Horsepower Wars!

[85vette]

I see Ford has thrown down the gauntlet! What will GM's answer be!


dsc.discovery.com/cars-bikes/2013-ford-mustang-takes-on

[vett boy]

Brings back memories from the 50's /60's

[Rich Z]

Link doesn't work.

[85vette]

Originally Posted by Rich Z

Link doesn't work.

I changed it but it's not linking...you can copy and paste this one:

dsc.discovery.com/cars-bikes/2013-ford-mustang-takes-on

Ford now claims they have the most powerful V-8 in the world with the Shelby 500 pushing 650 hp and a top speed of "over 200 mph". I'm sure GM is not going to take that! A little tweaking should have the ZR-1 over 650....

[Rich Z]

Maybe this link will work....

http://dsc.discovery.com/cars-bikes/...th-650-hp.html

[Rich Z]

And now that I can read the article, yeah, I guess this ups the ante for GM. Ford comes up with a 650hp power plant, eclipsing the 633 hp LS9.

Guess GM needs to get back to the drawing board if they were thinking about going to a smaller power plant for the Corvette (much less the Camaro) for the C7 generation.

[mickeystoysz16]

The new Camaro coming out is not a true ZL1 unless it has the 427/7.0L engine. After GM supercharges that engine either in a Z06 or true Camaro ZL1then that should top the 650 hp mark.