So what displacement with the base V8 be?
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Sorry if I was unclear.
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If I even released that tape I prob wouldn’t be posting here and more seeing how I would be on the run form the black Suburbans the rest of my life.
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why? really, it costs just as much to put a 6.2L in there as it does a 5.3L... the engines probably cost just as much to produce as well, or at least will after the engineering and design of the engine is paid for..
basically what I'm saying is, it seems most of the people who don't want the 6.2L as the base v8 say that because they think it'd be too expensive compared to something like the mustang's base v8.. but I'm pretty sure price would not depend on the displacement or horsepower of the engine
ultimately i think that if they did have two different v8 engines it might cost more for them because they'd have to engineer the car, and the production line, to handle two different engines
basically what I'm saying is, it seems most of the people who don't want the 6.2L as the base v8 say that because they think it'd be too expensive compared to something like the mustang's base v8.. but I'm pretty sure price would not depend on the displacement or horsepower of the engine
ultimately i think that if they did have two different v8 engines it might cost more for them because they'd have to engineer the car, and the production line, to handle two different engines
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why? really, it costs just as much to put a 6.2L in there as it does a 5.3L... the engines probably cost just as much to produce as well, or at least will after the engineering and design of the engine is paid for..
basically what I'm saying is, it seems most of the people who don't want the 6.2L as the base v8 say that because they think it'd be too expensive compared to something like the mustang's base v8.. but I'm pretty sure price would not depend on the displacement or horsepower of the engine
ultimately i think that if they did have two different v8 engines it might cost more for them because they'd have to engineer the car, and the production line, to handle two different engines
basically what I'm saying is, it seems most of the people who don't want the 6.2L as the base v8 say that because they think it'd be too expensive compared to something like the mustang's base v8.. but I'm pretty sure price would not depend on the displacement or horsepower of the engine
ultimately i think that if they did have two different v8 engines it might cost more for them because they'd have to engineer the car, and the production line, to handle two different engines
*worse mpg
i'd like to see the 5.3 used and then have a stand alone option for the 6.2.
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why? really, it costs just as much to put a 6.2L in there as it does a 5.3L... the engines probably cost just as much to produce as well, or at least will after the engineering and design of the engine is paid for..
basically what I'm saying is, it seems most of the people who don't want the 6.2L as the base v8 say that because they think it'd be too expensive compared to something like the mustang's base v8.. but I'm pretty sure price would not depend on the displacement or horsepower of the engine
ultimately i think that if they did have two different v8 engines it might cost more for them because they'd have to engineer the car, and the production line, to handle two different engines
basically what I'm saying is, it seems most of the people who don't want the 6.2L as the base v8 say that because they think it'd be too expensive compared to something like the mustang's base v8.. but I'm pretty sure price would not depend on the displacement or horsepower of the engine
ultimately i think that if they did have two different v8 engines it might cost more for them because they'd have to engineer the car, and the production line, to handle two different engines
Just the way I see things with a base Camro V8 going head to head against a Mustang GT, in terms of price and performance. It would not take 6.2L to match or slightly exceed the hp of a Mustang
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Base model = 5.something
Top shelf model = 6.something
6 > 5 = better upsell potential.
5 < 6 = Doesn't guzzle as much gas.
Keep in mind that 90% of the potential customers don't actually care how fast it is or how much horsepower or MPG it really has.
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