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Originally Posted by GretchenGotGrowl
I think you are missing some perspective though. While all this was going on GM was phasing out the Gen IV motors. Ford had just introduced the Coyote. Many factors went into GM's decision to put the LS7 in the Z/28. Sure, they could have put a LS9 in it, but they probably had excess capacity for the LS7 (they were going in the Z06 and Corvette 427) while they had already wound down production of the LS9 for the ZR1s in preparation for the C7s. Throw in the whole bankruptcy thing and I don't think the past 7-8 years are a very good indication of what the next decade holds for GM.
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I guess we have to wait and see.
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Originally Posted by McRat
With no other required modifications to the driveline or cooling, $11,000 difference between mass-produced LSA, and hand built LS9.
$57k base price become $68k base price. But most like add a could thou for the powertrain changes. $70k.
Perhaps GM market research indicated the price is too high.
It would have been cheaper perhaps to upgrade the LSA, both for the Caddy and ZL1 for 2014. No dry sump, forged steel rods, steel valves, unported heads, LS9 blower, mass-produced. So split the difference to a $5k bounce in price and put 625 HP in it.
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If that was the case, why isn't the Trinity powered GT500 $70k+. The one place I could find a crate Trinity, listed it at $33k.
Look at the changes made to the Coyote to produce the Roadrunner 302. Why can Ford do all this without the BOSS costing tens of thousands over the GT? The Roadrunner is a fully forged engine with CNC porting and low production yet Ford put it in a car that started low $40s. When I ask why GM doesn't do this, all the replies say its impossible yet Ford has done it multiple times.
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Originally Posted by shaffe
I don't think thats where he was going with his analogy. I think he was trying to say something along these lines.
Corvette gets LS9, Camaro gets LSA which is not as "good" as the LS9
I think he was trying to say, that if there was a "lesser" version of the LS7, that the Z/28 would have gotten that, but because there was not, they HAD to use the LS7
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That's exactly what I was saying.