yea.. the output is 430hp out of the 6.0l ... HITHERE think that would be HITHERE great engine for teh new Z06... maybe pump it up to 470hp and that vette would fly

 

The next gen corvette will have 425 hp and the Z06 will have slightly more at a whopping 500 hp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

the only difference in the internals will be the cam shaft and probably the heads.

the bottom end wont be different

 

25th... who said? i have yet to see a release on the c6's output, or a final design. 500hp is going to be a lot. if its gunna be 500hp, they are gunna drop a pretty big block in there, and more then a 6.0L. if you think that the vette is expensive now... i say the new Z06 will be around 60-63k with a "one-off" motor. i think that with a 450-475hp motor.. it will kill the viper. back to the fucus. i just saw a commercial for the lil SVT. it looked extreamly weak. Now that SVT is making a super focus, im sure kids with regular focus's will be flooding ebay motors for the SVT sticker.

 

and as this thread described the SVT foci are hardly spectacular.....

500hp using the 6.0 block is not a stretch at all Al, those blocks are capable of producing 600+ hp.

 

kev.. i know that... but in a production model? they will put in a 6.0, and then mods to it will take it to 500. as a production engine, i dont think its going to put out so much that insurance and EPA get a hard on for it. you know what i mean?

 

what do u mean "rx-8 with a small block thing"? i thought the rx-8 is just a new rx-7 with a rotory engine still, or are u comparing a new GM car to the looks of one?

 

Check out the newest issue of Motor Trend. Right on the cover it says, "'05 Corvette! 500-hp C6 gets ready to rumble!" It has a nice article inside as well. It might not be 100% true, but I think they are pretty close to what the actual C6 will be like.

 

it may not be right at 500hp, but it will be well in excess of 400hp....its just too damn easy to get that kind of power with the gen III small blocks.

i mean its not like were talking about ford here, its GM....they are not nearly as prone to overrating concept and production output as is ford.