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No, actually that was a Vengeance Racing prepped C5 - the same one that cooked my ZR in 2014 (?). It was listed as N/A and ran @ 171.xx in the 1/2 mile from a dig. (I remember that car, cuz I was paired with it and ran against him.) N/A? I never found out. But when it staged, it "idled" like a box of rocks and smelled NOT of pump gas (to me).
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I will agree a V6 is the way of the future,at least that's what Ford would have everyone believe but GM needs to do it with a V8. If they did go with a V6 that would seem too obvious that maybe they were competing with Ford. Will we ever see another V6 in a Ferrari, I doubt it. While all of the exotics went multi cams,valves GM was able to get it done with the good ol V8 recipe and still smoke um for the most part. I for one will be very disappointed if the new car is a V6. If they can kick some a$$ with the current V6 arraignment think of what they will do with a V8. It's fine Ford wants to push a V6 but GM can do better. That new Ford GT is an absolutely gorgeous car,but a V6? I don't care how much power it makes,make mine a V8.
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Highlighting GMs 6cyl was to make the point that GM has very good credentials regarding OHC configurations. So if they can do a fine job w 6's, why not a V8?
Did Ford go V8 for LeMans?
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Hmmmm... anybody got their finger on it? V6 or V8???
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Its a V6 twin turbo. Ecoboost is their marketing name I think.
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Right Todd. But I thought I read somewhere for racing they used an 8. The V6 wasn't cutting it for LeMans supposedly. I very well could be mistaken.
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It was always going too be a twin turbo V6. Seeing how the new Raptor shares the same engine, makes sense from manufacturing standpoint. V6 is lighter, and weight is key in racing. As i have no doubt the Corvette is going mid engined now. And mark my words, we WILL see a production V6 in a Vette very soon......twin turbo, around 500hp, and make it a base model. Oh and make it a special front engined model, as the front engined ones will be phased out.....
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