Cicio Performance C8 - FIRST NA CAM PACKAGE COMPLETED!
Melting Slicks
Joined: Aug 2022
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Caught that too, Okie. Fingers crossed that what we saw was real and their heads and cam can actually make the LT2 pull like a freight train in the upper rpm range. GM built a fantastic car but I feel like they should've spent another few million making the LT2 a bit more special. I would've gladly paid another $5K for the car to have a more 'sports car' engine in it. That $59,990 price at launch really limited them. I see why they did it but here we are in the midlife of the model cycle and the car is $67K for openers. It's frankly a bit of a let down that a new Mustang GT has , hands down, the better engine. DOHC 5.0L with twin throttle bodies that makes 486hp with the performance exhaust and revs to 7500.
Racer
Joined: Apr 2020
Posts: 406
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From: Oklahoma
Caught that too, Okie. Fingers crossed that what we saw was real and their heads and cam can actually make the LT2 pull like a freight train in the upper rpm range. GM built a fantastic car but I feel like they should've spent another few million making the LT2 a bit more special. I would've gladly paid another $5K for the car to have a more 'sports car' engine in it. That $59,990 price at launch really limited them. I see why they did it but here we are in the midlife of the model cycle and the car is $67K for openers. It's frankly a bit of a let down that a new Mustang GT has , hands down, the better engine. DOHC 5.0L with twin throttle bodies that makes 486hp with the performance exhaust and revs to 7500.
I think 7500 is doable with more reliability. It's going to take a lot more than just a cam though... heads? Valves? Springs. Bottom end. Etc... even with all that, which I do think will be doable. Is it street friendly and daily drivable, tuning etc...
It will also require manual shift mode only, until TCM tuning is available. Which sucks, but... something id gladly deal with.
New shift points @7500rpm shifts
1st @ 41 (from 35)
2nd @ 68! (From 58)
3rd @ 97 (from 84)
4th @ 134!!! (From 116)
The 60-130 being able to stay pulling with 800+ whp will be legit. I CANT WAIT.
