St. Catherines Engine Plant
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St. Catherines Engine Plant
I attending the Corvette Club of Ontario outting today at the St. Catherines engine plant in Ontario. It was an incredible experience that I will not forget, they build the Corvette engines at this plant. I got an opportunity to see close up machining of cranks, cams, rods, blocks, etc. It is a very clean facility and you can tell that there is alot of pride amongst all the employees as to the products they produce. I wanted to take pictures but it is not allowed so sorry. The LS2 engines and LS1 engines were being built. The LS1 engines are going to Australia.
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There was a nice write up on that plant in one of the recent Vette mags. Did you get to see any test runs?
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Were is the GTO being made? Is it only in Austrailia.
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Corvette Magazine had a great write up on St. Catherine's. 
We make good beer too.
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My car club went to the event too but I couldn't get the time off work. 
That's ok though, because my cousin is one of the engine test engineers at that plant, and I can get a personal tour anytime I wish.
That's ok though, because my cousin is one of the engine test engineers at that plant, and I can get a personal tour anytime I wish.
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St. Catherines engine plant
Sorry you could not attend the event. This is a must see event for all gear heads! They make an excellent product and everything has to pass inspection. You should have seen the scrap blocks tossed out due to a cross thread or something meniscule. One thing I can say for sure is that these LS1, 2 and 6 engines have incredible quality built into them.
