450hp 2008 C6?
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From: Swansea IL
Originally Posted by CAracer
I hope you're right. That's getting closer to the Z-06 levels.
Tom
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From: Charlotte NC
Originally Posted by AFVETTE
GM won't allow the gap to close. If there is a HP increase in the base C6 you can bet your last dollar the Z06 will get a similar HP increase.
Tom
Tom
In the same article I read that the Z06 with be 550-600 hp!
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From: Sugar Hill Georgia
Originally Posted by RDunn
i believe that motor is for the 2009
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Originally Posted by StarJack
That's what I read, tho I forget the rag, more power to 'em, literally. I certainly wouldn't let that hold up a decision to buy now if cash flow allows it. Life's too short, you could get hit by a beer truck or a drunk tomorrow. The C6 is a remarkable evolution in the Corvette, more will follow until it all hits the fan. Zoom, zoom....
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Originally Posted by AFVETTE
GM won't allow the gap to close. If there is a HP increase in the base C6 you can bet your last dollar the Z06 will get a similar HP increase.
Tom
Tom
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From: Short Hills, NJ
Originally Posted by Evilways
I've even read stuff about a 6cyl vette, so then there would be a 250/450/550/650HP line up.
...I even dislike that there's a V6 Cadillac STS, great motor and I do like 6 cylinder engines in certain cars but it really has no place (at least not since 1955 LOL) in a flagship vehicle such as Corvette or Cadillac's top sedan.
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From: Guelph, Ontario
As much as people hate the idea of a 6 cylinder engine in a Corvette, if it were a very powerful 6 cylinder, perhaps supercharged, it wouldn't be so bad (as long as they still offered an 8 cylinder option making more power of course!). A 6 cylinder supercharged Corvette making 350hp is still less of a sacriledge than an 8 cylinder Corvette making only 180hp like they did in the mid 70s! So ignore the number of cylinders, and just focus on the performance. I don't think GM would put a weak engine in the Corvette anymore. Those days are done.
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From: Short Hills, NJ
Originally Posted by Patman
As much as people hate the idea of a 6 cylinder engine in a Corvette, if it were a very powerful 6 cylinder, perhaps supercharged, it wouldn't be so bad (as long as they still offered an 8 cylinder option making more power of course!). A 6 cylinder supercharged Corvette making 350hp is still less of a sacriledge than an 8 cylinder Corvette making only 180hp like they did in the mid 70s! So ignore the number of cylinders, and just focus on the performance. I don't think GM would put a weak engine in the Corvette anymore. Those days are done.
We know what the '86/'87 Buick 3.8L V6 turbo did in the heavier, boxy GNs/T-types, now imagine what an '86/'87 Corvette would've been like with that motor. 
Yeah there were some 'dark days' in the Corvette's history, L48s and L81 motors (barely) making 180-190hp
at the crank.
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From: Short Hills, NJ
Originally Posted by LS6dude
It's for the 2009 model and the top of the line Camaro will also have this same motor and HP numbers.
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From: Rowayton Ct.
Originally Posted by LS6dude
It's for the 2009 model and the top of the line Camaro will also have this same motor and HP numbers. Pretty cool. I can't wait to see the new Camaro running around with Corvette's.
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Originally Posted by john_sblendorio
no replacement for displacement
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Originally Posted by LS6dude
It's for the 2009 model and the top of the line Camaro will also have this same motor and HP numbers. Pretty cool. I can't wait to see the new Camaro running around with Corvette's.
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From: Palos Verdes Peninsula California
Originally Posted by StarJack
That's what I read, tho I forget the rag, more power to 'em, literally. I certainly wouldn't let that hold up a decision to buy now if cash flow allows it. Life's too short, you could get hit by a beer truck or a drunk tomorrow. The C6 is a remarkable evolution in the Corvette, more will follow until it all hits the fan. Zoom, zoom....
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