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Originally Posted by Silverado
What about the 6.0L V8 they put in the Escalade and the Sierra Denalis? It puts out 402 HP?
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Silverado: If you look into this further, you will realize the Escalade now has a 6.2L V-8, which shares a LOT of its architechure with the new V-8 coming out in the new Camaro. The truck engine is the L92 and has a lot of the new features being added to the Camaro V8 (LS3). You can find technical information on GM's homepage (someone had a good link to it around here somewhere...). The new Camaro V8 should be VERY close, just tuned for more horsepower and less weight!
Dragoneye: the LS2 that is coming out in the G8 isn't going to be out there for long, they are going to supersede that engine with the new LS3 ASAP. The older V-8's are long in the tooth and they will need to be updated soon after the car is released... Plus the Camaro needs more engine in it than the G8 to be competative in its segment. Since the Camaro is going up against the Mustang GT, and it will be heavier than the Mustang GT, it had betteer have a LOT more horesepower to compensate! I don't think 62hp more is going to cut it by 2009. The Mustange will probably have 350hp by then, so the Camaro will need something like 425-450 just to compete... IMHO.
Oh, and 600hp? Yes please! Why? Why does anyone drive something more than a 1984 Ford Fiesta? Cause we want to... that's pretty much all there is to it. Can you use it? MAYBE on the strip, but even then you'd better have drag slicks on and REALLY know what your doing. So probably not.
But then again, SOOO many people are driving Ferrari's, Lamborgini's, Bugatti's etc... that the power is sort of a moot point. It only takes about 80hp to go 80mph so why would you ever need more? Cause its fun.
Its just cause you want it, and like it. Oh, and 600hp makes REALLY nice parrallel black stripes wherever you would like them!
Personally I think the Camaro SS with 600+hp would be one of the great collector cars of our time, and I would love to hold on to it as a part of the family... but that is a secondary reason for wanting one.
~LSx