Which option would you select?
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Re: Which option would you select? (DngrZne)
That's a no brainer. The 7 liter of course. :yesnod:
It's been said a million times before over the years "there is no substitute for cubic inches. If a little is good, more is better & too much is just enough". :lol:
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It's been said a million times before over the years "there is no substitute for cubic inches. If a little is good, more is better & too much is just enough". :lol:
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Re: Which option would you select? (Timmy's C5)
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Re: Which option would you select? (Timmy's C5)
alright, I fell for it cuz I voted for the iron, umm, I mean aluminum, but this thread is a waste of bandwidth :lol:
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Re: Which option would you select? (Timmy's C5)
I will take the sound/nav please. What I dont understand is why, in order to make more power, all US manufacturers have to make the engine bigger? Ferrari has a V8, displacing 3.6 litres, making 425 hp. I bet it weighs a lot less than a 6 litre iron monster in the front end of the C6, and definetely a lot less than the 7.0 litre engine you all want. I know someone is giong to say, Yeah, but it is so much more expensive, or we americans like our torque down low so we can all have our automatic transmissions, well here is a newsflash, the corvette is a sports car, sports cars arent suposed to have automatic transmissions. They are supposed to be lightweight, powerful and well handling cars. Something a 7.0 litre hunk of iron in the front seems to be against? PLus, General Motors is ther largest auto manufacturer in the world with tremendous resources, if they could use these efficiently they could produce amazing results at amazing affordability.
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Re: Which option would you select? (Rocketblock)
I bet it weighs a lot less than a 6 litre iron monster in the front end of the C6, and definetely a lot less than the 7.0 litre engine you all want.
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Re: Which option would you select? (Timmy's C5)
Sound/Nav system. That much motor = too much weight (Unless bored/stroked, then there are reliability problems).
Not to mention, you could still supercharge the **** if you really wanted to. It's easy to improve engine performance, not so easy to get a good factory-looking sound system and navigation system. I have installed custom stereos before. Lots of work for quality. I'd rather have the SS and Nav from the logical standpoint that you can still upgrade the engine later more easily.
Not to mention, you could still supercharge the **** if you really wanted to. It's easy to improve engine performance, not so easy to get a good factory-looking sound system and navigation system. I have installed custom stereos before. Lots of work for quality. I'd rather have the SS and Nav from the logical standpoint that you can still upgrade the engine later more easily.
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Re: Which option would you select? (blackC5`)
well here is a newsflash, the corvette is a sports car, sports cars arent suposed to have automatic transmissions. They are supposed to be lightweight, powerful and well handling cars
The Mazda Miata is a sports car. It is not powerful. Sometimes, people just want automatics. That doesn't make a Corvette any less of a sports car. Period.
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Re: Which option would you select? (blackC5`)
I will take the sound/nav please. What I dont understand is why, in order to make more power, all US manufacturers have to make the engine bigger? Ferrari has a V8, displacing 3.6 litres, making 425 hp. I bet it weighs a lot less than a 6 litre iron monster in the front end of the C6, and definetely a lot less than the 7.0 litre engine you all want. I know someone is giong to say, Yeah, but it is so much more expensive, or we americans like our torque down low so we can all have our automatic transmissions, well here is a newsflash, the corvette is a sports car, sports cars arent suposed to have automatic transmissions. They are supposed to be lightweight, powerful and well handling cars. Something a 7.0 litre hunk of iron in the front seems to be against? PLus, General Motors is ther largest auto manufacturer in the world with tremendous resources, if they could use these efficiently they could produce amazing results at amazing affordability.
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And mine is a 6 speed. I like my torque down low because I like to make my passengers head bounce off the headrest as I go through the gears. :lol: :flag :chevy
Corvette IS amazingly affordable for what you get. Please provide an example of someone who does a better job. GM has done an awesome job. Have you compared the price of a C6 to a Ferrari ?? :confused: :confused: Geeeezus
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Re: Which option would you select? (ghostRder)
is this going to be a 427 big block :reddevil or 427 small block :crazy: