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Old 01-03-2014, 08:25 PM   #247
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Originally Posted by TPAJETSKI View Post
I'd like to think the engineers could have coaxed another 80 hp out of the LS3 without resorting to the LS7. I guess they have a few laying around. First they tried unloading them in the 427 vette and now the Camaro. It's cool for the wow factor but it still seems like there would have been a more affordable powertrain alternative.
There was alternatives, but they don't want to sell 10,000 of these bad boys @60k because it would destroy CAFE numbers. It's sickening that a company has to build something that pleases the government rather than the consumer.
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