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  • nderwater

    May 18, 2011 8:26 a.m. nderwater Dork

    The big news today is that the Camaro's V6 has been revised for more power and lower weight by integrating the exhaust headers into the heads, eliminating the need for 'a pair of old-school iron manifolds, 12 bolts, a pair of gasket and heat shields with six more bolts.'

    When I look at the new heads I don't see weight savings, I see a terrific opportunity to easily add twin turbos to this V6 because the exhaust collector is already built right into the head. How big of a risk is there in mounting a hot turbo directly to an aluminum head?

  • alfadriver

    May 18, 2011 8:30 a.m. alfadriver SuperDork

    Honda already does that.

    Aluminum is a lot lighter than cast iron.

    And, yes, turbo installation is a lot easier.

    (what's incredibly hard is heat rejection....)

  • stuart in mn

    May 18, 2011 8:33 a.m. stuart in mn SuperDork

    I suppose the aftermarket header manufacturers aren't too excited about this development.

  • Conquest351

    May 18, 2011 8:47 a.m. Conquest351 Reader

    You can always make a spacer/adaptor for the turbo...

  • carguy123

    May 18, 2011 9:14 a.m. carguy123 SuperDork

    stuart in mn wrote:

    I suppose the aftermarket header manufacturers aren't too excited about this development.

    Ahh, but the head porters are looking at the money to be made there.

  • RossD

    May 18, 2011 9:24 a.m. RossD SuperDork

    Before and after power/torque levels? Does it do anything to the power band?

  • May 18, 2011 10:31 a.m. egnorant Dork

    Its just metal! We used to carve up the integrated intakes on our 200 c.i. Ford 6 cylinders to add carbs.

  • AngryCorvair

    May 18, 2011 11:20 a.m. AngryCorvair SuperDork

    egnorant wrote:

    Its just metal! We used to carve up the integrated intakes on our Corvairs to add Weber IDA-3C's.

    added some awesome for you.

  • nderwater

    May 18, 2011 12:08 p.m. nderwater Dork

    Ross - the new motor makes 11 more HP and highway MPG is up from 29 to 30. http://www.autoblog.com/2011/05/17/heres-why-the-2012-camaro-v6-makes-11-more-hors...

 
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