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mike100 · 10-28-2012

The amount of effort that went into the combustion chamber/piston design is staggering. I'm still disappointed that they can't do variable overlap on the cam lobes- seems like a much easier way to achieve some performance and emissions goals, but there is no doubt that the new Gen5 LT1 will be way ahead of the LS3.

Not to give the engine too much credit, the whole car is what is going to make the C7 awesome. I would imagine that the traction control developed for the ZR-1 will be in the C7 because I do not see how they are going to handle the low end torque rolling on 285 or 295 width tires on the base model.

Hopefully the Tonawanda plant will have the quality control needed- I'm not feeling the nostalgia at all. Not sure of the recent history of that plant, but hopefully they have not lost their core competency over the decades and are the best place to make these engines.

10-28-2012	#6
mike100 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: San Marcos CA Posts: 1,786	Re: Tonawanda The amount of effort that went into the combustion chamber/piston design is staggering. I'm still disappointed that they can't do variable overlap on the cam lobes- seems like a much easier way to achieve some performance and emissions goals, but there is no doubt that the new Gen5 LT1 will be way ahead of the LS3. Not to give the engine too much credit, the whole car is what is going to make the C7 awesome. I would imagine that the traction control developed for the ZR-1 will be in the C7 because I do not see how they are going to handle the low end torque rolling on 285 or 295 width tires on the base model. Hopefully the Tonawanda plant will have the quality control needed- I'm not feeling the nostalgia at all. Not sure of the recent history of that plant, but hopefully they have not lost their core competency over the decades and are the best place to make these engines.