So GM is trademarking LT-5 engine moniker - ZR-1 Net Registry Forums

Paul Workman · 05-05-2013

Went to a little town Route 66 gathering yesterday, and a little spontaneous Vette show-and-shine gathering appeared at a Route 66 dirive-in eatery. There was a pair of C3s; a beautiful '68, L79 (427 BBC tri-power) coupe, my wife Ami's 69 C3 vert, an anniversary C5 vert, and my Z.

I'm used to it by now, but the C3s gathered looky-loos like bees to honey-especially the BBC. But, the Z held her own, and there were several snapping pix of her in all her silver glory LT5. The C5...Ho, hum.

I followed Ami's C3 home, and she was turing that 350/350 loose on the back road blacktops. But, frisky as that 4-speed SBC is, headers and sidepipes n all, the Z would have barely opened the secondaries...if I still had them...to keep up. (Now I know how =Jeff= felt when he did the same thing when I was driving Ami's C3 on a Bloomington Gold Tour one day!) The difference in technology and what the two 350s put out is incredible!

Such fun!

P.

PS: I'm familiar with the SBC water pump when the seal starts to leak - coolant dripping at first and then squirting out of the drain hole on the bottom. But, yesterday, almost to the house, Ami's water pump suffered a catestrophic failure - resulting in what appears to be the bearing itself shattering (haven't got it off the car yet). The pully shaft wobbles violently so as to viabrate the entire front end of the car!

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Paul Workman Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Squires (near Ava MO in the Mark Twain N'tl Forest) - Missouri Posts: 6,466	Re: So GM is trademarking LT-5 engine moniker Went to a little town *Route 66* gathering yesterday, and a little spontaneous Vette show-and-shine gathering appeared at a Route 66 dirive-in eatery. There was a pair of C3s; a beautiful '68, L79 (427 BBC tri-power) coupe, my wife Ami's 69 C3 vert, an anniversary C5 vert, and my Z. I'm used to it by now, but the C3s gathered looky-loos like bees to honey-especially the BBC. But, the Z held her own, and there were several snapping pix of her in all her silver glory LT5. The C5...Ho, hum. I followed Ami's C3 home, and she was turing that 350/350 loose on the back road blacktops. But, frisky as that 4-speed SBC is, headers and sidepipes n all, the Z would have barely opened the secondaries...if I still had them...to keep up. (Now I know how =Jeff= felt when he did the same thing when I was driving Ami's C3 on a Bloomington Gold Tour one day!) The difference in technology and what the two 350s put out is incredible! Such fun! P. PS: I'm familiar with the SBC water pump when the seal starts to leak - coolant dripping at first and then squirting out of the drain hole on the bottom. But, yesterday, almost to the house, Ami's water pump suffered a catestrophic failure - resulting in what appears to be the bearing itself shattering (haven't got it off the car yet). The pully shaft wobbles violently so as to viabrate the entire front end of the car!