pickleseimer

I'd be up for a first-year car. Hopefully they can make the car and it's engines in enough volume to take advantage of economies of scale. My friend has a fully optioned all-stock '13 Shelby GT500 (5.8 DOHC supercharged), and it stickered for far less than my '13 427 vert - not exactly an apples-to-apples comparison but makes you wonder what the possibilities are considering there were 4,885 GT500s built in '13, which was the first year for the 5.8 DOHC IIRC. The base price difference between the Boss 302 based car and the GT500 was about $13,400 in 2013.

BamaTheo

Question. Will the NA LT1 receive the LT5's dual injection updates?

lakemg

I doubt it, because with it being NA and a mild engine build, it can only burn so much fuel and the stock configuration seems to have plenty of fueling capacity to feed it.

DickieDoo

Then they should go to solenoid operated valves... the benefits are huge, lighter, more fuel efficient, cleaner. AND more compact. See Koenigsegg electric valves

PurpleLion

Also, with electric valves, a driver could select the typical low revving / high torque engine operational profile (using 2 of 4 vales per cylinder, etc...) OR select a high revving profile (using all 4 valves) with a higher red-line, etc...

DickieDoo

And release in a very limited run, new tech like this is perfect!

235265283...

IMO, Jerry U is spot on here. CAFE compliance means turbocharged smaller displacement engines, and Corvette probably won't be an exception. Will be interesting to see if/how AFM works with turbocharging. Also, IMO, solenoid-actuated valves are a long way away for GM.

sTz

The FordGT gets more HP... and GM being smarter? That’s debatable.

elegant

The Forgt GT is going to sell in tiny numbers compared to the ME. Look at that pathetic fuel economy of the Ford, e.g., 14 MPG combined. Ford can put up with that due to its tiny sales rate.

True, while some Corvette owners care less about MPG, especially on the distorted world of those who post on forums compared to the total purchasing group, in the real world with many driving their Corvettes long distances, others use them as DD commuters, and similar GM will need to do in this area (CAFE), and will do much better in this area.

More importantly to many, the Ford GT’s exhaust sound is not acceptable to many Corvette owners, whereas the ME’s exhaust will sound so much better.

Lastly, I am not impressed using the Ford GT as a benchmark for our ME’s, especially the they Ford’s having a V-6. As lately confirmed, ME’s twin-turbo, 32V, V-8 is what we are getting.

I give the Ford GT’s Power Plant a “B.” GM’s ME motor will rock in comparison.

NemesisC5

The ME will be produced in very limited numbers alongside the front engine C7 until it retires and front engine C8 takes its place.

ME will have exclusivity of 5.5 DOHC FI powerplant.

Front engine C8 will have the smaller DOHC NA powerplant as standard equipment providing increase in power and fuel efficiency (CAFE). Forced Induction will power upper tier model(s). 5.5 DOHC NA motor possibly slotted for ZO6 and Z28.

elegant

And the ME will also have the 4.2L option with is 32V, DOHC motor. That motor is projected to go into the ME as follows (units/year):

8,000 for 2019 through 2022; 7,000 for both 2023 & 2024.

PurpleLion

Not exactly limited production numbers!

JerryU

Yep I misquoted the GT. With only 3.5 Liters it gets 647 hp! Actually at least the GM marketing team is smarter! No way they would let engineering say 647 hp. They would surly tell them to go back and find 3 more hp!

Avanti

"...where dealing with "issues" is easier." Still going to be the neighborhood GM service department. Nothing in my experience with same would suggest a one-off would be handled any better than one-in-a-million, in terms of vehicle production numbers.

Dominic Sorresso

You simply cannot look at this car, particularly in person, and not salivate over it. Its like nothing else. The LaFerrari may be in the same league.

elegant

Exactly, while there might be a slow roll out of the ME as is typical of a new generation Corvette, the ME is not GM envisioned as a limited production vehicle (the opposite of how the ZR1 was/is envisioned). That does not mean that the top-of-the-line ZORA won’t be limited, just that the “entry model” will be made in whatever numbers customers are buying.

JustinStrife

I have seen it in person and walked right by it. Didnt interest me personally.

Ronstar

Only 7 or 8 thousand a year? How many corvettes are they planning on selling? What is going in the rest of them?

elegant

Lot more previously posted ME engines information here (post # 1):

https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...gh-2021-a.html

NemesisC5

Will 6.2 OHV V8 be offered as third engine choice....or DOHC V8 not mentioned yet.