GM is allowing Corvette owners to build the engine themselves - Page 5

nards444 · 07-29-2010, 11:23 AM

I was reading stars and stripes over here in Afghanistan, and a article had a statement that GM might let you come build your own Corvette Engine in the factory in MI. You get to build it and a tech will watch over the whole thing. GM's suggested price tag is 5 grand which includes the build and one night stay, you have to fork out getting your self there.

Cool but 5 Grand????

2010 SSRS · 07-29-2010, 11:24 AM

I want to build a 1,000hp vette

The Viz · 07-29-2010, 11:38 AM

You get to build your own motor when ordering a Z06 or ZR1 for $5800. You then get to dyno the motor, and it gets a special personalized engine plaque.

ffrcobra_65 · 07-29-2010, 11:41 AM

It doesn't necessarily mean that you get to build whatever engine you want to put in the Corvette you ordered. I think it means you get to build the factory engine that is going to go into your Corvette. They're just taking it another step farther that what BMW and other car makers are doing where you can go and watch your car get built and/or go and pick it up right from the factory.

x626xBlack · 07-29-2010, 11:48 AM

Does that come with a "you break it you buy it clause"?

I could see telling the service manager. "Hey ... there is something wrong with my motor"... He replies "what the hell you want me to do about it... you built the damn thing" ... LOL

eggydoo · 07-29-2010, 11:57 AM

wow paying someone $5k to do THEIR job? No thanks

If anyone wants to do my job for me for a day, i'll offer it at a discount of $2k

v6sonoma · 07-29-2010, 03:08 PM

If you have the cash for a ZR1 $5k is a drop in the hat for an experience of a life time.

mikel441 · 07-29-2010, 03:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eggydoo

wow paying someone $5k to do THEIR job? No thanks

If anyone wants to do my job for me for a day, i'll offer it at a discount of $2k

Have you ever built an engine? If you have you would understand.

Synerbee · 08-01-2010, 05:14 AM

That be my wish if I have a terminal illness and I go on make a wish fondation.

x626xBlack · 08-10-2010, 11:45 AM

HA! Last night on Ultimate Factories on NGCHD (Directv 276) they were in the Z06 plant! Mad me think of this thread.........

Tomato · 08-11-2010, 12:07 AM

Very sweet! I would bring along an Edelbrock timing gear drive and slip that in rather than the chain : )

07-29-2010, 11:23 AM	#57
nards444 Drives: 1SS/RS Black Join Date: May 2009 Location: New york Posts: 2,123 View My Garage	You can build your own Corvette engine I was reading stars and stripes over here in Afghanistan, and a article had a statement that GM might let you come build your own Corvette Engine in the factory in MI. You get to build it and a tech will watch over the whole thing. GM's suggested price tag is 5 grand which includes the build and one night stay, you have to fork out getting your self there. Cool but 5 Grand???? __________________ 2010 1SS/RS Black, CGM stripes, polished Rims, Tinted windows, Hurst shifter

07-29-2010, 11:24 AM	#58
2010 SSRS Drives: 3 V8 Camaros Join Date: May 2009 Location: The Ocean State Posts: 111,186 View My Garage	I want to build a 1,000hp vette __________________ Jannetty Racing JRE Street Package

07-29-2010, 11:38 AM	#59
The Viz Drives: Everything Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Indiana Posts: 2,110	You get to build your own motor when ordering a Z06 or ZR1 for $5800. You then get to dyno the motor, and it gets a special personalized engine plaque. __________________ "God help the child who grows out of everything"

07-29-2010, 11:48 AM	#61
x626xBlack ARMY of one. Drives: 2011 Black SS/RS Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Houston Tx. from Lafayette La. Posts: 823	Does that come with a "you break it you buy it clause"? I could see telling the service manager. "Hey ... there is something wrong with my motor"... He replies "what the hell you want me to do about it... you built the damn thing" ... LOL __________________ Houston's very own H-Town Camaro Club

07-29-2010, 03:08 PM	#63
v6sonoma Drives: 2010 SS RS Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Providence, RI Posts: 8,108 View My Garage	If you have the cash for a ZR1 $5k is a drop in the hat for an experience of a life time. __________________ Mods: BBK Intake, BBK LT's and High Flow Cats, Corsa Cat-back exhaust, Hurst short throw shifter, SLP skip-shift eliminator. 7/1/09 Placed order for IOM/IO int/ SS/RS 6M 9/26/09 Took delivery!

07-29-2010, 11:41 AM	#60
ffrcobra_65 Account Suspended Drives: SuperCharged 2SS/RS IOM MN6 Join Date: May 2009 Location: CA Posts: 5,094	It doesn't necessarily mean that you get to build whatever engine you want to put in the Corvette you ordered. I think it means you get to build the factory engine that is going to go into your Corvette. They're just taking it another step farther that what BMW and other car makers are doing where you can go and watch your car get built and/or go and pick it up right from the factory.

07-29-2010, 11:57 AM	#62
eggydoo Drives: 2010 Camaro SS Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 629	wow paying someone $5k to do THEIR job? No thanks If anyone wants to do my job for me for a day, i'll offer it at a discount of $2k

08-01-2010, 05:14 AM	#65
Synerbee SoCal Headturners Drives: 2010 SGM Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Anaheim Hills, California Posts: 5,788	That be my wish if I have a terminal illness and I go on make a wish fondation.

08-10-2010, 11:45 AM	#66
x626xBlack ARMY of one. Drives: 2011 Black SS/RS Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Houston Tx. from Lafayette La. Posts: 823	HA! Last night on Ultimate Factories on NGCHD (Directv 276) they were in the Z06 plant! Mad me think of this thread......... __________________ Houston's very own H-Town Camaro Club

08-11-2010, 12:07 AM	#67
Tomato G-Force Addict Drives: 2010 SS/RS A6 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Escalon, CA Posts: 196	Very sweet! I would bring along an Edelbrock timing gear drive and slip that in rather than the chain : )

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