Next Generation Corvette To Have 10,000 RPM 3 Liter V8?

Hmmmmm.... 10,000rpm forced induction 3.0L v8... yet only 400hp? It would only be putting out about 210lb-ft of torque at 10k rpm which is low for a 3.0L forced induction engine... if that's where peak power is. I'm skeptical of this leak. Mind you, it could be keeping 400hp from 5,000 rpm up. At which point it kind of makes sense. I wonder what the ZR1, and Z07 versions would get.

If it were forced induction it would put more torque than that

now if they'd just spend some of that development money on a non-shitty interior...

5.5 liter direct injected small block v8 with about the same output as today.

Say what you want about the technology but no one has been able to beat the Corvette's power/weight combination in its price bracket. The 911 comes the closest but basically no one else can do 3,200 pounds and 430 horsepower.

Nissan with the GTR did it with more weight and less power and the GTR at the time cost less.

1968 A-Body Cuda Hemi 3020 lbs with 500 hp. To date holds the NHRA 1/4 mile record in SS/AH at 8.23 sec at 162 mph. Iron block Iron heads with two 650 cfm carbs and limited to 426 inches. Love those pushrods!!

The balsa wood was chosen as a lightweight insulating material to help remove road noise, not as a structural member. As to the leaf springs, this isn't a wagon suspension setup. The Corvette has fully independent suspension, the composite leaf spring also provide a lower center of gravity then a coil over setup, and act as partial sway bars. In many ways they are superior to coil overs.

At this price range nothing beats GT-R.

I say combine GT-R's AWD Chassis and Corvette's fiberglass panel and 2-seat design. That'll be something.

Yea if every where you want to go is sideways. Pro drivers have to wrestle to keep the car on the track on the exits.

"they understand nothing of balance"

yes... because putting the transmission in the rear of the Z06 thus allowing it to have a 50/50 weight distribution clearly shows this lol.

Exactly Veyron. it produces the numbers but is difficult and unpredictable. Same Reason a Mustang 5.0 can run with an M3 but unless you are a pro driver, you'll never keep up on a track because the Stang is too unstable and too unpredictable, and thats what separates American supercars like the vette and viper from the rest. The Ford GT is a different story. It is a better balanced driving car.

lol, the corvette's leaf springs are not at all like that. They are composite components coated with rubber to ensure extra durability, they aren't stacks of metal, and they aren't arranged like a wagon/truck, they are a transverse leaf spring, the suspension geometry is entirely determined by the double wishbone suspension, the leaf spring itself is attached to the bottom of the upright and has no effect on suspension geometry, like it does in wagons and on trucks. If you're going to insult the car, at least do the bare minimum of research to know what you're talking about.

This is what it looks like
http://www.corvettereport.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Chassis-Blog-11-SM.jpg
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/01/corvette-zr1-chassis-05.jpg

This is what you thought it looked like
http://www.flmvpa.org/member_vehicles/Gill/M38/leaf%20spring.jpg

This is what you're thinking

also, the vette does use carbon fiber in structural components that get the greatest gain out of it. The reason why most cars don't use balsa, is because it's an added cost, so they go with bare steel flooring over carpet instead.

steel flooring, with carpet over instead*

You're just sour that this "American POS" is still faster then anything out of Germany that doesn't have a $240,000+ price tag.

whoops wrong link

It's the company's constant support to racing teams that has made the 911 the most raced car in history. Being the most raced, gives it the most successes naturally. If it didn't it would be a terrible car.

I believe you have mistaken my argument. Saying that the 911 is the most successful production based race car in history has to be taken with a grain of salt. You can also say that it is the single most losing vehicle in history as well. Not one vehicle ever has lost as many races as the 911. The 911 may win races here and there due to the immense funds put into it's development, but the main reason why they have so many wins is due to the number of entries.

My logic is not flawed, lets take brand names out of the conversation and raise a realistic hypothetical scenario. In this scenario there are many different types of cars, all of which are class restricted so they all compete at the same level. Now say half of those cars are brand X, if brand X has half the cars on the field, and all the cars are virtually identical due to class restrictions, would they not take half of the victories? What you're trying to say is that Brand X is by far the most successful because it clearly has the most victories, even though all of the cars are virtually identical. To counter this fallacy in logic I simply proposed the idea that maybe brand X isn't the most successful car because it is also the most losing car, placing more last place finishes then any other car on the field. Both of these statements are biased, both of these statements are true, and both of these statements hardly describe the reality of the situation, which is simply that there is a lot of Brand X vehicles in comparison to the rest.

This is what I was arguing against. I'm not saying anything against Porsche and it's history, nor am I saying anything else you are trying to twist out of my reply.

Your logic that Porsche is awesome because they have the most victories is clearly flawed. Porsche is awesome because they have a huge following with tremendous factory support, not because of this number game that makes up their combined wins/losses.

If Porsche was restricted to only let one vehicle enter in every race, and they still took the same large margin of wins. Or if Porsche Posted a statistically higher win/per car percentage then every other car in history. Then yes, Porsche would be awesome because of its wins.

Racing is a random event thank you, as is every other sporting event. If it wasn't nobody would want to watch it because they would already know the outcome regardless if the event was repeated a million times. You yourself are talking about probabilities. So don't you dare tell me it isn't random. Once again, I'm not disrespecting Porsche, I'm merely stating you can't conclude on how good a car is based upon how many wins it has while ignoring how many last places, dnf's, or in general the raw amount of entries it has. If you want to show how awesome Porsche's racing career is, simply stop looking at the number wins, and simply compare the number of wins/entries.

You're just sour that this "American POS" is still faster then anything out of Germany that doesn't have a $200,000+ price tag.

dialing back means you're running with an engine that is too big/heavy for your class?

Regarding the C7 Corvette I expect it to go to get more refined at an expense of gaining some additional weight unless they offset that with smaller dimensions. Currently it performs as good as anything from Europe when youmlookmat the performance data. The challange for the Chevy team is to improve precision and increase refinement.

i think it would be nice if they tried something different with the corvette.. mostly fix the interior and maybe start offering a PDK type transmission...

I seriously doubt it will have such an engine. It will stick with a big V8 so it can have the torque to pull a super tall overdrive to keep its impressive fuel mileage. A engine that small will be very high strung, and fuel economy will go to the tank.

It would be cool though if it did have this proposed engine. Especially if it is a flat plane V8

Blazinboy

Seriously, free healthcare, 24 days vacation, is all paid for by someone, this someone has one of the overpriced German cars with surprising made in China stamped on some of it components. Not so much high quality on some parts. I also own a 2011 Vett and it is a monster and I love it. They are two different cars and I like the German Car but love the Vett. Do us all a favor and for a change talk about something you own and not something you read about or hear someone else discussing.

This article is garbage. For starters the writer says the Corvette "could be competitive against models like Porsche 911 or Lamborghini Gallardo". Come now. The current Corvette is already competitive against those cars. On the road and on the track. Secondly, 10,000 rpm is nowhere near the 19,000 rpm that F1 cars are capable of. While on the topic of the engine, what on earth is this guy talking about? Which long stroke engine is capable of high rpms? Rubbish. Ferrari engines are traditionally over square. They have larger bores and shorter strokes. Where is his information coming from?

It's about time GM made a decision to engineer a world class American sports car. Next, they need to focus on the engineering for the technology for putting High Revving engines it in the everyday production line. Then build quality performance car's and put it in reach for the common working class world wide and start generating some real profits and putting GM back on top. It could put a whole new twist on American auto racing, Good Job GM...