http://www.motorauthority.com/blog/1...mall-block-v-8 and another one....

 

not the same case. the gt class is a production based vehicle. indy cars and lmp1 and 2 cars are not production based cars or motors. they are prototypes.

 

The first word in the headline is "Rumor".

Which is what we've been saying. It's a rumor. Might be true, but my own personal bet is that it is not.

 

the z28 is a rumor too.

 

of course its a rumor. everythings rumored until its on the assembly line. but this will be the next vette motor.

 

What difference does that make? It obviously is not a production motor. As Jake already pointed out, the class is limited to 5.5 liters of displacement. GM is simply using the largest allowed motor. There would be absolutely no other reason for GM to use this magical displacement figure. If the class limited cars to 3.0 liters, would the Gen 5 be a 3.0 V8?

 

its not a production motor yet. but is it in the works? you bet.you tell me. you seem to knwo all of gm's moves. but would gm work on a 3.0v8 for a production based vette if that was the case? you know it. every race team does this. porscge, audi, and corvette. they all use prototype motors in racing. ideas are taken from the motors and used in the production vehicle.

 

I agree with you, but that doesn't mean the motor is always the same right down to the displacement.

All I am saying is that right now there is a lot of rumor and innuendo regarding the C7. It is at best speculation to say that the base C7 motor will be 5.5 liters. The same people that are telling us what the motor will be can't even pin down when C7 will be shown or start production. Outside of the fact that the next Corvette will retain the traditional front engine, RWD layout there's a whole slew of unknowns.

 

Sometimes rumors are substantiated, and sometimes they're not. We have very good reason to believe that there really is an LSA-powered Z28 on the horizon. GM hasn't come out and said so, but we've seen spy shots and lots of other compelling evidence.

As for the production C7 being powered by a 5.5L engine, there is absolutely nothing to substantiate that -- it's pure speculation, based on an assumption of coincidental displacement with the race car. Until you find me a pre-production test mule with a 5.5L V8 in it, I'm betting that the production displacement will be something other than 5.5L. Personally, I think the smart money is on 6.2L in the base car.

 

i guess well see then huh?read the articles and listen to the things that gm says about the future. stop thinking that your always right and get your head out of your ***.

 

Uhh, ok?

"Dammit, stop thinking you're right when you say no one really knows for sure the exact details about the C7, like engine displacement. I am right when I say it will be a 5.5L!" I must have missed GM's confirmations about the Gen V.

Out...

 

i must have missed them denying it.....

 

why are you so against the idea of a 5.5 DI motor in the lighter, smaller c7 corvette and possibly the lighter and smaller c6 camaro?

 

You have that totally backwards. You talk about the rumor like it's substantiated, and it's not. Nobody who counts has confirmed or denied anything.

I'd be perfectly happy with a 5.5L DI V8 in a Corvette, as long as it's capable of providing a Corvette with the performance a Corvette should have. I have no reason to doubt that it would do that.

I just don't think it's the displacement GM will choose. My basis for that is that it's just a number, and statistically, the odds that they'll pick that one specific number are low. They're equally low for any other one number you want to pull out of thin air (within the range of reasonable displacements, anyway).

 

im not pulling it of thin air. there are alot of reports on it being the engine. i guess this thread should be continued for the debut of the c7 corvette and the 5.5 liter DI motor.