[Z06] The Last Day of Production for the LS7
02-28-2013, 10:35 AM
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The Last Day of Production for the LS7
While I was in FL for the Mecum Auction and the NCRS Event I met and talked to Tom Hill with Chevrolet. He said the last day of production for the C6 and the LS7 was today. I asked him if the LS7 was going into the Camero and he said no. It is over for the LS7.
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02-28-2013, 01:48 PM
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Le Mans Master
Yeah but rumors are that the 7 liter will still live on in the C7Z06, just not with the name LS7, could be LT7 with a different configuration. Hopefully this one won't have the valve issues.
02-28-2013, 01:53 PM
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Drifting
End of an era (?)
Maybe in a few decades it will return as it did from the 70's with the C6.
Face it, those rumors almost always end up being false.
remember the 5.5 C7 Base rumor? Yeah okay.
Maybe in a few decades it will return as it did from the 70's with the C6.
remember the 5.5 C7 Base rumor? Yeah okay.
02-28-2013, 02:03 PM
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Yeah I hope this is the last of the LS7, well at least for awhile. Just makes our Z's that much more special and my overall goals just to keep her for a long time 
02-28-2013, 03:28 PM
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Burning Brakes
ok quick question my 07 dyno on 2 diff dynos on hot summer day in houston
1 468 rwhp
2 471 rwhp
that was all stock except for calloway honker intake
so wudnt that be abit more than 505 flywheel?
so question is if GM is rumoring a 550 LS7 isnt it already there?
1 468 rwhp
2 471 rwhp
that was all stock except for calloway honker intake
so wudnt that be abit more than 505 flywheel?
so question is if GM is rumoring a 550 LS7 isnt it already there?
02-28-2013, 04:42 PM
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and this is real VVVVV
Then chevy knows something is up and pulled the plug on E code LS7
02-28-2013, 04:45 PM
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Drifting
As far as I know stock Z06's make 448 and that's at a rated 505.
Sometimes power ratings are under-reported for several reasons by manufacturers.
02-28-2013, 05:37 PM
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02-28-2013, 07:17 PM
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100%...Legends have to start somewhere! So it starts today. Long live the C6LS7Z06.. Will be a hard act to follow. A reminder, when you see a late 60s 427 vette, how do you feel. YEP! Thats what i thought. Beautiful machines still to this day...
02-28-2013, 07:21 PM
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This morning at 8:04 a.m., the last 2013 Corvette came off the line at the Bowling Green Assembly Plant. The celebration was short lived, as less than 30 minutes after the last car was built, workers began remodeling the plant to prepare for the launch of the all-new 2014 Corvette Stingray.
A total of 215,100 sixth-generation "C6" Corvettes were made at Bowling Green Assembly since production began in 2005, the last of which was the exclusive 2013 Corvette 427 Convertible Collector Edition outfitted with the 60th Anniversary design package.
The last C6 Corvette will join other historic General Motors vehicles at the GM Heritage Center in Warren, Mich. Even as the team celebrated building the last C6, Plant Manager Dave Tatman said there has been a great deal of anticipation and excitement toward building the all-new Stingray.
“The last C6 rolls off the line at 8:04 a.m. and I’ll have people in here at 8:30 a.m. to start tearing down and putting in new tools,” Tatman said.
The task will require that 120 workers take just four weeks to turn the Bowling Green plant around, completing a job that usually takes months to accomplish. All employees are slated to return to work on March 25, where they will learn the entirely new process required to build the Stingray.
Bowling Green Assembly, which hosts up to 50,000 visitors a year, is currently closed to the public to facilitate the remodeling of the line. Tatman said he plans to reopen the plant to outside tours as soon as possible, knowing that everyone is excited to see this new generation of Corvette built. However, he says this will not likely happen until Fall.
“As I always say, we don’t build cars, we build dreams,” Tatman said.
A total of 215,100 sixth-generation "C6" Corvettes were made at Bowling Green Assembly since production began in 2005, the last of which was the exclusive 2013 Corvette 427 Convertible Collector Edition outfitted with the 60th Anniversary design package.
The last C6 Corvette will join other historic General Motors vehicles at the GM Heritage Center in Warren, Mich. Even as the team celebrated building the last C6, Plant Manager Dave Tatman said there has been a great deal of anticipation and excitement toward building the all-new Stingray.
“The last C6 rolls off the line at 8:04 a.m. and I’ll have people in here at 8:30 a.m. to start tearing down and putting in new tools,” Tatman said.
The task will require that 120 workers take just four weeks to turn the Bowling Green plant around, completing a job that usually takes months to accomplish. All employees are slated to return to work on March 25, where they will learn the entirely new process required to build the Stingray.
Bowling Green Assembly, which hosts up to 50,000 visitors a year, is currently closed to the public to facilitate the remodeling of the line. Tatman said he plans to reopen the plant to outside tours as soon as possible, knowing that everyone is excited to see this new generation of Corvette built. However, he says this will not likely happen until Fall.
“As I always say, we don’t build cars, we build dreams,” Tatman said.
02-28-2013, 07:29 PM
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Le Mans Master
Long live the 427!