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Scryer_360
10-11-2007, 06:23 PM
Quick, search the web as fast as google will allow you.

I just got a call from a friend in Detroit. He said he was at a gas station near Renaissance Center when he spotted a G8 in test mule clothing. The hood was up and he went to take a look, he doesn't have a camera but he wanted to see if it was the V6 or V8.

He said he only got a peak because the drivers shut the hood as soon as they noticed someone was looking, but my friend swears he saw a different engine cover on it than what we've seen in the V8 photos: those have four loops coming off the sides which denote that its a V8, this one had FIVE! He said it had a different exhaust note too!

He did not get pictures, but said someone else there was snapping them on a cell phone camera. 5 could mean 5 cylinders on each side, or a V10!!

Think about it, a whole new engine from GM! A V10?! Thats never been done by GM! I've searched and searched but so far nothing in any combination of the words "G8" and "V10" shows hits! Search dammit! Search as quick as you can!

Scryer_360
10-11-2007, 06:39 PM
Pissed that my usually good searching skills were coming up with nothing, I called my friend again, and he showed me a picture of it he found online. Turns out he sucks at identifying cars: it was an Audi S6, and it was not in test mule clothing its just how the damn car looks.

$#%# I'll be sure never to listen to him again.... :cursin:

Scryer_360
10-11-2007, 06:40 PM
And I will be more careful from now on to make sure I just do not start rumors.

ToneyTone
10-11-2007, 06:55 PM
Ha Ha

pinski
10-11-2007, 07:45 PM
Well, to be anal, it's the Audi RS6 that has the V10, similar to that of the Lambo Gallardo. And your buddy has to be a little hard of sight to think it was wearing camoflage!

gartht
10-11-2007, 08:42 PM
I was getting excited there for a second.

ChipC
10-11-2007, 10:46 PM
Well, to be anal, it's the Audi RS6 that has the V10, similar to that of the Lambo Gallardo. And your buddy has to be a little hard of sight to think it was wearing camoflage!

Actually, it is the S6. There is not a current release of the RS6. Here is a link to the Audi website: http://www.audiusa.com/audi/us/en2/new_cars/Audi_A6/S6/Model_Features/compare_models.html

Chip

DevilYellow
10-12-2007, 07:33 AM
Think about it, a whole new engine from GM! A V10?! Thats never been done by GM! I've searched and searched but so far nothing in any combination of the words "G8" and "V10" shows hits! Search dammit! Search as quick as you can!

There is a well documented test platform V10 based off the LS1 motor. Mostly for trucks. This never worked out because its stupid. How many people buy V10 Rams or F250's now? The people that like to measure their fuel consumption by the foot instead of the mile :p

chiefpontiac
10-12-2007, 12:16 PM
That Audi is longitudinal, but would for argument's sake a transverse V10 look much different than a slant 5? I always wanted to build a V12 from a pair of Chryco slant six's.

sccaGTO
10-13-2007, 04:02 PM
There is a well documented test platform V10 based off the LS1 motor. Mostly for trucks. This never worked out because its stupid. How many people buy V10 Rams or F250's now? The people that like to measure their fuel consumption by the foot instead of the mile :p

But fuel mileage couldn't have been much worse than the 8100 big-block V8.

SPARKYBOY5X8
03-14-2008, 08:10 PM
the 2006 RS6 had a twin turbo 450 hp 4.2 V8.

SpeedKingZR1
03-14-2008, 09:28 PM
the 2006 RS6 had a twin turbo 450 hp 4.2 V8.

The 2006 RS6 never existed... Its was made only for one year in 2003