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Old Aug 18, 2014 | 11:28 PM
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Cool video, to bad the resolution can't be set higher.
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sheesh 2 minutes to put together an LS1, what does this say about our hardcore builders that have held projects going on for 6 months or more?
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sheesh 2 minutes to put together an LS1, what does this say about our hardcore builders that have held projects going on for 6 months or more?
Im hoping this is a joke.
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sheesh 2 minutes to put together an LS1, what does this say about our hardcore builders that have held projects going on for 6 months or more?
It says that they don't have millions of dollars worth of specialized tooling and robots.

I just visited the Corvette Assembly plant in Bowling Green, KY. For a few extra grand, buyers can now build their own engine in the assembly plant under the supervision of a master engine builder. That activity takes the better part of the day - but you do have access to the specialized assembly machinery.
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I just visited the Corvette Assembly plant in Bowling Green, KY. For a few extra grand, buyers can now build their own engine in the assembly plant under the supervision of a master engine builder.
They're building the Gen V engines for the Corvette at the Bowling Green plant?
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Originally Posted by Paul Bell
They're building the Gen V engines for the Corvette at the Bowling Green plant?
Yessir. Only the hand built versions. I recall there are three lines. Two for the pros to hand build them and one line for the do-it-yourself option. If you pay to build your own, you go on the build sheet as the engine builder.
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^ New for this year. They just started doing this.
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Very nice! I ask this because the Wixom center was closed.
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Wikipedia says "In 2013-01-30, General Motors announced the relocation of Performance Build Center to Bowling Green Assembly Plant, effective on the first quarter of 2014."

If it's on the internet, it must be true.
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Are ALL Corvette engines being built there or only the special ones?

The standard LS3 engines for the C6 were not built at the Wixom center.
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It's just the special hand-built ones.
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