Kinda like the current 427?

 

Its 427.4 right?

 

I thought it was 425.... maybe i am wrong... I will have to look it up now

 

Nope, the 427 (LS7) is actually 427.6 They rounded down instead of up.

427 could equal 426.5-427.9
but 247.5-427.9 could also be rounded up to 428 if they wanted even though it technically isn't 428.

The 5.3L is 325ci, LS1 was a 346ci

 

Beat me to it.... was just getting ready to post this.

 

So if we have a 300hp V6, and a 450hp V8....thats a lot of uncoverd ground. There has to be a 350-380hp engine to fill the void, soemthing to go head to head with the next Mustang GT.

and ps, when was someone going to tell me that they moved the 5th gen forum to the top. I kept looking in near the Automotive news section/Fourm area. Damn sob's trying to hide this on me!

 

maybe they will bring back the 5.7 350

 

LOL, the whole point of moving it to the top was to make it easier to find, for newbies especially.... and it's been up there for a couple months now i think..

i mean, how can you miss it.. you click message board and BAM it's right there in red and white

 

There needs to be a Mustang GT priced V8 Camaro, and I don't see a 450HP 6.2L Camaro being that car.

 

just use the truck engines. Swap cams, pcm, exhaust, it would be an easy 330-340hp.

 

I have it saved in a favorite file, and I guess it set itself for the Automotive news section.

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They arent going to use a 5.3 for the camaro simple reason why......it would cost more to have yet another engine type then the base corvette of the time LS3 the z06 LS7 and Blue devil LS9 Gm's current trend dictates they arent in there old way of thinking look at the power ratings on the GTO if anything the LS7 will be at 500 in the SS because the z06 will jump up in power and with the mustang redesign around the coner we need that power i feel the power will only go up not take a step back.....

 

They have been doing that for decades. When the 396 was redesigned it in 1970 it went to 402 ci, but they kept the 396 name since it was so recognizable. But I guess shifting down isn't as bad as shifting up.

 

How would it cost more to have another engine type if that engine is already in production? There are already reports that the 5.3L will be used in other vehicles, so it is not like they are developing this engine just for the Camaro. There would be absolutely no added cost associated with using the 5.3, and in all actuality, since the 5.3 has been used now for so long, it would be a lot cheaper becasue they are able to spread the fixed costs of producing that engine over all of these vehicles. They have already absorbed all of the R&D and engineering costs, so they would basically only be out the cost of manufacturing the thing - unlike the new LS3 or even the LS7.

What exactly do you mean that "current trend dictates they arent in there old way of thinking look at the power ratings on the GTO" I hardly think this is applicable. The GTO had 1 engine option and was not intended to sale 100,000 units.

 

I have it straight from the horse’s mouth on a digital recorder that the 5.3L will not be used.