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Originally Posted by BigAls87Z28
Pontiac will never make a pick up. GMC is Pontiacs truck arm anyway. And GM already has stuff for that. The new SSR with 6spd runs the same time as the L and SRT10, all done with 110hp less then the SRT10. Im sure the SSR could also top the SRT10's top speed because the SRT10 has the aerodynamics of a barn.
GM WILL make a V10 for its trucks and SUV's, and there will also be the V12 Northstar that we saw in the Cien a few years back. Chances are the V12 will also be used in Caddy's flagship 7/S/A8 series sedan.
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I have a friend that's been working for Cadilac for a while now. He isn't in the prototype devision but he's an engineer with friends. When we talked about that v12 engine he told me it was nothing more than 2 LS1 blocks welded together. The heads were legit castings and so was the crank. Pretty cool engine but damn was it heavy (long steel crank). I think it's pointless to have a v12 in any car, maybe a truck, or a Cat, but not a car. v8 is just right and if they would stop making tons of blocks they could focus on stuff like things that bolt onto the blocks. Kind of a modular design that Ford went too, only with more cubes
. Turbo, 32v heads, intakes, superchargers, etc.
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