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Paul Workman · 10-21-2016

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XfireZ51 · 10-21-2016

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Originally Posted by Paul Workman

Oh, dayam! You know how hard it is to get coffee out of the keyboard...after ya burst out laughing and spray it all over the room?

Paul,

Use an iPad.

Hib Halverson · 10-21-2016

On the Mercury Marine DOHC head for Gen 3/4 V8s, while there was a lot or rumors in 2014 and an "announcement" at SEMA a year ago, there is no evidence I can find that MM ever realeased any of those heads.

As for the C8, my guess is it will have a Gen 3/4/5 OHV V8 engine and maybe electric motors driving the front wheels.

GM is working on a new DOHC V8 but it's a smaller displacement engine intended for turbocharging and use in a Cadillac product. I will be surprised if there is a version of that coming in a Corvette.

Paul Workman · 10-21-2016

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Originally Posted by Hib Halverson

On the Mercury Marine DOHC head for Gen 3/4 V8s, while there was a lot or rumors in 2014 an "announcement" at SEMA a year ago, there is no evidence I can find that MM ever realeased any of those heads.

As for the C8, my guess is it will have a Gen 3/4/5 OHV V8 engine and maybe electric motors driving the front wheels.

GM is working on a new DOHC V8 but it's a smaller displacement engine intended for turbocharging and use in a Cadillac product. I will be surprised if there is a version of that coming in a Corvette.

That would be disappointing. For the same reasons OHV is used in past cars, trucks, Comaros, and too Corvette, wouldn't the same arguement used against the LT5 also apply to using a unique motor (again) in a single GM product - unique to Cadillac?

Hope you're "tea leaves" are mistaken, Hib!

Hib Halverson · 10-21-2016

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Originally Posted by Paul Workman

That would be disappointing. For the same reasons OHV is used in past cars, trucks, Comaros, and too Corvette, wouldn't the same arguement used against the LT5 also apply to using a unique motor (again) in a single GM product - unique to Cadillac?

Hope you're "tea leaves" are mistaken, Hib!

My WAG is that, in re: the coming, small, DOHC V8, Cadillac will get the first shot at it. After that, I think it possible that GM could put it in the mid-engine Vette.

We all going to know what engine is in it in about a year and perhaps sooner.

Bob Eyres · 10-22-2016

Did you guys notice that the original article that Paul referred to was posted back in May?
Has there been any reporting on this since?

10-21-2016	#23
Hib Halverson Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: CenCoast California Posts: 899	Re: C8 w/ repurposed LT5s? On the Mercury Marine DOHC head for Gen 3/4 V8s, while there was a lot or rumors in 2014 and an "announcement" at SEMA a year ago, there is no evidence I can find that MM ever realeased any of those heads. As for the C8, my guess is it will have a Gen 3/4/5 OHV V8 engine and maybe electric motors driving the front wheels. GM is working on a new DOHC V8 but it's a smaller displacement engine intended for turbocharging and use in a Cadillac product. I will be surprised if there is a version of that coming in a Corvette. __________________ Hib Halverson Technical Writer former owner 95 VIN 0140 current owner 19 VIN 1878 Last edited by Hib Halverson; 10-21-2016 at 07:11 PM.

10-22-2016	#26
Bob Eyres Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Jupiter, Fl. Posts: 815	Re: C8 w/ repurposed LT5s? Did you guys notice that the original article that Paul referred to was posted back in May? Has there been any reporting on this since?