Chevrolet Corvette Stingray C7 Forum - View Single Post - IS GM capable of making a small block DOHC

Firefighter · 07-22-2013, 08:35 AM

GM can and has made these types of motors they simply choose not to for cost/weight/overall dimensions.

Personally I'm not looking forward to the thought of having to buy 2 or 4 cams and a 30' timing chain because I want to do a cam swap. Never mind 32 valves to have to get worked on and start thinking about buying all of those in titanium or sodium filled, what about checking all of those springs and retainers etc... just too much to achieve a similar goal IMHO.

They can be cool though. There is another thread around here comparing the Coyote motor to the LS3 and it's a never ending thread of tit for tat. Someone pointed out the AMG 6.3L making 631hp and 468tq with an 8k redline what I find interesting is that it's TQ number is down so much compared to HP.

07-22-2013, 08:35 AM	#15
Firefighter Drives: Black '13 2SS/RS/1LE w/NPP/NAV Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Tampa by way of Miami... Posts: 4,934	GM can and has made these types of motors they simply choose not to for cost/weight/overall dimensions. Personally I'm not looking forward to the thought of having to buy 2 or 4 cams and a 30' timing chain because I want to do a cam swap. Never mind 32 valves to have to get worked on and start thinking about buying all of those in titanium or sodium filled, what about checking all of those springs and retainers etc... just too much to achieve a similar goal IMHO. They can be cool though. There is another thread around here comparing the Coyote motor to the LS3 and it's a never ending thread of tit for tat. Someone pointed out the AMG 6.3L making 631hp and 468tq with an 8k redline what I find interesting is that it's TQ number is down so much compared to HP.