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Old 06-29-2009, 09:23 PM   #29 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Monsi View Post
if there is any justice left in this world there won't be a corvette engine in the esprit there are very good reasons MOST car companies don't use pushrods anymore... (and most car companies that still use them went bankrupt WOOOOOO)
and what good reason would that be? (other then engine complexity snobbery)
the only advantages of a DOHC over a modern pushrod engine is high RPM smoothness... and the LS-series V8s are so good at low RPMs that you hardly ever need to rev it up high.
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