Dosent seem to be alot of discussion the the powertrain on the 5th gen, granted its pretty early to be worrying about it


So anyway, what engine would you like for these to have? A beefed up LS1? Forced Induction? whatever!

Then what do you think we will end up getting?


I would love to see a supercharged LS1 with forged interals and all the goodies.

 

I'll take the safe route and guess:

3.9 V6 in the base car.

6.0 LS2 in the Z28 or SS or whatever they call it.

 

http://web.camaross.com/forums/showt...5th+gen+engine

 

I totally agree.

and if we see a third engine it will most likly be the 5.3L LS4

 

5.3 + 6.0L LS2

... and for the record i would like to see some forced induction

 

I thought it was already pretty much discussed...

Camaro SS = 6.0L LS2

and then 12-18 months later...

Camaro Z28 = LS6

 

LS6 will probably be gone by then... LS7 would probably have a better shot, though I'd be surprised to be it in a Camaro... but you never know.

 

I'll go out on a limb here and hope for the ECOTEC 2.2 with 140 hp at the flywheel no less ..... just kidding :-)

Back to reality, I'd like to see 6.0 LS2 with those slick 3 valve heads that were mentioned a little while ago. They would be nice, if it was an option - otherwise, gimme the 6.0 with the plain-jane, 2 valve heads and 400 hp.

Sorry, but I just don't think that Camaro is all about turbo- or super-charging - at least from the factory. That's for some other car.

 

It's either "Blast From The Past" day, or it's "Beat A Dead Horse Wednesday".


Just the same at the risk of being repetitious (again), an LS2 and a base V6 of over 200 horsepower is a given. A middle V8 is most likely. The only middle V8 is the 5.3.

That's your engine line up.

 

I remember for at least 3 years all we heard from Scott and others was that a mid level V8 was impossible from a cost perspective, even though we all nearly unanimously said it was necessary from a sales/market appeal standpoint.

I'm hoping we (this board) helped make a difference on that issue, not to mention a bunch of other 5th gen issues.

 

Before the GM police in black Suburbans come to get me....THIS IS ONLY SPECULATION............

What if........

In addition to a 3.9 base V6, there were more than one version of the 5.3. One with 300-310 hp and a second hotter 5.3. The hotter 5.3 would perform as well or better than the GTO's current LS1.

What if this "hotter" 5.3 were a powerplant for a Camaro SS model in the mid $20's designed to take on....and beat.... Mustang GT?

What if there were another engine beyond and instead of LS2 . What if this engine had a version in the 390-400 hp range for another and higher end SS model ( over the 5.3 SS). And a hotter version of this same engine could form the nucleous of a revived and plenty serious Z/28 Special Performance Package.


Just saying, What If.

 

So we are talking 5 or 6 engines here?

 

The big difference this time around is that the Camaro will share it's front end structure (as well as other parts) with higher volume vehicles. Since some of these vehicles will have the 5.3, development of, crash testing, as well as other cost are spread out a large number of vehicles, not just Camaro-Firebird.

Ford still manages to do things like this, despite not selling massive quanities. But GM is extremely cost conscious ("cheap" in our dictionary), and if it doesn't have alot of zeros in the production numbers, getting them to cough up the cash apparently is like pulling teeth.

 

Like a 3v 5.3L 10.9:1 putting out 400HP+

LS6 puts out almost the same HP as the LS2, but has a weaker torque curve, Why not just use the newer more advanced LS2.

 

What if, huh?

Well, what if the year the Camaro returns, it's as you say?

What if there is only base and a performance version (the SS), & that 5.3 had the same performance as the current LS1 SS, but was geared to outrun the new Mustang GT?

What if the 2nd year of production, not only did a convertible come out, and a V8 option on the base Camaro, but also a 6.0 liter LS2 Z28?


....gotta run now. There's a couple of black Suburbans pulling up in front.