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Originally Posted by XfireZ51
I think the "packaging" advantages of the OHV motor and the LS, in particular, have been conceded. Nobody's arguing that. The premise of this thread is really how and what kind of power is available from each architecture. In my opinion, the Corvette will always be described w a "qualifier" as in "its the best Vette yet" until GM steps up and replaces what is seen as a "truck motor" w something more sophisticated. I think you can extol all the virtues of the LS motor and show how it performs BUT it wasn't until the LT-5 showed up that the rest of the world sat up and took notice. At that point, the chassis became the focus of requiring an upgrade.
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The Stingray and Z06 are already viewed as world class automobiles. As spork also pointed out, nobody else even knows what an LT5 was; the only people who think the brilliant C7 has a "truck engine" are the ones on THIS website.