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Apr 21, 2003 | 03:05 PM

Shifty Wizzard

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Corvette Engines

Who builds the Corvette engine and where? Any year, but especially the newer ones.

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Apr 21, 2003 | 03:17 PM

bac22

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Re: Corvette Engines (Shifty Wizzard)

Do you mean rebuild? Otherwise Chevy builds all the engines, except for the LT5.

Apr 21, 2003 | 03:20 PM

Shifty Wizzard

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Re: Corvette Engines (bac22)

No, not rebuilt. New. Someone is trying to tell me that Mercury Marine in Oklahoma builds the Corvette engine.

Apr 21, 2003 | 03:24 PM

FELNGR8

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Re: Corvette Engines (Shifty Wizzard)

They built the entire run of LT5 engines underr contract. Spares are sitting in crates and no more are going to be built.

Chevrolet builds all other real small block engines. The LT 5 was a special.

Apr 21, 2003 | 03:26 PM

Mikez40

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Re: Corvette Engines (Shifty Wizzard)

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No, not rebuilt. New. Someone is trying to tell me that Mercury Marine in Oklahoma builds the Corvette engine.

The only engine built by Mercury was the LT-5, which went in the ZR-1. The last engine built by Mercury was in 1993.

Apr 21, 2003 | 03:31 PM

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Re: Corvette Engines (Shifty Wizzard)

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No, not rebuilt. New. Someone is trying to tell me that Mercury Marine in Oklahoma builds the Corvette engine.

Mercury Marine built the LT5 engine that was used in the ZR1 Corvette. Lotus designed the LT5, Mercury Marine built it. It was a 32 valve quad cam V8, someone correct me if I'm wrong (not that ZR1 knowledgeable) but I believe it displaced 5.7L same as the L98/LT1's.

1995 was the last model year for the ZR1, 1993, 1994, and 1995 Z's sported 405hp LT5's. Earlier LT5's were rated 375hp.

All other Corvette engines are made by General Motors. Corvette engines, except the ZR1's LT5, are basically highly evovled versions of GM's venerable 350 small block engine.