new vette motor/your thoughts

[beingblueeyes]

http://autos.yahoo.com/news/next-cor...turbo-v-8.html
"GM has approved the use of a very European-style V-8 that will be only slightly larger than 3 liters in displacement. The engine will be an overhead-cam, rather than traditional overhead-valve design, using a dry sump oil system that’s particularly well suited to high-performance road courses rather than straight-line acceleration. The engine is expected to feature a narrow 80.5 mm bore and a long stroke, more like a Ferrari or Lamborghini powertrain than the approach used for traditional Motor City metal.

A very senior GM executive also confirmed that the new engine will be turbocharged, which will help yield a broad torque curve and maximum performance under a variety of driving conditions. The engine is expected to deliver in excess of 400 horsepower, which means a specific output in the range of 125 horsepower per liter. That’s the sort of number that would help the next-generation Vette stack up well against the likes of a Porsche 911 or Lamborghini Gallardo.

The engine is likely to be extremely high-revving, perhaps climbing to a near-Formula One-class 10,000 RPMs, suggested one source involved in the project."

[Frenchy]

GAY. Nothing wrong with that type of engine, but it's not Corvette. That's like saying they're getting rid of the two round taillights on each side, adding a couple extra seats and disposing of a true manual transmission.

[BigMac]

NOOOOOOOOO!

[Slammed96]

Cool idea, but not for a Vette, put it in something else and use something a bit more classic, preferably with pushrods

[beingblueeyes]

Nothing wrong with that type of engine, but it's not Corvette. That's like saying they're getting rid of the two round taillights on each side, adding a couple extra seats and disposing of a true manual transmission.

i agree with you i think it time for gm to make a new performance geared car

[bstill]

WTF? GM will lose some respect if they really go through with that. How can you replace pure American muscle with some Frenchy huh, huh, huh crap. (Nothing against you Frenchy) That would just be wrong and super gay.

[farmtruc]

That won't happen anytime soon. Maybe in a smaller different car, but it still won't be built to outperform chevy's flagship.

[MidwestSS]

end of the LS era?

[Slow08]

Death of the Corvette!

[Rmitch223]

Really hope we dont see this happen