Give me Super Cruise and a 35 gallon tank, and I’ll buy one as my new commuter.

It’s more like “Is this component specific to X or can we use it elsewhere too?” “Well I don’t know, maybe we can use it again in the future” “Okay make it compatible with other potential models”

Sounds like a perfect example of engineering process controls if you ask me. Some process control was probably put in place to make sure symbols weren’t forgotten, so the easiest thing to do is include all the symbols on all the models.

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

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.…

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.

The ride is a little rough but the looks you get are priceless.  

Im at 330,000 miles on mine and its running like a top.

Who hurt him?

I don’t care that it’s probably not, the Toyota 1FZ never gets its dues in these lists.

Strongly, strongly, disagree. In my experience, and the vast majority of LS7 owners experience, that isn’t even vaguely accurate. Some LS7 had issues with dropping valves under specific conditions, but that was addressed in the late LS7 found in the gen 5 Z/28. The rotating assembly in the LS7 is more that stout…

The question is what’s best, not what’s most esoteric

I am not an LS guy either, but engines don't choose their fans, and I have to be honest.

I mean...the question is the best production engine ever made.  Not the most unique or creative.  So yeah, a lack of imagination is normal, if not expected.

I know it’s kind of a cliche at this point, I know I’m sort of sick of it as the go-to for ambitious engine swaps, but...

GM LS-series. 

It’s kind of a slow day, so here’s a few header images for the inevitable repeats of this article in the foreseeable future:

There’s a lot of things I don’t understand in the automotive world, but 8 of the top 10 probably relate to this vehicle.

I’d swear you were describing a Hanna-Barbera cartoon.

Ever notice that the cable “education” channels that were touted as a market-driven replacement for PBS like History, Discovery, TLC. etc. have all turned in to homes for crappy reality shows, conspiracy theories and pseudoscience? I guess that pays better than boring old facts and science.