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Speculation is happening again as the base C8 has been revealed, now some focus is shifting towards the higher powered models. In another thread there is a "leaked" list of engines. The thread is now cluttered with a lot of stuff so I figured it would be easier to start a new one with all the info I have gathered from reading that thread. Whether it is true or not, there is nothing wrong with a bit of speculation... we've done it for the last several years anyways. There were originally several screenshots of it, thank you to @SuperChevyICM for putting them all together in one frame.
As you can see, there are engines from the C7, the LT2 from the C8 Stingray as well as the potential engines from the more powerful C8s. Next to the C7 engines, under "Layout" you can see it says "FR-L". I Googled this term and found that "FR" stands for "front engine, rear wheel drive". I could not find what the "L" stands for so I assume it is "longitudinal". Next to the LT2 and possible high performance C8 engines, the Layout is "MR-L". I Googled this and found that MR stands for mid engine, rear wheel drive. Again I could not find what L stands for so I assume it is longitudinal. Now that we have that out of the way, there are 10 engines listed with the MR-L layout. Each engine has a duplicate, which is likely because each engine will be available in coupe and convertible. Which means there is actually 5 engines. The C7 had 3 (LT1, LT4, LT5). For the C8, there is LT2, LT2 with hybrid, LT6, LT7, LT7 with hybrid. The LT2 is of course in the Stingray. This means there could be a hybrid Stingray. The LT6 could go in the Grand Sport. The LT7 without hybrid could be the Z06 engine. And the LT7 with hybrid could be the ZR1 engine. Take this guide with a grain of salt since the LT2 numbers do not match up with the actual numbers. These numbers are likely preliminary numbers. Or this guide could potentially be a fake. Anything is possible. I hope this clears things up and makes some sense of this potential engine guide. It would be very nice to have a FPC NA V8 in the Grand Sport with 600 horsepower! And if this guide is correct then that is what will happen!
I hope all of this is close to correct. Geven new and projected emissions requirements, I am afraid a high revving NA high Hp motor is a thing of the past but would love to be proved wrong.
Interesting. Looks like the good ones will be built at Tonawanda which is not news as this has been previously reported. Unfortunately I don't have any contacts there any more. I worked there a few summers and my father for 37 years. That was early 2000s. Anyone I'd know is long since retired.
"there are 10 engines listed with the MR-L layout. Each engine has a duplicate, which is likely because each engine will be available in coupe and convertible. Which means there is actually 5 engines".
Apparently my usual speed read, read right over the words but the spread sheet caught my eye when I tried to do a cut and paste.
My bad
Last edited by Kodiak Bear; 08-28-2019 at 09:21 PM.
... Each engine has a duplicate, which is likely because each engine will be available in coupe and convertible. Which means there is actually 5 engines.
Originally Posted by Kodiak Bear
Note, the engines for the MR-L are repeats.The last 10 lines appear to be 5 different lines (power plants) shown twice?
The engines for FR-L are also repeats due to there being a coupe and convertible for each C7 model as well.
Originally Posted by Kodiak Bear
"there are 10 engines listed with the MR-L layout. Each engine has a duplicate, which is likely because each engine will be available in coupe and convertible. Which means there is actually 5 engines".
Apparently my usual speed read, read right over the words but the spread sheet caught my eye when I tried to do a cut and paste.
My bad
It's all good man!
Last edited by Steve Garrett; 08-28-2019 at 09:54 PM.
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I hope all of this is close to correct. Geven new and projected emissions requirements, I am afraid a high revving NA high Hp motor is a thing of the past but would love to be proved wrong.
Loss of a large CI, high torque lower RMP engine is more of a concern.
08-28-2019, 06:11 PM
Making sense of the "Leaked" engine guide
