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Originally Posted by LOWDOWN
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If there was no LS9 or 5.8 Trinity, I would agree, the LSA is a good engine but the fact those two existed, and now the Hellcat is in production, makes it not as good.
Cars get better every year. Costumers being upset is not a reason to not improve your vehicles every year.
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Originally Posted by DGthe3
The way I look at it, Ford had to up the power on everything just to remain competitive. GM built the better car & therefore didn't need to play that game.
Why didn't GM drop the LS9 into the ZL1? The better question is: why would they? The GT500 is out of production anyways. But despite that, an LS9 Camaro would still be down 30 hp and be several hundred pounds heavier.
And I'm not sure why you are so down on the LS7. Its an absolutely awesome engine. Easily on anyones shortlist of greatest V8s ever built by a domestic automaker. I wouldn't want any other engine in the Z/28.
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The better question is why shouldn't they have dropped the LS9 in the ZL1? Why should we as Camaro owners get lesser engines.
I'm not down on the LS7 at all. It is one of my favorite engines of all time and I was beyond excited to see it in the Z/28. My point is, to build the Z/28, GM literally had no other option to power the car, which is why the LS7 isn't in there. If they had an engine like the LSA is to the LS9, it would have been in there instead.