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Originally Posted by 90503
"Cadillac’s powerful 3.0L Twin Turbo V-6 is available on Premium Luxury and Sport models, rated at an estimated 335 hp (250 kw) and 400 lb-ft of torque (542 Nm)5."
For a twin turbo V-6 isn't that a relatively weak hp number?....Heck, my FWD V-6 non turbo in my Impala has 305 HP.....just sayin' maybe torque is up but hp number for a v-6 twin turbo seems low....
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It is low. 110 hp/L from an engine like that isn't pushing things at all. The CT6 has a 3.0L that makes 404 hp/400 ft-lbs & that came out a few years ago. My guess is that they tuned this new one heavily towards fuel economy rather than power. Or, maybe a bit less likely, wanted an engine that didn't cost quite as much as its 400+ hp cousin.
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Originally Posted by KMPrenger
Well...it is a different animal considering its just a 3.0 versus a 3.6 V6 engine which is the engine most here think about, and the one used in the LF3 and LF4.
Sure...335 seems a tad low, considering the Camaro's stock V6 3.6 makes 335 HP, but not too bad when you consider a NA 3.0 V6 engine likely wouldn't be good for any more than 250 - 275 HP, but I don't really know of any run of the mill 3.0 V6 engines for reference.
But that torque number sounds excellent to me. I'd love to have that engine in my Colorado.
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Thats about where I'd guess for a NA 3.0, assuming it has the same hp/L as the 3.6 GM uses (specifically, I figure 254 to 279)