Next Corvette Will Be Powered by Small, High-Revving Turbo V-8
06-02-2011, 07:27 PM
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"Significantly, Corvette won’t abandon its more classic powertrain roots entirely. There will be several different types of engines offered for the C7, including a more classic, big-block OHV V-8 designed to appeal to traditionalists".
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06-02-2011, 07:30 PM
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High revving, eh? The LS7 revs to 7100 rpm. Seems pretty high to me.
No way this will happen. The LSx platform is solid. Better mpg will come from direct injection and cylinder deactivation on cruise. Displacement will not drop much, and if it does, the engine will still have more torque and hp than previous years. Turbos will NOT happen. GM has too much of a boner for superchargers these days.
No way this will happen. The LSx platform is solid. Better mpg will come from direct injection and cylinder deactivation on cruise. Displacement will not drop much, and if it does, the engine will still have more torque and hp than previous years. Turbos will NOT happen. GM has too much of a boner for superchargers these days.
06-02-2011, 07:38 PM
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They are also going for a different demographic... So maybe it'll have normal seats. The fat balding old men will end up with the slomaro i guess.
06-02-2011, 08:38 PM
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Its the Global Economy, the United States is losing all its identity, so the last bastion of this is the Corvette. So we need to build a Porsche to keep selling Corvettes. How about the interior, upgrading that, how about better reliability, how about no piston slap, or seats that do not rock or a column lock that does not lock you out from using your own car. How about just fixing what is wrong before you go global. Keep your C5 and C6s they will be worth more as Americana then the European version of the Corvette
06-02-2011, 09:04 PM
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Need to stick that LSx454 in one of the new C7s.
06-02-2011, 09:28 PM
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small V-8 underscores what one of those insiders says is the desire to “target a very different sort of buyer for the next Corvette. Let’s face it, the current customer is getting old.”
Take your big blocks back to the 70s, old timers.
It's about time they did something like this, imho. Next I want to see awd.
Take your big blocks back to the 70s, old timers.
It's about time they did something like this, imho. Next I want to see awd.