GM may put Chevy Corvette C6RS into limited production

One of the most exciting cars to be shown at this year’s 2007 SEMA Show was Jay Leno’s Chevrolet Corvette C6RS that runs on E85 ethanol.

While there are not a lot of details, sources are saying that the Corvette C6RS may go into limited production. Sources say that a limited production of 25 is possible for a price tag of...
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Gizmo84 - 11/5/2007 11:52:16 AM

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8.2 liter and only 600hp? sad...

SevorbeupstryIsBack - 11/5/2007 12:25:30 PM

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"runs on E85 ethanol and is powered by a custom 8.2 liter all-aluminum small-block V8 engine that produces 600 horsepower."

Give a European engineer 8 litres to play with and he would definitely come up with more than 600 hp!

Lavic - 11/5/2007 12:52:15 PM

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You have to keep in mind that Ethanol has about 33% less energy than gas per kg.

So, engineers might have problems to come up with those power numbers without using any forms of supercharging.

Obliv - 11/5/2007 1:18:47 PM

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Sure, give Germans a 8.2l and they can make more. But at what cost? Thats the whole point of the Corvette, supercar status at a reasonable price. Anything european with 600hp is 100k+ easily...
Also, what N/A v8 makes over 600hp from Europe? (it might exist, I just cant think of one lol)

pushrod27 - 11/5/2007 6:33:47 PM

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