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Originally Posted by mike100
I don't see a new engine architecture for the new Z06 or ZR1 models, but any new 'LT5' should be DOHC with all the active timing and manifold tricks.
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Logic says LT5 should be our engine architecture or an update of it modernized as LT5 2 or B or some such. For that matter some of the very best balanced, fastest road handling cars are mid engine, rear wheel drive cars like McLaren, Ferrari and the vast majority are DOHC engines. If GM wants to continue as a dominant force someday they are going to have to be a bit more revolutionary, deviate from the two valve pushrod engine and its well known issues. They and Porsche continue to push 1950 thinking on engines and car architecture with electronics being the big changes and by making them bigger blocks of the same thing or sticking non natural aspiration pressure devices like superchargers on them. Seems kind of old fashioned to me despite the current ZR-1's fast 638hp 6.2 supercharged two valve pushrodder.
I think it would be really fun to see a mid engine in front of the rear wheels rear wheel drive Vette of about 450 hp that weighed around 1100 kg or so. It could fly around road courses anywhere in the world.
It's been a long time since I heard someone 25 years old talking about wanting to own a Corvette for whatever that's worth.