Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.7.0.8 $; site convex
Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!convex!tmorris
From: tmorris@convex.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: RE: V V-6's in Vettes
Message-ID: <82600010@convex>
Date: Mon, 9-Sep-85 14:13:00 EDT
Article-I.D.: convex.82600010
Posted: Mon Sep  9 14:13:00 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 12-Sep-85 10:37:10 EDT
Lines: 40
Nf-ID: #N:convex:82600010:000:1761
Nf-From: convex.UUCP!tmorris    Sep  9 13:13:00 1985


	For those Corvette "Purists" who don't want to see a vette
with a v-6 , consider:

	1. The first vettes (53-54) had an inline 6 !
           (of course the three carbs helped )

        2. When you imagine a V-6 in a vette , don't imagine the
           doggy performance of a 79-84 full-size car with a V-6:

           A. The power - to - weight ratio is considerably better.

           B. GM's labs , at the time I left their employ in 1984 ,
              had a 229 V-6 off-road engine developing 725 HP !
              Although performance won't ever reach that in a pro-
              duction auto , it'll be an awful lot better than the
              wimpy , rough-idling V-6 we're all used to now.

           C. The 231 v-6 was one of the "dirtiest" engines ever made ,
              from a pollution standpoint. To make it pass EPA , they
              had to heap on the emission controls , drastically de-tune
              it , and generally band-aid it to death ! There are fixes
              on top of fixes in its emission controls ,and the EPA is
              still nailing them on it.

           D. Some new fuel injection techniques are helping the 229 V-6
              to burn cleaner in the combustion chamber , requiring
              less clean-up afterwards. The result is a HIGH PERFORMANCE
              STREET ENGINE.
	
	3. The vette will continue to get lighter , and MUST get better
           mileage to raise GM's fleet mileage average .

	4. Finally , the combination of lighter car and more powerful
           V-6 engines could wind up giving you a better power /weight
           ratio than todays vette with a 305 V8 , and having the 
           engine in the middle wouldn't hurt cornering a bit !