topmover

Kind of wondering what people thought about this considering the fact the LS6's went away.

Lawdogg

Rumor is that a direct injected, variable valve timing version of the LS7 will be in the C7 Z06. That would keep these motors around for a long time.

RX-Ben

But that would be more an LT7 as opposed to an LS7, no?

I would imagine the LS7 gets a shorter run than the LS3, though it should stick around as long as e-rod type LS7 sales are profitable.

varkwso

ZedO6

Wouldn't a DGI LS7 have different pistons as well as heads? The heads would have injector ports and the piston crowns are probably different too. Not much would interchange with the current LS7 long/short block if that's the case.

sleeper02Z06

I was under the impression that the new Camaro Z28 was going to be delivered with the LS7 rated for 500hp because of small exhaust routing differences. If that is the case, I'd say they will be around for a bit longer.

http://ls1tech.com/articles/jay-leno...in-his-garage/

FruiTay

Too-Fast

They are putting them in Z28's now, they will be around for a long time.

jsilvz

Are the still assembled by hand, one at a time?

rustyguns

AND THAT Z28 IS ONE BADASS CAR! HEARD TELL IT WILL BEAT STANDARD C6 ON A ROAD COURSE WOW!

Too-Fast

They are pretty cool looking, like what Chevy did with the tail lights and the idea of a 427 in a Camaro is very cool!

briannutter1

There is a 32 page Sae paper on the Lt1 showing they'd started with a ls7 head with di injectors initially. The port/chamber design was knock prone on the 87 octane target, so they went through 3 more iterations to srrive at the production design. With the interactions and packaging required, it appears a high performance LT7 version would basically need to be a scaled up version of the LT1 head. Offset rockers might be required for bigger ports, but could be justified with the higher price point.

rustyguns

Not to mention the 305's all the way around and the third generation magnetic suspension and they took 400 lbs out of it.. THAT PUPPY STICKS!

the blur

If you had a stash of LT4's, and a stash of LS6's in your garage. You'd be able to retire.