Subject: Re: ALMS by BrianCunningham on 2009/10/16 13:11:23
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Jeffvette wrote:
Katech no longer builds the motors. Displacement drops to 5.5 from 6.0. I'm not sure if they are still going to use the 7.0 block and destroke it more or not.
They also got called on the direct injection they were running
The GT2 Corvette C6.Rs are running with a revised engine specification at Petit Le Mans with port fuel injection instead of the direct injection used previously.
"We had homologated the GT2 Corvette C6.R with a 6.0-liter GM small-block V8 engine for 2008 until new rules go into effect next year," said Doug Fehan, Corvette Racing program manager. "Essentially the engine is a destroked version of the 7.0-liter GT1 engine, which had direct injection. While there is nothing in the rules that precludes direct injection, Corvette Racing was the only GT2 team using it. Some of the competitors expressed their concerns about that situation, and the sanctioning body requested that we remove the direct injection system. We agreed that if it was in the best interest of good racing and in the best interest of the series, we would honor that request.
