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The 2009 Camaro is something that people are desperate to see. After getting a sneak peek of it in the new Transformers movie they have been hoping that the power it showed is something that everyone will be able to use. Those who love speed will not be dissapointed.

The engine under the hood will be based on the same one that powers the much larger Cadillac Escalade. The luxury SUV gets its grunt from an all-aluminum Gen IV Vortec 6.2L V8 (L92), and it sounds like one powering the new Camaro will be much the same, also displacing 6.2 liters through its V8 configuration.

The prototype engine is currently producing “more than 450 horsepower”, so there’s a distinct possibility that with a little tweaking here and there that the new Camaro will get 500 horses to thrust it around corners and quickly down straightaways.

In fact, one GM engineer is saying that the new 6.2L V8 is developing “well north” of the quoted 450 horsepower. Interestingly, despite getting a 10% increase in low end torque, the new engine is 3-6% more fuel efficient than the current engine.

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