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Old 11-28-2017, 05:56 PM
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Default Further Corvette (C-8) news .........

I'm starting to like what I hear ! ................

https://www.corvetteforum.com/articl...ines-revealed/
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Old 11-28-2017, 06:12 PM
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I must say that looks so much better than the C7 which I believe has way too many angles.
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Old 11-28-2017, 06:25 PM
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"We expect both the 5.5L and 4.2L to be twin-turbo in the Corvette as well".

And so it begins...
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[I]And so it begins...
.......... with the Detroit Auto Show I'd imagine. (Let's go out for a smoke Serge).

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.......... with the Detroit Auto Show I'd imagine. (Let's go out for a smoke Serge).

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Yes, this news deserves a cigar.
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Yes, this news deserves a cigar.
I've got a 'Monte #2' in my humidor just waiting ..........
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Old 11-28-2017, 11:38 PM
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Automobile magazine made this rendering by taking the camo off the test car seen around the testing track.







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I'm starting to like what I hear ! ................

https://www.corvetteforum.com/articl...ines-revealed/
....Me too.

"Finally, the 5.5L carries the smallest production quantity with around 5,000 engines per year coming out of the Tonawanda plant." Had to look up Tonawanda.

Here's a clip of the plant:

http://www.hotrod.com/articles/see-i...ines-are-born/
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"Finally, the 5.5L carries the smallest production quantity with around 5,000 engines per year coming out of the Tonawanda plant." Had to look up Tonawanda.

Here's a clip of the plant:

http://www.hotrod.com/articles/see-i...ines-are-born/
Tonawanda, NY ........home of the mightiest push rod motors on the planet......I'm from Bflo so I had to say that. We're more proud of our engine plant than we are our football team !!
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Tonawanda, NY ........home of the mightiest push rod motors on the planet......I'm from Bflo so I had to say that. We're more proud of our engine plant than we are our football team !!
With good reason on both accounts!
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