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Posted on 07/14/2010 11:16:27 AM PDT by WOBBLY BOB
Have you always wanted to assemble a car engine? If so you may want to consider buying a Corvette Z06 or ZR1, this is because there is a new build-your-own engine option available.
This option will set you back $5,800 extra, don’t worry if you are worried that you will end up with an engine that does not run, as a General Motors technician will supervise you throughout the build.
(Excerpt) Read more at product-reviews.net ...
This reminds me of the old joke that goes like this:
“What’s the difference between a porcupine and a Porsche?”
“Well, in a Porsche, the pr**ks are on the inside.”
:)
Probably better to let the automated DC nut runners with torque feedback do the assembly. e.g. Likely ALL the head bolts can be fastened simultaneously. Robots apply silicone sealer more uniformly than doing it by hand.
Seems a bit pricey, especially for something that's not likely to add anything to the car's future value. Now, if we were talking about an engine assembly option (including crank balancing, squaring up the block and other general "blueprinting" work) from a company like Lingenfelter, I could (maybe) see that sort of cost as justified.
seems to be for the rich and bored.
I’m neither.
What a scam. The DNC must be hurting.
So if I let OBM (formally GM) build it I am sure I can subtract $5800 off the price?
Anymore bright ideas comming out of OooooBaaaaaMa motors?
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Whatever happened to the days when you could buy a brand new muscle car for under what this engine “option” costs?
prices will come down once TOTUS brings back the gas line.
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Super pic potlatch
That looks to be a 1959 Corvette
The 1958 Corvette had a single wide row of fake hood louvers at the back of the fiberglass hood and 2 large chrome “horns” on the trunk lid
Chevrolet Corvette Engineer Zora Arkus Duntov wanted real hood louvers to cool the engine better and also to prevent front end lift at high speeds
Duntov had a ‘58 Corvette as his “personal driver” and used it to test his new ideas and designs before they were used on production or factory racing ‘Vettes
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LOL I bought a new 67 Chevy II with a 327 4-speed for $2400.
(drum brakes and bias ply tires)
Only by God's grace am I alive today to tell about it.
I guess if someone wanted to say they assembled their engine and had the extra cash.... go for it. There was a show on recently on the “factories series” or some such series featuring the Z06 in detail as it made its way through the assembly process. The engine is assembled by one person now and has that person’s name is affixed to the engine via a metal tag that is attached to the engine when completed. It takes something over 4 hours for the assembly.
that’s fast.I have guns I haven’t even finished in 4 years.
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