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Originally Posted by Number 3
First of all a Coyote or VooDoo is not a more "high tech" engine than an LS7. DOHC does not make it more high tech. Just allows it to rev higher which is how you get HP out of smaller displacements.
Again, read all the other threads. Take a 1LE, add the hand built LS7, add CC brakes, add the tires, add the one off wheels, add all the very low volume special aero bits and pieces, add the very low volume low weight bits and pieces, add those wonderful F1 developed shock absorbers and you get a $75,000 car. It is really that simple. Unless you want GM to lose crap loads of money on each one. In which case start a thread on why GM is charitable enough to sell the Z/28 for less than a Cruze LT.
Ford will run into the same problem. The Boss was a lot more than a GT as I recall. Take the Boss, add IRS, add CC brakes, add a hand built or low volume engine, add some low weight panels parts and bits and you won't get a $50,000 GT350 any more than you can get a $50,000 Z/28....................unless Ford wants to lose money on every one they sell.
Oh and yes, it is a wonderful time to be an enthusiast. But our clock is ticking. IC engines of large displacement will become very expensive and very rare.
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The Coyote engine is much more sophisticated then the LS7. The ability to move the intake/exhaust camshafts independent of each other allows for a staggering powerband (rpm range). Spread them out at low rpm, and it idles like Grandma's Malibu. At high rpm, tighten them up for some overlap to jump start the intake event, and it'll scream to 7500rpm. 4-valves per cylinder allows much more air/fuel in, especially at lower valve lifts. There is really no comparison, the Coyote is simply a better engine. The LS7 is a very powerful engine, no doubt, but its "tech" is simply a set of heads that can flow 350cfm, and 7.0 liters of displacement. Sure you swap a camshaft into it and get crazy power, but then its idle will suffer and low rpm emissions will suffer.