C&D discovers the boost gauge on C7 vert.

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03-05-2013, 07:35 AM

keagan

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C&D discovers the boost gauge on C7 vert.

I believe we have seen this before, but for those who haven't. Check the link. Only thing I notice was that the ZR1 boost gauge read up to 15psi vs 12 on this one?

http://www.caranddriver.com/news/201...rc=spr_TWITTER

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03-05-2013, 07:54 AM

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This is new! Me likey

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03-05-2013, 07:59 AM

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That is certainly new news! Maybe the next performance model won't actually be a 427, but a supercharged LT1!? And if there is a ZR1 equivalent, maybe it'll just come with a bigger supercharger and forged internals. kind of like the LSA and the LS9.

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03-05-2013, 08:05 AM

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Maybe it will be V6 with turbo.......

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03-05-2013, 08:05 AM

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Well we have all been talking about it, I wonder when we will here more now that we have seem what appears to indicate a possible FI car. I will admit, I expected and it may still be the case that the first high performance model would be a NA car.

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03-05-2013, 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by ChefMark

Maybe it will be V6 with turbo.

Yeah, because that supercharger PSI gauge represents a turbo. Right.

Keep trying.

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03-05-2013, 08:13 AM

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This is old news...
as is this...

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03-05-2013, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by keagan

GM's way of keeping the C7 in the conversation

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03-05-2013, 08:39 AM

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I agree. A boost gauge usually indicates a turbo. I have been wrong so much lately that it keeps my enemies in grins...

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03-05-2013, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Bill17601

I agree. A boost gauge usually indicates a turbo. I have been wrong so much lately that it keeps my enemies in grins...

Funny...my blown Grand Prix had a factory boost gauge...

Anyway, this is certainly good news that GM is already considering a higher-performing variant of the C7.

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03-05-2013, 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Bill17601

I agree. A boost gauge usually indicates a turbo. I have been wrong so much lately that it keeps my enemies in grins...

The supercharger rotor symbol is sitting right there in the boost gauge.

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03-05-2013, 09:44 AM

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Wrong answer. Show another picture of the C7 boost gauge!

Wrong...it is old news...see lower right gauge, just above steering wheel. The engine pic is another old news item.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c7-g...-this-pic.html

I guess you missed it back in January...

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03-05-2013, 10:17 AM

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I agree. A boost gauge usually indicates a turbo. I have been wrong so much lately that it keeps my enemies in grins...

Thats so ignorant to say...

ZR1
CTS-V
Ford GT
Ford Lightning
Ford Cobra
GTP

Just a handfull of supercharged cars...with boost gauges lol

Also, the icon is clearly a twin screw supercharger, not a turbo, nor two turbos.

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03-05-2013, 10:32 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by BlueOx

Wrong...it is old news...see lower right gauge, just above steering wheel. The engine pic is another old news item.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c7-g...-this-pic.html

I guess you missed it back in January...

I agree

We have had conversations about the boost gauge before with pictures posted............ but I am not seeing it in this picture

I see fuel gauge, speedo, tach display, and what looks like temp readouts, but not a boost gauge

Am I blind ?

Edit: never mind I see it peeking out at the bottom

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03-05-2013, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Shurshot

I see fuel gauge, speedo, tach display, and what looks like an temp readouts, but not a boost gauge

Look about dead center of the photo, right under the "oil pressure" gauge. There's a graphic of the supercharger rotors with the word "PSI" next to it.

jas

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