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Originally Posted by Kevin
more reliable?
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Was the LS more reliable than the DOHC Ford 4.6, probably. It kind of depends whether you're talking about the production line version or the hand built SVT version. More reliable than the single overhead cam three valve...almost certainly.
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Originally Posted by edram454
why are there discussions praising ferraris and porsches in this forum. As a Corvette enthusiast, I hate Ferrari's and Porsches to death. I would never own or desire one. I would buy one just to resell it and make some money. Ferraris are buzz bombs and make their power in extremely high rpms and little displacement and now with multiple turbos, the porsches have that flat six with many pounds of boost.. they are refined but frankly bore me to death... dont like the sounds they make and the ridiculous price tags are staggering... some people just crap out money because they can... If I didnt have a Corvette I would not have another sports car period. That is just the way I roll...
ed ramos #3028
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This was the post that started the mess. It's completely irrelevant to any of the numerous discussions at hand and certainly came across as you being offended that we were discussing technology and reliability in terms of other manufacturer's engines.
We could all bury our heads in the sand and pretend they don't exist, but those are exactly the cars that GM is looking at when they are deciding what changes to make on the Corvette to keep it competitive in the market. No one was telling you that you had to own one.
Corvettes are an amalgamation of high end European technology, European and American styling, and American brute force. I'll be honest in that I can't understand how you can love the LT5 so much without at least liking the engines that it borrowed technology from. If it weren't for them, the LT5 wouldn't exist. Even as it stood during production for the LT5, the crankshaft, pistons, rods, rings, liners, bearings, chain tensioners, and clutch were all made in the Uk or Germany.
I don't think my stance is rare in the automotive community. I just appreciate automotive technology. I own Land Rovers, Toyotas, drive a Dodge truck, wife drives an Acura, my plow truck is a big block Ford. Hell, I had a Toyota 1GZ-FE 5.0L V12 sitting in the back of my shop for a couple years.
Earlier in the thread you were just as happy to bash Chevy engines as well. The LT5 is amazing. That's why I have a ZR1 and why I'm rebuilding another LT5 engine currently. It just isn't the pinnacle of automotive technology. It wasn't in 1990 and it isn't now. It's just an awesome engine that broke the Corvette engine mold for 5 glorious years.
