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Gen3 engine details come to light.... no longer a 5 litre formula with different capacities for Ford and GMDetails have begun to emerge around what engines will run in the Gen3 era of Supercars .
Ford and General Motors products are set to be different in capacity, making for a challenge to ensure both sides of the brand divide are on level pegging.
Ford appears set to run a 5.4-litre; an already proven machine in other racing cars.
There’s been more intrigue around a new GM engine to power the highly anticipated Chevrolet Camaro Supercar. It’s understood both 5.7-litre and 6.2-litre options have been investigated.
5.7litres seems to be more in favour of the two, given the smaller difference in displacement to the Ford 5.4litre.
It seemed to be that at one stage engine prity was going to be abandoned, and to utilise a GT-style of solution with timed pit stops. Thankfully thaat idea seems to have been dismissed.
Both brand engines have undergone at least initial dyno testing so obviously the engine solution is further down the track than the lack of info forthcoming as indicating. Timing of and administration of engine prity is obviously one of the keys to the decision of when Gen 3 will happen, with three options seeming to be on the cards.... either as originally hoped, the start of the 2022 season, mid year or even put it off until 2023 for introduction.
Cost, reliability and parity are said to be the core pillars driving how Gen3 engines will ultimately look. They need to make some decisions relating to the capacity soon to get the engines built and developed in line with the chassis
Many of the teams seem to be suggeting a 2023 start would suit the intr better than the rush behind a start of 22 and the vagueness of a mid season launch of something requiring basically the whole field to release entirely new cars to meet the new regs whatever they might turn out to be.