04-24-2008, 08:00 PM | #1 | |
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GM begins testing turbo four-cylinder engine in large cars
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Hrm.. Camaro engine bay bound as well per Lutz's earlier comments?? |
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04-24-2008, 08:14 PM | #2 |
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If I was a betting man. I'd bet the house this 4 Banger will be in the Camaro.
Althought I would never buy one...only because I can afford the V8 and want the performance and sound of the V8. With the price of gas hitting $4 a gallon today at our local Chevron...Im sure theres Hundreds of thousands of people who love to drive this camaro with a 260hp 4 banger getting 30+MPG...Hell i might just buy one for the wife. And GM knows this as well...so prepair yourself for this undeniable event.
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04-24-2008, 09:49 PM | #3 |
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260 hp is just about perfect for a car like the Lucerne, and bottom line G8s. As I've said before, if this lets us keep our RWD V8s, bring on the turbo 4s!
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04-24-2008, 10:22 PM | #4 |
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Like it or not, high strung turbo 4's are the future. Look at the WRX, Evo, Audis, Solstice. Then you have the GT-R which chose not to go with a V8 and look at what it did, threw down a record at the Nurburgring and 3.2 to 60.
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04-24-2008, 10:54 PM | #5 | |
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If it cut weight by 300 lbs....and it's still pumping out 260 hp...Well, hell! I'm happy with that!! (Oh, and btw...have you heard the Cobalt SS, yet? It sounds NOTHING like your typical high-revving, whining, pissed off bees-nest 4 banger. It's more like a throaty 6 from the vid I watched....hmmmmm.) |
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04-24-2008, 11:58 PM | #6 |
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Hope so Dragon, 260hp and 30+ mpg is not worth embarrassing the camaro name.
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04-25-2008, 06:10 AM | #7 | ||
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There will be nothing embarassing about being able to continue to sell Camaros because they meet CAFE requirements by having some models that get great fuel economy. I don't know if I'd want a turbo 4, I think even at my low budget I'd still want the NA V6, but I'd thank all those folks who take one for the team when they buy the turbo 4. The VW GTI's 260hp turbo 4 makes most of its mounds of torque at a respectable 1900 rpm, IIRC, so a similar GM turbo 4 should be a decent drive. As I've mentioned in a couple v6 vs. v8 threads...all these small-displacement Camaros will not only help Camaro's overall average MPG meet CAFE requirements, but they will be a lot of fun to buy used in great condition in a few years for that engine you've been building in your garage!
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04-25-2008, 09:50 AM | #8 | |
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As far as the GT-R, I'm not sure that any numbers we've gotten from Nissan are any good from the 'Ring. From the articles I've been reading and posts I've found here and there, the astounding times that that car has been claimed to have have been on an over-boosted engine (compared to the tune that's supposed to be in the production model) and also run on shaved race tires. I know I haven't read every article on the car, but the last one in one of the big rags' was still really positive in it's favor. Yeah, yeah, it's AWD, but hey, it uses it to it's fullest and who can argue that's a bad thing?
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04-25-2008, 12:27 PM | #9 |
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what I like about the ecotecs are that they are not high strung 4 bangers. Typically, they keep hp and torque within 10% or so. Which means that they make torque and not revs, and makes them much less annoying to listen to.
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04-25-2008, 01:19 PM | #10 |
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LMFAO! What; you don't like the sound of 2-cycle lawn equipment?!
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04-25-2008, 04:05 PM | #11 |
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Holy Cow, yeah I know that, what I meant was that It'd hurt my heart if half the camaros I saw around town had that mid 90s honda civic lawn mower sound. If they sound like throaty V6s, then I'm all for it! I'll still get my V8 though.
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04-25-2008, 04:51 PM | #12 | |
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Oh yeah, I TOTALLY agree about the sound. It would be a shame for a Camaro to sound ricey or even German. My VW's 5 cylinder sounds so cheezy, not ricey, just like some little British car you'd see in an old movie or something...
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04-25-2008, 04:52 PM | #13 |
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I’m pretty sure that the turbo four is destined for countries that impose a displacement based tax (including China and most of Europe). It makes roughly the same power as the port injected 3.6 but will be significantly cheaper to buy & own.
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04-25-2008, 09:10 PM | #14 |
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Sorry bout that wrong forum....
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