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Originally Posted by Dragoneye
I thought about it...but honestly? If GM's smart -- they won't use DI to improve HP like they did on the 3.6L. Given the looming mpg mandates, they'll focus it to improve efficiency and mpg. I mean, it's already f'n 25mpg. For the power, that's great -- but I'm thinking the workhorse of the next gen V8s will be a ~5.7L, 400hp, and 27-28mpg....hot damn.  |
I think they'll tune it for efficiency as well . . . I also think it will be producing a bit more power than that, a 5.7L making 450 hp with 27 mpg should be fairly straightforward. Or if they want to go out with a bang . . . 500+ hp out of a 6.2 @ 25 mpg. Not sure what would be more awesome.