Tonawanda engine plaque
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LS7s in C6 Z06s were hand-built at the now closed Wixom Performance Build Center. Each had a plaque with the builder's name. A few pictures are still in the old linked tread below, including one of mine built by Larry Woodcock. See post #78.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...-your-ls7.html
That old thread is very cool because a number of Wixom engine builders showed up looking for reports from owners of engines they built.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...-your-ls7.html
That old thread is very cool because a number of Wixom engine builders showed up looking for reports from owners of engines they built.
Last edited by Foosh; Feb 12, 2021 at 03:28 PM.
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LS7s in C6 Z06s were hand-built at the now closed Wixom Performance Build Center. Each had a plaque with the builder's name. A few pictures are still in the old linked tread below, including one of mine built by Larry Woodcock. See post #78.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...-your-ls7.html
That old thread is very cool because a number of Wixom engine builders showed up looking for reports from owners of engines they built.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...-your-ls7.html
That old thread is very cool because a number of Wixom engine builders showed up looking for reports from owners of engines they built.
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Any update re now being installed/ available from parts? Official GM vs aftermarket.
The 2021 MY was supposed to have them, but no one has reported that as such.
The 2021 MY was supposed to have them, but no one has reported that as such.
Last edited by C8J; Feb 14, 2021 at 11:45 AM.
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It is but I find it interesting that there was a whole separate set of engines just designated only for 2021. Could there be engineering differences with the 21s and the build tags were added to easily tell the difference? Usually the plant has an X amount of motors in stock and as they get delivered they just get rotated to the line. This however looks quite deliberate to me because none of the tagged engines made it on to 20s leading me to believe the 2021s engine is a different part number and could possibly have different improved internals.
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It is but I find it interesting that there was a whole separate set of engines just designated only for 2021. Could there be engineering differences with the 21s and the build tags were added to easily tell the difference? Usually the plant has an X amount of motors in stock and as they get delivered they just get rotated to the line. This however looks quite deliberate to me because none of the tagged engines made it on to 20s leading me to believe the 2021s engine is a different part number and could possibly have different improved internals.
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Mine was built on 12/07/20 and does not have a sticker😩
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Tonawanda was where they built the big blocks 'back in the day"... it like a Windsor vs Cleveland 351 Ford.....today its just mythology.... every car is built to corporate specification... with rigorous QC... it has to pass the test...
But I love a bit of folk-lore and legend... that somehow that beer produced by a Trillion-dollar European conglomerate was grown by a Million-dollar actor with a down-home accent, and a script written by $100K Marketing execs...... and a sweat-stained $40 dollar hat....
But I love a bit of folk-lore and legend... that somehow that beer produced by a Trillion-dollar European conglomerate was grown by a Million-dollar actor with a down-home accent, and a script written by $100K Marketing execs...... and a sweat-stained $40 dollar hat....
