Vette May Go To A Turbo V8

NoOp wrote in news:c434156c-9814-468a-a62b- snipped-for-privacy@32g2000vbe.googlegroups.com:

Are they planning on dropping the weight of the Camaro? I can just see an engine that small in a 4000lb car.

why use a turbo? use a supercharger, simpler + more reliable

"huhie" wrote in news:is0ll8$mgn$ snipped-for-privacy@news.albasani.net:

Trying to appeal to the "Tuner" crowd? Maybe it comes with stickers?

Turbos don't have a constant parasitic drag on the engine like S/Cs do, so they should be more fuel efficient.

Patrick

Thus spake NoOp :

The turbo's main issue is lag. But you're average Vette street jockey isn't going to care. Most will only be using it for that kind of punch past half throttle.

Alpha Romeo "fixed" the lag problem many years ago by using two turbos, a small one and a big one. There was some sort of mechanisiam between the two to control how they worked. I think they were in series. Can't remember, that was way, way too long ago. I'll try to find it.

Parasitic drag of a supercharger? Well, it's claimed that at the top end, at Dodge Hemi (which means what?) doesn't have the umph to spin the 14-71 on a Top Fueler. Austin Coil once said it cost them 8 or 9% at the top end, but that a turbo would never give them the 60 ft numbers that win a race (assuming the motor is still running at 61 ft)