# 3.0L 10,000 RPM Turbo Corvette? **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [May 26, 2011, 2:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/3-0l-10-000-rpm-turbo-corvette/258605 "2011-05-26T14:07:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 12
**Author:** ![toomanycamaros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@toomanycamaros](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/toomanycamaros)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 3:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/3-0l-10-000-rpm-turbo-corvette/258605/12 "2011-05-27T15:31:09Z")
> [@feeler:93 buick park ave](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/feeler-93-buick-park-ave/40606/34): > > i doubt that they will do a 3.0l v8 with turbos. this is america, not europe…thats the way gm prob looks at it too. it will prob have a few smaller motor options like a 302 or something with ohc’s maybe even direct injection, but not a euro style powerplant…but who the hell knows until it comes out lol The thing is that they have to get the average of every vehicle they sell up to 36 mpg or something like that by 2016. So a small displacement OHV forced induction platform might be the only way to make that happen. Only time will tell, GM has done some funky stuff before like the LT5 for example. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/3-0l-10-000-rpm-turbo-corvette/258605)._