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Old 09-16-2009, 10:31 PM
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Corvette has moved down to the ALMS GT2 class using a 6 liter version of the 7.0 liter C6R racing engine. After both Ferrari & Porsche lodged protests, Corvette now has to delete the direct fuel injection from this engine for the last two races this year.

Next year ALMS specs will require Corvette to downsize to 5.5 liters.

Early info indicates this will be a new block (production based) but additional info is sketchy.

Does anyone have, or is there a web site that has detailed info on this new block?

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That is interesting.
Do they still use the C5R block on current race engines?
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Originally Posted by veee8
That is interesting.
Do they still use the C5R block on current race engines?
No the LS7-R uses a different block.
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Sorry if this is bad form, but Ferrari has been a bunch of crying little b****es since the 60's
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Cry me a F-in river....ferrari and porsche can beat them so they bitch and complain instead of makin their cars faster and more competitve.
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Originally Posted by nprather
Cry me a F-in river....ferrari and porsche CAN'T beat them so they bitch and complain instead of makin their cars faster and more competitve.
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Ferrari and Porsche haven't raced them in the GT1 class. Their only competition has been the Aston Martins. What corvettes there have been in the GT2 class have been beaten quite frequently by the F cars and P cars.

http://www.americanlemans.com/results/2009/2009_GT2.pdf



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