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Old 04-08-2014, 09:15 PM   #1573
mikeyg36


 
Drives: 2015 Z/28 #533
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Originally Posted by DGthe3 View Post
I know people don't buy Corvettes explicitly for the fuel economy, but dayum. Its things like this that convince me that the Chevy small block is the greatest engine in the world. Nothing else delivers anything close to the combination of power, efficiency, frugality, and reliability that the CSB does. As [a rough approximation of what] one of my favourite auto industry analysts John McElroy once said: "One day, when they reveal what crashed at Roswell in '47, it'll be a small block Chevy. It might run on plutonium or dilithium or something, but it'll be a Chevy small block"
Amen, these engines are just so solid. Hands down the best engine platform/family ever made. Overhead cams my ass.
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