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Mid-Engine Corvette spy shots

TheRobSJ said:
Forget Escalade. You can easily get a Suburban to cost more than a Corvette.
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Hell, even a Tahoe. I priced one out a while back. Damn near $70k if you got carried away with the checkboxes. Hell no. :later
 
72SBC said:
Ask me how I know a 500hp Sbc is faster than a 427 600hp LSx motor...

Or how a 500hp sbc is faster than 402ci procharged z06 :laughing

I'll have to show you some goodies I got for the Bu later, I havent seen you in a while.
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I know you're smarter than this really dumb statement. Would you care to see how quickly I can rape a 500hp sbc with 200 hp? Is it really the engine that's faster? Or is it the total vehicle? Don't insult us with apples to oranges fandom comparisons.

And why does NASCAR still use the classic block? For the same reason they use the suspension setup from a 1970 Chevy truck. It's required by the rules.

But perhaps you are not up to date on those rules. Chevy and Ford are designing, from scratch, NASCAR specific blocks and heads. Totally unique and nothing in common with the classic block, which to them is a hindrance. Toyota's entry into the scene allowed that to happen. Toyota did not have a pushrod v8, so they got to design one from a nearly blank sheet. Naturally, the other players said "WTF", why do we have to stay with the old production based stuff!?! (NASCAR made a list of about 50 parameters an engine needs to meet to be approved. The Toyota was built off that, and the others are coming)

Its some pretty awesome looking pieces, but last I read (about 8 months ago) NASCAR hadn't approved it yet. Once they do, you can be assured that Chevy will try to get it approved for all the other engine rule restricted series.

Don't get me wrong though. I'm a fan of both engines. But each have their strengths and weaknesses. You even re-voiced my point. "Put equal heads on..." That is exactly the type of "extra steps" (extra money) I was talking about. The LS is just a cheaper (to build and maintain) way to make that moderate power.

Of course just because it IS easy to make impressive numbers, means every yahoo with a grand of bolt-ons thinks they're driving a top fueler. So I'll always give that to the old school guys. If they've got the power, they probably know how to use it.
 
But I've derailed the thread enough with the sbc talk. I've read about this mid engined vette late last year. They said Zora really wanted the vette to be mid, but it just wasn't in the gm plan. They even showed a rear engined concept drawing that one of the Corvair designers made. So this has been a long time coming.

Another one of the reasons to do this, was that the performance of the Camaro was a bit too close for corporate to justify the pricing.

I would really like to see future of racing with the Ford GT and a mid engined vette running at Le Mons. I think there's enough mid engined cars out there now for a really neat production series.
 
ohio said:
That said, the new Cadillac gives them a brand platform that could totally experiment with a LS-based mid engine sports car. Which would be pretty fucking awesome, and an better brand than Chevrolet to justify exotica pricing and wild styling. If they wanted to outdo the Audi R8 and further establish Cadillac as a performance-luxury brand, that's the approach I'd take.
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+1

And if it was done right, it wouldn't compete with the Vette at all. Totally different buyer.
 
Someone posted about the new GT a while back. I ran across this today.

http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/12/7531397/the-new-gt-is-the-sickest-car-ford-has-ever-made

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Enchanter said:
IIRC, it's the same designer. Same dude. Were Ford and Aston sleeping together at the time? I cannot remember.
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Ian Callum is responsible for Aston's latest corporate look. He has since moved to Jaguar. Ford's Global Design Chief is his brother.
 
Reli said:
I just couldn't get over how long the rear end was on the old NSX. Looked mis-proportioned.
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If they didn't make it that long, the thing would have had zero trunk space to speak of.
 
Reli said:
It was just a transverse V6, like a Fiero. :dunno Didn't the Fiero have storage space, both front and rear?
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The Fiero had an odd shaped trunk. Skinny opening...about the size of a mid sized golf bag. Deep though. NSX had a much bigger opening but it's reLly shallow. But neither had any front storage. I suppose you could throw a small duffel in front of the Fiero but things got a bit warm under there with the radiator.
 
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