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From: rickb@tekig4.UUCP (Rick Bensene)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: RE: V V-6's in Vettes
Message-ID: <255@tekig4.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 16-Sep-85 13:06:25 EDT
Article-I.D.: tekig4.255
Posted: Mon Sep 16 13:06:25 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 19-Sep-85 04:48:56 EDT
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> 
> 	For those Corvette "Purists" who don't want to see a vette
> with a v-6 , consider:
> 
> ..........
>
> 	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 !
> 
>               
> 	  

While I'm not quibbling that a V6 would improve the cornering ability
of the Corvette due to the decreased weight up front, I do quibble with
the assertion that the current Corvettes have 305's in them.  Either
the poster typed it too fast and got 0 and the 5 swapped, or he doesn't
know much about the latest crop of Corvette.  Just for the record, 1984
'vettes had the infamous "CROSS-FIRE INJECTION" dual throttle body
fuel injection system on a 350 C.I. engine.  The '85 and '86 Vettes have 
the "TUNED PORT INJECTION" direct port electronic fuel injection, still
on a 350 C.I. engine.  The 305 has *NEVER* been offered in the
Corvette.

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