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Karl · 10-11-2019

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/c...185500425.html

I saw the base c8 this past weekend on the streets of Chicago and I must admit the eye candy appeal wasn't there. Maybe it needs to grow on me.

lfalzarano · 10-12-2019

Great read!

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Mystic ZR-1 · 10-12-2019

Most of the current articles on this are
making a bigger deal out of the flat plane crank
than DOHC???

Karl · 10-12-2019

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mystic ZR-1

Most of the current articles on this are
making a bigger deal out of the flat plane crank
than DOHC???

Yes the flat plane crank seems to be well discussed.

The RPM limits are much higher but to my understanding at a cost to overall reliability?

Has anyone seen the latest Hovemann Hillclimb video?

9000rpm LT5 sounds amazing with the flat plane crank!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiTBRyGUy0o

Hib Halverson · 10-19-2019

Quote:

Originally Posted by Karl

Yes the flat plane crank seems to be well discussed.

The RPM limits are much higher but to my understanding at a cost to overall reliability?

Has anyone seen the latest Hovemann Hillclimb video?

9000rpm LT5 sounds amazing with the flat plane crank!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiTBRyGUy0o

The LT5 in that Opel does not have a flat crank. All flat crank V8s sound like four-cylinders and the difference is obvious, unless, of course, you're deaf. The reason the sound is different is firing impulses are coming every 180° rather than every 90°. That's the same as a 4-cyl.

grahambehan · 10-19-2019

Hib, you forgot the other half of the v8.

An example of a flat plane firing order is
14527638
Or two four cylinders firing
1342

Graham

Karl · 10-19-2019

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hib Halverson

The LT5 in that Opel does not have a flat crank. All flat crank V8s sound like four-cylinders and the difference is obvious, unless, of course, you're deaf. The reason the sound is different is firing impulses are coming every 180° rather than every 90°. That's the same as a 4-cyl.

http://www.zr1.net/forum/showthread.php?t=26491

lfalzarano · 10-22-2019

GM is sandbagging on the RWH on the base C8....

The first dyno test

https://www.motortrend.com/news/2020...c8-power-dyno/

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Hib Halverson · 10-25-2019

Quote:

Originally Posted by grahambehan

Hib, you forgot the other half of the v8.

An example of a flat plane firing order is
14527638
Or two four cylinders firing
1342

Graham

Ooops, yeah, I got that, but the exhaust noise sounds like a four.

That LT5-powered Opel sounds like a Cup Car to me, ie: a 90° crank.

Hib Halverson · 10-25-2019

Quote:

Originally Posted by lfalzarano

GM is sandbagging on the RWH on the base C8....

The first dyno test

https://www.motortrend.com/news/2020...c8-power-dyno/

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I kinda doubt GM is sandbagging. I think MT's dyno testing is screwy. Either way, I have a meeting with Jordan Lee in Michigan week after next and that's on my list of stuff to ask him about.

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grahambehan Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: New Concord Kentucky Posts: 179	Re: More C8R specs DOHC Flat Plane Crank. Hib, you forgot the other half of the v8. An example of a flat plane firing order is 14527638 Or two four cylinders firing 1342 Graham

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