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Originally Posted by Jinx
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).
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I want to see what you describe, don't get me wrong!! And I believe it's more than a possibility. The L99 was basically changing the lifters, adding a pump, and messing with the computer. They can do that level of change in the LSA by simply installing forged pistons, and call it the LS'B' or something
-- so I'm not dismissing the idea by any means.
It could be that they're already validating an engine variant, and my concerns are baseless, too!
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Originally Posted by Jinx
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.
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True...but the new Vette isn't due for at least a year after when the Z28's supposed to start up...In the 2007 UAW contracts, there was the Gen V's listed for production in late 2010/early 2011...and the C6.R team is supposedly already using the block in GT2 racing. I guess I'm just hoping they consider this car as important as a Corvette...
