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Originally Posted by RLHMARINES
I think its' obvious that this pic is of a fwd specific layout and not for a rwd layout if you look at the intake and exhaust positions from the older pics that I provided. I believe the truck pics are not of a 3 valve arraignment like this pic.
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Definitely FWD layout, with the throttle on the back of the engine.
Thanks for posting. Very interesting read. While a lot of the technology will be (or already is) in the newer engine, that block design/configuration is never, ever going to see production.
Nothing like that will ever be used in a FWD application in today's world. Maybe it seemed to have potential back when this was first conceived when gas was 89 cents a gallon, and CAFE was 27 mpg, but today the future of FWD is downsized turbos, not NA V8s with a 24 mpg goal. And, with no FWD applications, the 75 degree bank angle becomes dead on arrival. No point in splicing the crank and adding balance shafts and all that if you don't have to. The two cam in block system sounds expensive, too.
Again, thanks for posting though. It was quite interesting. Ultimately, I think the Gen V will be closer to the LS3/L99 than this, though.