"vondon302" (vondon302)
11/16/2016 at 08:50 • Filed to: Mid engine vette
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"vondon302" (vondon302)
11/16/2016 at 08:50 • Filed to: Mid engine vette | 2
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The mid engine corvette is real and will be powered by a twin turbo flat plane crank 427 c.i. v8.
Remember you heard it here first and no I can’t reveal my source.
S65
> vondon302
11/16/2016 at 08:51 |
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but why
Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street.
> vondon302
11/16/2016 at 08:52 |
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That looks like the world’s meanest sport truck.
66671 - 200 [METRIC] my dash
> vondon302
11/16/2016 at 08:52 |
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Don’t play with my emotions like this...
OPPOsaurus WRX
> Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street.
11/16/2016 at 08:54 |
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right !?!? they should keep that body style
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vondon302
> S65
11/16/2016 at 08:54 |
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Ok fine brother in law has been working on it.
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S65
> vondon302
11/16/2016 at 08:55 |
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vondon302
> Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street.
11/16/2016 at 08:57 |
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Is that better.
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S65
> OPPOsaurus WRX
11/16/2016 at 09:00 |
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LOOK AT THIS FISH
shop-teacher
> vondon302
11/16/2016 at 09:04 |
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I’ll believe it when I see it on the showroom floor, and no sooner.
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Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street.
> vondon302
11/16/2016 at 09:04 |
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No, I actually love the top pick. It looks mean.
Benjamin Rolland
> vondon302
11/16/2016 at 09:05 |
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RIP brother in law’s career
Comes over to help work on your car and only drinks beer
> vondon302
11/16/2016 at 09:06 |
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Top pic depicts GM’s olive branch to Australia for killing off holden.
The Corv-ute.
PS9
> vondon302
11/16/2016 at 09:07 |
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There better be an ad out in the paper with Zora on the cover with the tagline, “Hey, Ford. Ours has a V8.”
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vondon302
> Comes over to help work on your car and only drinks beer
11/16/2016 at 09:07 |
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If only that was true.
Shift24
> S65
11/16/2016 at 09:17 |
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As a 4th gen catfish owner, GM has a history of fishy cars.
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S65
> Shift24
11/16/2016 at 09:19 |
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marshknute
> vondon302
11/16/2016 at 09:30 |
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Will it replace the front-engine Vette, or will we get two versions, a cheap FR and a halo MR?
MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
> vondon302
11/16/2016 at 09:34 |
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filed to:
WILD UNDOCUMENTED RUMORS
yamahog
> vondon302
11/16/2016 at 09:39 |
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If that’s true then clearly I need to update this guide: http://oppositelock.kinja.com/evening-oppo-1787846324
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vondon302
> marshknute
11/16/2016 at 09:41 |
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2 versions.
Urambo Tauro
> marshknute
11/16/2016 at 09:42 |
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They’d be fools to abandon the FR. I’m not even much of a Corvette guy, but I would join the protest.
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vondon302
> Benjamin Rolland
11/16/2016 at 09:42 |
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Well he has been a jerk lately.
Wheelerguy
> vondon302
11/16/2016 at 09:43 |
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!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!
EDIT: I take that back. But still. How sure are you? Answer me with your most obscure movie reference ever.
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vondon302
> MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
11/16/2016 at 09:47 |
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Well that’s a step up from BULLSHIT.
OCD-CO
> vondon302
11/16/2016 at 09:49 |
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Um, that is a ute, no?! What am I missing here? That thing has no design elements of a car let alone a Corvette.
Yes, I know the Holden had a Chevy car front.....
Thomas Donohue
> vondon302
11/16/2016 at 09:50 |
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Reminds me of the Carrera GT with the flat deck and huge wing.
Sweet Trav
> vondon302
11/16/2016 at 09:52 |
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Technically speaking a 427 cid flat plane motor would almost be impossible to keep together, second, working in the automotive anti-vibration systems industry I can tell you that a flat plane engine of that size would not be commercially viable due to the excessive NVH it would produce. So I don’t trust your source, and I don’t trust your “top secret info”
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vondon302
> Sweet Trav
11/16/2016 at 09:53 |
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Fair enough. My first thought was why?
Dusty Ventures
> OCD-CO
11/16/2016 at 10:09 |
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OCD-CO
> Dusty Ventures
11/16/2016 at 10:18 |
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Um, no...... You don’t think Road and Track has ever made false releases, aka the Apple car?!
This is a Ute, not a Corvette.
deprecated account
> vondon302
11/16/2016 at 10:48 |
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I’ll just take that sweet prototype.
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Dusty Ventures
> OCD-CO
11/16/2016 at 11:00 |
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It’s a hodgepodge mule. The cabin is from the current Vette, the nose is Holden, and the engine is in the back. It was on all the automotive sites about a year ago, R&T, Car And Driver, Motor Trend, Jalopnik, etc. None of the sites said that this particular car was a new mid-engine Corvette, just that the fact that they had a mid-engine mule was strong evidence that there would be a mid-engine Vette. Because why would you build a mule with that layout if you weren’t thinking about making a car like that.
Mind you, I’m not saying either way my thoughts on the likelihood of this whole mid-Vette business. You asked what the car in the lead was, and I’m just answering that question and explaining it’s (alleged) connection to the Corvette program.
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Urambo Tauro
> Urambo Tauro
11/16/2016 at 11:04 |
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(I lied. I kind of am a ’Vette guy; I’ve just never owned one. I have a big crush on the C3. So much for having an unbiased opinion...)
dave1827
> Sweet Trav
11/16/2016 at 13:41 |
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Honest question. The flat plane V8 in the Mustang GT350 is about 25% smaller. To many people, 25% would be sonsidered teh “same ballpark.” It’s not like we’re comparing a go-cart engine to a semi truck. Is this increase in vibration not quite linear? Still, I don’t see why they would put a flat plane crank in this thing, besides “Ferrari does it.”