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How Chevrolet Made the C8 Corvette Z06 Engine Bomb-Proof
Road & Track ^ | 3 Mar 2022 | CHRIS PERKINS

Posted on 03/05/2022 7:00:12 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT

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For Gearheads.
1 posted on 03/05/2022 7:00:12 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT
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To: DUMBGRUNT

For GEARREADS LACKING A SUBSCRIPTION:

https://archive.ph/ccUiR#selection-989.0-989.617


2 posted on 03/05/2022 7:01:29 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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For Gearheads THAT MAY NEED MORE...

https://carbuzz.com/news/corvette-engineers-bought-a-ferrari-v8-to-help-develop-z06

Corvette Engineers Bought A Ferrari V8 To Help Develop Z06


3 posted on 03/05/2022 7:02:44 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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4 posted on 03/05/2022 7:05:57 AM PST by Pollard (PureBlood -- https://youtube.com/watch?v=VXm0fkDituE)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

GM who?

You mean Mary’s soon-to-be-bankrupt-again clown show?

The one that makes Cadillacs in China for sale in America?

The maker of the China-built-engine-powered Envoy?

hahhaahahaahhahah

They have nothing I want.
Eff em and their ‘Vettes.


5 posted on 03/05/2022 7:10:02 AM PST by Macoozie (Handcuffs and Orange Jumpsuits)
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In an incredible, stupid move, GM quit printing brochures for its models...
You must go on line and “build what you want.”


6 posted on 03/05/2022 7:18:06 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.q at)
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GM hasn’t made a good car since the 1960’s .


7 posted on 03/05/2022 7:20:43 AM PST by sushiman
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Just Damn!
.
Eeeewwwww,
We had a Good Run.


8 posted on 03/05/2022 7:26:18 AM PST by Big Red Badger (Make His Paths Straight!)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Anther internal combustion destined for the scrap heap when there’s no fuel to combust.


9 posted on 03/05/2022 7:30:19 AM PST by chief lee runamok (Anti-Socialist Derelict at Large)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

At least they finally joined the flat plane crank party in the US after Ford did.


10 posted on 03/05/2022 7:31:30 AM PST by Lovely-Day-For-A-Guinness
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I’m about to tear into my 75 C3 350 SBC on Monday with an Edelbrock Performer EPS intake and Edelbrock AVS2 carb update.

I just want it to start every time !!


11 posted on 03/05/2022 7:45:09 AM PST by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: sushiman
GM hasn’t made a good car since the 1960’s.

Mostly agree with a few exceptions; 1970-72 Pontiac GTOs, Olds 442s, and Buick GSs and a few other rare ones like the 1979 Trans Am, and the mid-1980s Buick Grand Nationals, Olds 442s and Hurst Olds.

12 posted on 03/05/2022 7:47:34 AM PST by T.B. Yoits
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GM hasn't made a good car since the 1960’s .

A car won't get me home anyway so GMC 4X4 is my choice.

13 posted on 03/05/2022 7:57:48 AM PST by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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I look forward to when I am cleared and up to fooling with my old K5 and the Jeeps.

Next month sometime. When I am deemed ready for surgery.


14 posted on 03/05/2022 8:08:04 AM PST by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I’ve been out of the game for awhile. I was not aware of this motor.

Thanks for posting (and the non-paywall link)!


15 posted on 03/05/2022 8:19:19 AM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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When will they cease production?


16 posted on 03/05/2022 8:27:32 AM PST by Tommy Revolts
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When the government pays or taxes them to do so.


17 posted on 03/05/2022 8:35:35 AM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

This,1963 Corvette was the last attractive Corvette made.

18 posted on 03/05/2022 9:12:46 AM PST by blam
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That’s not a 63.


19 posted on 03/05/2022 9:44:23 AM PST by US_MilitaryRules
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To: DUMBGRUNT

The C7 Z06 had major overheating problems..


Then why did they put it on the market? Typical GM.

Thousands...millions of miles of development. Millions on man hours of engineering. And they put an engine, in a performance car, with “major overheating problems”. Typical


20 posted on 03/05/2022 9:49:11 AM PST by saleman
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