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RyanG · 04-27-2010, 11:13 AM

Yeah! Maybe the next gen Camaro will still have a V8!

Link: GM to build new V8

General Motors Co. said Tuesday it will invest more than $850 million to upgrade five North American factories to make its next-generation V8 engines more fuel efficient.

The new V8s will differ from the current versions by using direct injection and a new combustion system, spokeswoman Sharon Basel said. The next-generation engines will also be lighter. GM will build them exclusively from aluminum, compared with the current versions' aluminum and iron makeup, Basel said. All of the engines will be able to run on E85 ethanol.

To build the engines, GM will renovate or retool powertrain factories in Tonawanda, N.Y.; Bay City, Mich.; Bedford, Ind.; Defiance, Ohio; and St. Catharines, Ontario.

GM uses its current V-8 family of engines in full-sized pickups, SUVs, vans and some performance cars, Basel said.

“There is no doubt that a major differentiator going forward will be powertrain technology,” said Michael Robinet, vice president at research firm CSM Worldwide in Northville, Mich. “Heavy investment and improved fuel economy will be on every company's agenda.”

brandotron · 04-27-2010, 11:16 AM

This is the beginning of the Gen V smallblock!

Rogue Leader · 04-27-2010, 11:16 AM

i just hope everyone hee who whined this will be the last V8 camaro reads this and eats their crow for lunch.

rez333 · 04-27-2010, 11:19 AM

the sky will always be falling to some people

Hylton · 04-27-2010, 11:20 AM

Extremely good news!

CamaroSkooter · 04-27-2010, 11:20 AM

'Twas the Night Before Christmas shall now read:

"...with visions of direct-injected V8's with aluminum blocks danced in their heads..."

Edit: Post # 2,000. I have a long way to go

StangKiller818 · 04-27-2010, 11:20 AM

haha very true

DarricSS · 04-27-2010, 11:21 AM

Will still have the V/8 that's good, but it's going to sound allot different with DI ...that kinda sucks, but gotta' change with the times...

Hylton · 04-27-2010, 11:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rogue Leader

i just hope everyone hee who whined this will be the last V8 camaro reads this and eats their crow for lunch.

I don't see the relavance to this story but the real question is whether or not the V8 will be the base engine in the SS camaro for gen 6.

ron10 · 04-27-2010, 11:24 AM

should help get in line with mustang weight.

2010 SSRS · 04-27-2010, 11:26 AM

More Horsepower

*The_Blur* · 04-27-2010, 11:28 AM

I hope these new V8s are as easy a swap as the LS-series engines.

brandotron · 04-27-2010, 11:28 AM

I think we'll see this Gen V make an appearance in the current generation Camaro, much like the LT to LS switch of the last gen.

2SSARMY · 04-27-2010, 11:28 AM

Thank god Vettes will still be v8s and not turbod v6s

04-27-2010, 11:13 AM	#1
RyanG Drives: 2010 Camaro SS/RS IOM Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Fredericton, NB Posts: 80	GM to invest $850+ million to build new V8s Yeah! Maybe the next gen Camaro will still have a V8! Link: GM to build new V8 General Motors Co. said Tuesday it will invest more than $850 million to upgrade five North American factories to make its next-generation V8 engines more fuel efficient. The new V8s will differ from the current versions by using direct injection and a new combustion system, spokeswoman Sharon Basel said. The next-generation engines will also be lighter. GM will build them exclusively from aluminum, compared with the current versions' aluminum and iron makeup, Basel said. All of the engines will be able to run on E85 ethanol. To build the engines, GM will renovate or retool powertrain factories in Tonawanda, N.Y.; Bay City, Mich.; Bedford, Ind.; Defiance, Ohio; and St. Catharines, Ontario. GM uses its current V-8 family of engines in full-sized pickups, SUVs, vans and some performance cars, Basel said. “There is no doubt that a major differentiator going forward will be powertrain technology,” said Michael Robinet, vice president at research firm CSM Worldwide in Northville, Mich. “Heavy investment and improved fuel economy will be on every company's agenda.”

04-27-2010, 11:16 AM	#2
brandotron I am the internets. Drives: dangerously Join Date: May 2009 Location: Redondo Beach, CA Posts: 12,571 View My Garage	This is the beginning of the Gen V smallblock! __________________

04-27-2010, 11:16 AM	#3
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04-27-2010, 11:20 AM	#7
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04-27-2010, 11:21 AM	#8
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04-27-2010, 11:19 AM	#4
rez333 Drives: 2013 ZL1 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: St. Joseph Posts: 1,283	the sky will always be falling to some people

04-27-2010, 11:20 AM	#5
Hylton Drives: fanboys and ass kissers crazy. Join Date: May 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 7,280	Extremely good news!

04-27-2010, 11:20 AM	#6
CamaroSkooter Retarded One-Legged Owl Drives: 2010 Black Camaro 2SS Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 9,745	'Twas the Night Before Christmas shall now read: "...with visions of direct-injected V8's with aluminum blocks danced in their heads..." Edit: Post # 2,000. I have a long way to go

04-27-2010, 11:24 AM	#10
ron10 Drives: 2010 2SS IOM L99 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: LOUISVILLE,KY.. Posts: 7,545	should help get in line with mustang weight.

04-27-2010, 11:26 AM	#11
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04-27-2010, 11:28 AM	#12
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