Full quality - www.automobilemag.com We follow along with Skilled Engine Builder Bruce Blomfield as he assembles one of the first production 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 LS9 V-8s at GM¹s Performance Build Center, and we even give him a hand here and there. The full LS9 build process takes four and a half hours, but we compressed it to about six and a half minutes for your viewing pleasure. www.automobilemag.com
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? ur stupid kid just stfu ur making urself look retarded with each comment u type
they r called jealous ass haters who drive hondas, with loud pipes, who really cant appreciate a work of art that can whip everything on the road today, and gettin good gas mileage at it
Royalty free “music” makes me want to slit my wrists.
i didnt miss the point lol this corvette makes 102 hp per litre.. thats not bad considering it has over 600 lbs/ft torque…. and they could easily add a little bit more boost to make bigger numbers…
most american cars arent even built with power adders…
638hp
604tq
only 100k and beats cars out there 3 and 4 times the price.. lol i dont see what anyone can hate about that
i dont know why people cant just enjoy nice cars and not talk shit lol i love all cars….
@xXxWildxChildxXx you miss the point. American companies struggle in getting the same hp per litre as european or japanese firms, NA or not.
@03056932 then why are you watching videos about it????
you dont like something yet youre gonna go watch videos about it.. that doesnt make much sense… and as for the hp per litre im pretty sure they have regulations they have to follow hp per litre isnt the only important thing either.. torque is where v8s are strong… and if u need a little more “hp per litre” a few more pounds of boost from the supercharger should do the trick…
OK, I obviously understand we aren’t comparing the two, but answer my question before mouthing off. Just because there is more of something doesn’t mean it weighs more. For example, a Neutron Star is 1,000 times smaller than our Sun, yet it weighs a shit load more.
Guys SHUT THE FUCK UP.
At the end of the day the LS9 barely musters 100hp/litre so forget about it. Go arguing on engine build videos that actually matter.
by watching this goves me a great apreciation for the folks how build engine big ups!
The point I was trying to make is that displacement isnt a measure of the actual size of the engine. You cant use displacement to compare the size of OHC vs OHV.
Seriously man.. we arent talking marbles and baseballs here.
We are talking engines. OHV engines have far less parts than OHC engines. They also have much more compact blocks.. hence the reason small block V8 engines are actually smaller than most DOHC V6 engines.
The 4.0L V6 OHC engine in my Frontier is a absolute monster. Makes the 350 V8 in my old hunting truck look like a tinker toy lol.
Who says that more parts means more weight? If If I had 10 marbles do the marbles weigh more then a bowling ball because there is more of them? Since there are more marbles does that mean they are bigger then a baseball?
“More parts =larger engine” Really? Then i guess the world has come to an end with your point of logic. You need to take basic physics dumbass. More parts doesn’t mean anything when it comes to the size. They could be smaller, but that doesn’t state the area of the engine block. A neutron star is smaller than our sun yet weighs a shit load more.
Let me see if I can put this into terms you can understand since you obvioulsy dont know anything about engines at all.
A DOHC engine has two big ass cams/timing chains/variable valves and all this extra shit piled onto it. That is what makes them often times much larger than OHV engines both in terms of weight and overall size. As I said before more parts = more weight/larger size.
Its like trying to explain brain surgery to a monkey.
You can possibly understand.. because you dont know dick about engines.
You see a engine stamped as being X-amount of liters and you foolishly thing that relates to the size of the engine when all it means is how much air/fuel the engine cycles.
You just cant get it.. because you arent a car guy. Hell at this point I assume you just cant understand the most basic engine terms.
LS9 638bhp/ weighs 529 pounds
VR38 478bhp/ weighs 608 pounds
LS7 505bhp/ weighs 458 pounds
C30A 270bhp/ weighs 487 pounds
“That is like trying to say that the NSX’s engine is bigger than the 7.0 LS9 z06 engine.”-EpiDemic
I rest my case!
“you are comparing weight as if it’s volume, Weight doesn’t tell me the size dumbass.”
Jesus you are a moron. DOHC engine HAVE MORE PARTS which apparently you can seem to understand because you have never looked inside of one. More parts =larger engine.
Displacement (volume) doesnt have a damn thing to do with the actual size of the engine. Its simply a measure of how much air the engine cycles fucktard.
The point was to give you the link you said did not exist. So claimed to not be able to find the engine weight for the LS9.. so I spoon fed you like the little lie baby you are.
So you see.. yet again you have gone and spouted off at the mouth and proved your ignorance. You dont know anything about cars.. you just like to play pretend on the internet.
As I told you.. I have handled small block OHV V8 engines and DOHC V6 engines and the DOHC engines are quite large due to having a mass of extra moving parts. More parts = larger engine and more weight.
Of course being that you have never actually worked on one of these engines you cant possibly understand.
What is even the point of PMing me? I do you recall accusing me of being the troll. Mr. Im out of here! then you came back, That makes you a dipshit that can’t get enough of an argument. I have already proven a valid point. And you have claimed that the LFA has never been around the Nurburgring. Also, i am sick of repeating myself. The GT’Rs engine is smaller! you are comparing weight as if it’s volume, Weight doesn’t tell me the size dumbass.
“That is like trying to say that the NSX’s engine is bigger than the 7.0 LS9 z06 engine.”-EpiDemic
First of all the Z06 doesnt have the LS9 engine, it has the lighter LS7.
And to prove yet again.. just how little you know about engines.
LS9 638bhp/ weighs 529 pounds
VR38 478bhp/ weighs 608 pounds
LS7 505bhp/ weighs 458 pounds
C30A 270bhp/ weighs 487 pounds
So yes.. you are COMPLETELY wrong yet again.
ROFLMFAO
You dont know how to google.. “google fail for the troll”
I shall feed the troll and message you the link that shows a fully dressed LS9 with supercharger and intercoolers on the scale at the GM plant.
Still cant believe you insist the GTR has a smaller engine. You are such a dunce…
The engine weight can be found at chevyhiperformance(dot)com… dunce
autospies(dot)com has the lap time posted at 7:24 so far.
“GTR engine weighs over 600 pounds” You don’t even know exactly how much it weighs. though i already had the idea (wiki) No again quoted from that site “With turbos, the motor weighs 608lbs” My point is valid. WITH the two turbos it weighs more. Even when Googleing the LS9 6.2 Engine weight nothing came up. *sighs* The engine is a 6.2, a 6.2 is obviously much larger than a 3.8 or even a 3.2 let alone. That is like trying to say that the NSX’s engine is bigger than the 7.0 LS9 z06 engine.
“The GTR does have a smaller engine you idiot! its a fucking 3.8 liter v6 vs a 6.2 V8.”
GTR engine weighs over 600 pounds
ZR1 engine weighs 527 pounds
So the GTR does NOT have a smaller engine… idiot.
Dude you and I BOTH know the LFA has never set a 7:24 lap time.. so why do you even bother? Is that really how pathetic your life is?? Seriously dude… get some pals or a DECENT hobby.