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Well the refinement mentioned was brought up in the part of the when it was talking about the hyp. pistons over the forged ones. While it prolly wont be a issue with reliability, expected abuse is another. Ill would prepare and prevent a load of warranty claims and company headaches and have the thing set mildly in boost like the LSA, but have the added lift of the cam (similar to the LS9s cam spec) do the moderating that advertised power level between 556hp and 600hp.
As of now, the L99 could be considered "one off". I consider it to be a smart insurance policy while meeting customer demands instead. Im not an industrial expert, but I doubt that it would cost that Mexico plant that making these engines a fortune for GM to have an "LS8" to be built with a LS9 cam, LSA heads/block/SC, and a third party supplier like Mahle or Manley (call up middle men between Ford and those guys) for rods and pistons. We are talking just rods and pistons the first time. Overkill can prevent bigger cost in the long run and meet the demands (back to the L99 example again).
Ill agree on the most part, but the concern with Gen V engines isnt too much. The Corvette tends to hold a milestone engine like that exclusive to that model for at least a year.
As for the LST, my wild specualtion is the that high tiered V6 that was slightly mentioned in the Z28 release story. But just a guess.
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