Two great engines.

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A daydream about what could of been two duel overhead cam v8s screaming at 8000rpm.

Supercars has new engines for its Gen 3 cars and a big deal has been made about them being more like our road going cars OEM engines. We hear comments like road going dna and more relevant to manufacturers. What’s going on with those engines are those blocks off the shelf?

There have been lots of words on the Coyote engine being restricted and changed to run without all its newer technology enabled.

As a fan of the tech its a shame to not be able to see and hear the Coyote unleashed to its full potential.  

So why is the Coyote engine being restricted. 

The Camaro ZL1 road car runs a 6.2 Supercharged petrol pushrod V8. Maximum horsepower is 650 at 6400 RPM. Without the supercharger it would not stand a chance against the Coyote in the Mustang. GM have cast a special block for Supercars so they can run a 5.7 Litre against the Coyote 5.4 Litre.

Even though the GM Supercars engine is a 5.7 litre. The Ford Coyote 5.4 litre Supercars engine has been held back. 

GM also has a great motor thats overhead cam but they are not using it.

The reason we cant see the Coyote run like it should is because of the engine that GM/Supercars and Triple Eight chose to run. Instead of running a GM LT6 overhead cam based engine. They chose to run with an older pushrod based motor. Its not really that much different to the Gen 2 engines but with an alloy block. 

Induction is different for Gen 3 and instead of running a throttle body for each cylinder they are running one throttle body into the main manifold. 

The dream scenario would be two duel overhead cam engines racing against each other. Coyote against the LT6 

Limit the rpm to 8000 and let them race. 

It would be great to see what the GM based teams could do with the LT6.

But its just a daydream.