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bb62 · 09-27-2017

Just a note on how "ownership" of the engine was viewed. GM is (especially at that time) a huge company. Each of the respective organizations had their own culture in some ways. Certainly GM Corporate and the Chevrolet organization as a whole felt ownership of the LT5 and the Corvette as a whole. The NIH syndrome would only really apply to GM POWERTRAIN as their involvement was more limited. Even more so, the Powertrain organization is typically divided into different groups - Powertrain planning, Base Engine design, Engine-as-installed design, calibration, & manufacturing. Only the base engine design and manufacturing departments would not have been involved directly (though they had an oversight role).

09-27-2017	#30
bb62 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Michigan Posts: 129	Re: So finally GM acknowledges the LT5 as one of theirs. Just a note on how "ownership" of the engine was viewed. GM is (especially at that time) a huge company. Each of the respective organizations had their own culture in some ways. Certainly GM Corporate and the Chevrolet organization as a whole felt ownership of the LT5 and the Corvette as a whole. The NIH syndrome would only really apply to GM POWERTRAIN as their involvement was more limited. Even more so, the Powertrain organization is typically divided into different groups - Powertrain planning, Base Engine design, Engine-as-installed design, calibration, & manufacturing. Only the base engine design and manufacturing departments would not have been involved directly (though they had an oversight role).