6 cylinder options in the Camaro?
 

The original 1st gen Camaro had a straight 6 (250ci 4.0) motor. I wonder if Chevy is thinking of using the straight 6 4.2 that is in the Trailblazer for the base models? It puts out 291hp in the SUV. This would be an awesome motor to have a supercharged or turbo option also.

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Not a chance. Its way too tall and probably too long to fit.

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Nope, it will fit.

http://www.smithracecraft.com/gallery/galler24.jpg

Requires a different oil pan and a different intake.

http://chevyhiperformance.com/techar...mage_large.jpg

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Here is a good read on the engine. Variable valve timing etc.

http://media.gm.com/division/powertr...0_Overview.pdf

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GM will be making a Direct Injection 3.6L V6 with over 300HP soon.


What car is that in?

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No way on the I-6 for the Camaro. They have much better car based V-6's. This is designed for turck applications and even negating the weight and set up on the TrailBlazer, the I-6 get horrible fuel economy. 2WD TB gets 16/22 and believe me that is not what I have seen, worse. So, they'll put something in more car based.

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[QUOTE=Z28x]GM will be making a Direct Injection 3.6L V6 with over 300HP soon.
/QUOTE]
I have a feeling they won't use it in the V6 Camaro, though, might make it too pricey, seeing as how we're only getting one V6.

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Well, the 6.0 in the Trailblazer only gets 15/19. In the Corvette it gets 17/27. Using that difference in weight and aerodynamics that would put a I-6 equiped Camaro above 30mpg with 300 hp.

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Z28x, I forgot to mention that is in a Chevy II.

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a inline 6 would be nice, however it's seen as an "old" engine. It will take some marketing, and nice numbers (MPG & HP) to get people to buy it.

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BMW.

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Do we know that? Clearly thats likely but you never know.

Someone better tell all those 3 series owners their engines are "old". :)

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The 4.2L I6 came out in 2002. It is DOHC w/ VVT it isn't that old. a DI version would be 330HP+

People would love to have one in the Camaro


[QUOTE=MarcR94v6]It will be out in January in the 2008 CTS and is said by many reliable people here to be going into the Camaro. This might be a optional V6 though.

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Well, I trust your judgement/sources from what you've said in the past, so that makes me very excited! Optional, or not. :cool:

Re: 6 cylinder options in the Camaro?
 

think public, not the enthusist. If they here it has the same type of 6 cylinder that used to come in camaro's they are going to think they are no better than they where.