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Old Nov 12, 2006 | 10:32 AM
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Default LS7.R named Race engine of the year

http://www.americanlemans.com/News/Article.aspx?ID=2724

Hurray for Katech!
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Old Nov 12, 2006 | 10:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Katech
Congrats!!
And a Big Hip, Hip Hurray for GM and the USA!!
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Old Nov 12, 2006 | 12:40 PM
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Old Nov 12, 2006 | 12:48 PM
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Damn that is amazing. Congrats to GM and Katech and the whole crew for building such an amazing vehicle and an amazing engine to go along with it!

GM has produced approximately 90 million small-block V-8 engines with a combined output of 27 billion horsepower.
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Old Nov 12, 2006 | 01:55 PM
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sweet... they had a ton of kick *** engines out there to choose from, very prestigious honor.
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Old Nov 12, 2006 | 02:28 PM
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awesome, and thats goin against the revolutionary Audi TDI. good to see the motorsports world recognising a domestic for something. and yall even got a mention in the article!
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Old Nov 12, 2006 | 02:47 PM
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Pretty good for an outdated 2V pushrod engine haha. Guess you don't need 20 ohc's, 80 valves and 10 feet of timing chain to make a bad *** powerplant.
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Old Nov 12, 2006 | 03:59 PM
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But...but...what about hp/L?

Just joking, congrats.
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Originally Posted by 11 Bravo
Pretty good for an outdated 2V pushrod engine haha. Guess you don't need 20 ohc's, 80 valves and 10 feet of timing chain to make a bad *** powerplant.

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Big congrats to Katech.
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Old Nov 12, 2006 | 06:33 PM
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thats great- congrats to katech and gm
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Old Nov 12, 2006 | 06:45 PM
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Congrats it is good to hear the USA and the General with some Katech touches getting some recognition.




Originally Posted by 11 Bravo
Pretty good for an outdated 2V pushrod engine haha. Guess you don't need 20 ohc's, 80 valves and 10 feet of timing chain to make a bad *** powerplant.

And double quote on the funny.
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Old Nov 12, 2006 | 08:17 PM
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Congrats Jason. The LS7.R is a great motor and Katech did an awesome job building them.
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Old Nov 12, 2006 | 08:25 PM
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Thats big news, especially since it beat out the TDI Audi.
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Old Nov 12, 2006 | 08:52 PM
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excellent job!
Originally Posted by DONAIMIAN
Thats big news, especially since it beat out the TDI Audi.
now THAT is an achievment!
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