'm used to driving a 103hp Aveo LOL).
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