[SuperMacGuy]

I see in Autoweek that the 2013 or 14 new Corvette engine is designated LT1. Why do they do that? Why use the same name as the older engine that everyone knows? I don't get how it works. Why not call it the LT2 or LS4 or YH99. Maybe there won't be confusion but maybe there will be, especially considering that the old LT1 is still in service in a lot of cars, not like it was last used in the 1960's and no one will really get them mixed up.

http://www.gizmag.com/chevy-2014-corvette-lt1-v8/24705/

[pharmd]

None of it matters...when you pull up outside the local autoparts store the redneck guy hanging out there is gonna say, "What's that thang have in it...a 350?"

[CrashTestDummy]

None of it matters...when you pull up outside the local autoparts store the redneck guy hanging out there is gonna say, "What's that thang have in it...a 350?"

"That's got one of them Corvette engines in it, don't it?"

That's what I hear _all_ the time regarding our 95-96 Impalas/Caprices.

[dailydriver]

None of it matters...when you pull up outside the local autoparts store the redneck guy hanging out there is gonna say, "What's that thang have in it...a 350?"

"That's got one of them Corvette engines in it, don't it?"

That's what I hear _all_ the time regarding our 95-96 Impalas/Caprices.

And I always have to explain that I have the same engine as a C5 Vette, which NEVER fails to impress the uninformed. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)