C7 front fender, top side from CAD drawing
09-30-2012, 10:06 AM
#21
Yeah, I get a little crazy when I hear V6 talk. I think the corvette V8s more then hold their own in the MPG category. No need for a change right now. My old GT3 produced a little over 400hp and I never got better than 22 MPG on the hwy (I won't even mention city mpgs). A buddy of mine owns a GT-R and he never sees better than 21. In comparison, I was driving with another buddy on the hwy in his 2009 ZO6 and he's getting 28 mpg cruising at 75mph....enough said! My GT3 used to scream down the hwy at 75 mph and would chew gas in the process while my buddy's ZO6 engine would just yawn along at 75mph at 2000 rpms. I was amazed and sold on a ZO6 at that point. Now just waiting to see the C7 before making a purchase. The wait is agonising!
09-30-2012, 12:17 PM
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09-30-2012, 12:17 PM
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I don't think so. Not if that V6 has the ability of tearing up V8's and making mincemeat of them. At that point it will become the standard. It's not hard to see that the industry can't just keep making bigger and bigger engines getting upwards of 1000 hp. Something has to change. I think the 427 ends that era. I'm open to that as much as I was to see pop ups and round tailights go.
09-30-2012, 01:44 PM
#26
I don't think so. Not if that V6 has the ability of tearing up V8's and making mincemeat of them. At that point it will become the standard. It's not hard to see that the industry can't just keep making bigger and bigger engines getting upwards of 1000 hp. Something has to change. I think the 427 ends that era. I'm open to that as much as I was to see pop ups and round tailights go.
10-02-2012, 06:42 PM
#27
Team Owner
Yeah, I get a little crazy when I hear V6 talk. I think the corvette V8s more then hold their own in the MPG category. No need for a change right now. My old GT3 produced a little over 400hp and I never got better than 22 MPG on the hwy (I won't even mention city mpgs). A buddy of mine owns a GT-R and he never sees better than 21. In comparison, I was driving with another buddy on the hwy in his 2009 ZO6 and he's getting 28 mpg cruising at 75mph....enough said! My GT3 used to scream down the hwy at 75 mph and would chew gas in the process while my buddy's ZO6 engine would just yawn along at 75mph at 2000 rpms. I was amazed and sold on a ZO6 at that point. Now just waiting to see the C7 before making a purchase. The wait is agonising!