| Re: Bogus is published |
Subject: Re: Bogus is published by bogus on 2010/9/15 17:13:12 Quote:
There is a fine line between "wrong" and "disagree". From a street perspective, yes, the LT1 is a fine engine. From a drag (or even road race) perspective, not so fine. The performance options are not there for it. But the engine has shown to be durable and reliable, on the street, for lots of miles. More so in many cases than the L98. Was the LT1 the best idea GM ever had? Hell no. They could have used the LT5 lost spark, but nooooooo, they had to engineer this screwed up Opti thing. This is when you have a pissing contest between to idiots - the engine guys at GM wanting to outdo the LT5 team - us innoncent bystanders get wet. However, the L98 does have the advantage of being a conventional smallblock. Hense, performance parts are plentiful. I think the biggest problem is perspective. I am not a drag racer. Period. End of discussion. I do appreciate the hobby, it just isn't me. And as a drag car, the Corvette in general, leaves a lot to be desired. IRS just doesn't cut it for drag racing, and using a car like the Vette or Viper as a drag racer seems like the waste of a damned good chassis... it's like using a 72 Chevelle as an autocrosser, there are better tools for the task at hand. My perspective is simple: A street car that has more guts than stock, but not so much that it loses its drivability. Is there a practical purpose to that 650hp street car? For the most part, I figure that 500hp is a good max point for the C4, perhaps more for the C5 or C6, but not at the expense of drivability (Z06 and ZR1 prove my point). I have driven tempermental performance cars... it really becomes exhausting, and detracts from the goal - a nice drive. I also want my car to stop and turn well. Transient response - the ability to react to changing traffic conditions - is more important than all out g forces in the corner. The key is the tire keeping contact with the tarmac... once that bond is broken, really bad things can happen. I have to repeat something Gale Banks told me. When GM was shopping around to have the B2K Corvettes built, back in the mid-80s, he was approached, but didn't have the time, desire, resources to deal with GM and the associated army of blue suits. He sent them to Reeves Callaway, and the rest is history. However, Gale views much of these modification firms, not so much as engineering companies, but as "ego-geering." They generate bigger numbers so ppl can sling them around in some bench racing fantasy. Oh, isn't batch and bank-to-bank the same thing? I think we were arguing that all 8 went at once versus 4 at a time. They are all batch until sequential showed up. Perhaps this will clarify my place... and if nothing else we can agree to disagree. |
