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Old 10-26-2021   #2
XfireZ51
 
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Default Re: The king is dead. Long live the King.

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Originally Posted by rush91 View Post
Well this makes our cars more special... I think when mentioning this new motor and the DOHC, they will say something like "not since the LT5 of 1990 -1995 has a DOHC engine been in a Corvette"......... Reminding people they have done it before but not since. It was truly a technical achievement back in the 80s, and this new LT6 is just that now. What GMs engineers have done with this new DOHC motor is just insane!!
As a Registry Board member, this was the premise for my position regarding the expansion of the Registry to include subsequent generations. The Z06 is not a ZR1, BUT the lineage and bloodlines between the C4 Z and now the C8 have been established. And as u have pointed out, a world class DOHC V8 in this latest generation now will bring the rightful spotlight to the first Corvette to ever be powered by one. I believe the price movement we are jow seeing in the C4 ZR has been in anticipation of this by savvy collectors.
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