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John Coyle is a longtime auto journalist and editor who contributes to Corvette Forum and LS1Tech, among many other sites.
by John CoyleCorvette Forum OK, there are sure to be a ton of Camaros at SEMA this year. But that doesn’t mean the General is completely ignoring America’s Sports Car. And while I’m not much for red cars?release the hounds, I know?I think the Ron Fellows “Hall of Fame” Tribute Corvette Z06 looks pretty sweet. […] More »
by John CoyleCorvette Forum This is a great story. Apparently, a 21-year-old kid in British Columbia tried to steal a Corvette right from under the nose of its owner?who’d just jumped the car?but was foiled by the autolock system. Details come from the Canadian Press: “The owner watched in disbelief as the thief rolled up […] More »
by John CoyleCorvette Forum Yup, I realize this isn’t about Corvettes, but I figured the family relationship was close enough to warrant a mention here. Mario Andretti has been working with MagaFlow for years, and for SEMA, they’ve decided to create a special edition Camaro SS featuring a laundry list of performance parts?along with some […] More »
by John CoyleCorvette Forum Yikes! Who would have thought construction congestion on a track called the “Green Hell” could cause amateur drivers in high-performance sports cars such problems? OK, when you put it that way, I guess you don’t have to be Nostradamus to see accidents like this coming. There’s a whole lot of boring […] More »
by John CoyleCorvette Forum When I saw this video, I immediately remembered this thread discussing the possibilities of putting a flat-plane crank into an LS motor. It sounded like a huge amount of work, and I immediately decided that I’d never attempt anything approaching that level of complexity. But I have to admit, this flat-plane, […] More »
by John CoyleCorvette Forum D.A.R.E is a program designed to keep kids away from drugs and violence, and certainly, that goal is noble. Nobody wants to be attacked by knife-wielding, meth-addicted fifth graders. But its success rate is spotty, and I think we can definitely put this 1976 Stingray into the fail column. The paint […] More »
by John CoyleCorvette Forum Here’s a bit of news that’s disturbing, but not surprising. OnStar has just released an update to it’s privacy policy which gives the General to sell the data collected from vehicles equipped with the service to anyone who’s interested. The real kicker is that it will continue to collect the data […] More »