I am glad we are educating the public here.

As a guy who works in a design and manufacturing facility (not cars), here’s my take:

My guess is the plastic bit isn’t a Corvette exclusive part, but can be put everywhere. Even if the majority of the gauge cluster is exclusive, there are bits and bobs that could be adapted to other upcoming designs, so why not reuse those bits? No real need to print off exclusive sheets for warning lights, nobody…

This sounds like a good engineering practice. While they might not reuse the entire cluster they may want to reuse just that plastic piece. Adding the unused symbol is likely free/very cheap vs just the cost of engineering hours to add a new configuration of the same thing with it, and maintaining two parts numbers.…

Perhaps they changed the meaning of the symbol to “Inductor Energized”.

She’s sweat,
Wet,
Got her goin’ like a...diesel vette?

Wonder if the cluster itself (behind the tinted cover) is modular and that particular module could be used in other builds?

What we uncovered here is actually the groundwork for the next generation Z06: Duramax. Powered by a new 3.0 liter turbodiesel, the mid-engine Corvette C8 will have a stump-ripping 800 lb-ft of torque, and redline at 3,600 RPM.

Big Block Oldsmobile, whether it’s the 400, 425, or 455. During the height of the muscle car age when GM’s brands actually competed with each other, Olds’ big blocks stood out both in terms of performance and, well, when you opened the hood they looked awesome. I mean, come on - big, wide intake manifold, rocket…

SR20DET?

A production V8 with over 600 horses all naturally aspirated was the pure end of an era.

For me personally, it’s Nissan’s VQ series. I loved my 4thGen Maxima, and put 311, xxx miles on it with no issues. Can’t say the same for that car’s manual transmission though (weak 2nd gear synchros). Two transmissions and the same issue each time is why it got sold.

Nissan’s VG series.

SR20, don’t @ me.

Gioacchino Colombo’s V12 engine. Reached specific powers over 100 HP/liter already in the 50s, looked amazing in its 250 Testa Rossa incarnation, and powered many Ferrari legendary cars all the way from 1947 to 1988. An incredible feat of motor engineering.

It’s possible I’m a little biased, but there aren’t many other engines ever made with this combination of factory power and durability.

Chevy Small Block V8
VW Flat 4 / Porsche Fuhrmann
Cummings 6BT
Honda B Series
Toyota 2JZ
Mercedes AMG M139
Honeywell AGT1500
Boeing GE9X
Evinrude V8

I’d also vouch for the 3800. I’ve had several of them over the years, in a Bonneville, then a LeSabre, then a Riviera. The cars were 3/4 returned to the earth by way of rust, but a flick of the key and they’d fire up every time, return good power, and 28 mpg on the highway. Hard to argue with that.

Vtec yo.