I like updating old Corvettes with new stuff, but am finding less and less of the new components appealing. The LT1 is an awful lot of extra engineering/complications for 30hp and 4mpg over an LS3. The new 8sp auto might have some appeal, but Im not sure I want a 7sp manual in an old Corvette.
For anyone who thinks all of the new components are improvements, go to the C6 and C5 corvette forced induction forums. Look at all of the big power guys switching to power glides and turbo 400s, lol. As a minimum they are ripping out A6 transmissions for old 4l80e's. I didnt mention a manual because none will hold up.
If the C7Z comes out with the sc LT4, I think I will buy a late model C6Z and stick it in the garage. It could become an icon by the time I hit a nursing home, lol.
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