The New C7 Is Sweet!
01-08-2013, 03:08 PM
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And Rochester fuel injection on the C2's were a nightmare, everybody wanted carburetors again. Would you ever want a car without FI again? I have a good friend with a Yukon Denali with active fuel management and he said it is great, and he is an old school motor head. Nobody likes change at first.
And even the original Volvo mechanical fuel systems weren't the best, and I recall helping a Volvo-ite work on a couple. Of course, now we have fuel injection in just about every car made---but the question is, not how universal it is, but how long did it take for this super-reliability? That goes for 8-6-4-----maybe....
01-08-2013, 03:25 PM
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Mechanical fuel injection in Corvettes goes back even before that to the C1 era which I'm sure you knew. Jack Podell and others (like Chuck Berge) have made some decent money off of keeping those fuel injection systems working properly. And even the original Volvo mechanical fuel systems weren't the best, and I recall helping a Volvo-ite work on a couple.
Of course, now we have fuel injection in just about every car made---but the question is, not how universal it is, but how long did it take for this super-reliability? That goes for 8-6-4-----maybe....
And even the original Volvo mechanical fuel systems weren't the best, and I recall helping a Volvo-ite work on a couple. Of course, now we have fuel injection in just about every car made---but the question is, not how universal it is, but how long did it take for this super-reliability? That goes for 8-6-4-----maybe....
01-08-2013, 03:28 PM
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Dear God,
hear my prayer....can we just get to Jan 13th so all this crap stops?
hear my prayer....can we just get to Jan 13th so all this crap stops?
01-08-2013, 04:50 PM
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01-08-2013, 05:25 PM
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No. I've already got 436 HP so I don't think 3.2% more horsepower amounts to a tinkers damn, especially if I have to drive a car whose rear end looks like a cartoon Camaro, and that has an instument panel that looks like a 1950's pin ball machine. But hey, if you like it go for it. 
01-08-2013, 06:01 PM
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01-08-2013, 09:07 PM
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What is the website Chevy set up for the unveiling of the C7 ??? ...the website they have the teaser news releases?
Isn't it something like 01.13.13.com, or something like that???
Isn't it something like 01.13.13.com, or something like that???
01-08-2013, 09:10 PM
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01-08-2013, 09:29 PM
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01-08-2013, 10:47 PM
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01-09-2013, 12:30 AM
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Nope...would not even think of touching one for about 3 years; especially with that 4-6-8 cylinder crap they are trying...they did it back in the '80's and it was a dismal failure. Anyway, the next 'vette I think about buying would be a '13 427 vert...to keep up with my 2011 Z06/Z07.
The LT1 (that's the 5th gen V8 in the C7) will, at times, operate as a 3.1L 4 cylinder engine. You guys crack me up when you drag out stuff from the early 1980's as proof of what WON'T work in 2013. And to finish it off, you still get it wrong (the LT1 will NOT operate as a 6 cylinder engine).
Jimmy
01-09-2013, 12:40 AM
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Frankly, yes it is.
In this thread alone, there is so much junk that is incorrect, spouted off by C6 owners, who, for some reason, feel the need to incessantly pile on the C7, even though NONE has seen the actual car, driven the car, knows what the final horsepower number is, etc.
Talk about a half empty bunch....
My dad always said:
"Don't make a 100% decision based on 50% facts".
Well, the C7 forum is drowning in it. You could GIVE everyone on this forum a new 458 and half would bitch about the color.
Jimmy
In this thread alone, there is so much junk that is incorrect, spouted off by C6 owners, who, for some reason, feel the need to incessantly pile on the C7, even though NONE has seen the actual car, driven the car, knows what the final horsepower number is, etc.
Talk about a half empty bunch....
My dad always said:
"Don't make a 100% decision based on 50% facts".
Well, the C7 forum is drowning in it. You could GIVE everyone on this forum a new 458 and half would bitch about the color.
Jimmy
Last edited by jimmyb; 01-09-2013 at 09:16 AM.