LEAKED LS9 PICTURES!!!!

[chevygonemad]

LINK: http://jalopnik.com/cars/detroit-auto-show...uble-326717.php

Three pictures are included and looks pretty nice. I'm still wondering how the top of the engine is going to look through that plexiglass(?) whole in the hood (if that exists).

[SuperSport623]

ughh more plastic engine covers... its becoming more and more worthless to show off under the hood...

Edited November 27, 2007 by SuperSport623

[big blue]

You're staring at the LS9 and all you can comment about is the plastic engine cover? Come on man, focus!

All I can say is Janurary can't come soon enough.

[Z-06]

That Supercharger is compact. Wonder if GM is having something up the sleeve in the engine with a new technology or some patents.

This may be in 2008 Ward's Best Engine.

[smk4565]

I really like the blue, that looks cool.

[Camino LS6]

LS = Like Sex

[Camino LS6]

Blue Devil indeed!

[deftonesfan867]

ughh more plastic engine covers... its becoming more and more worthless to show off under the hood...

Only the black part is plastic. The Blue and Silver is the part of the supercharger/intercooler.

[ZL-1]

I really like the blue

[SuperSport623]

i have to say, the whole intake setup (manifold/blower/intercooler assembly) seems to be so well packaged.. i wish more detail could be seen..

[deftonesfan867]

i have to say, the whole intake setup (manifold/blower/intercooler assembly) seems to be so well packaged.. i wish more detail could be seen..

I was wrong about how much plastic is there, but it appears GM made the top of the intercooler look like the plastic ribbing that sits above it. So it's possible to take off the plastic and the shiny metal with the blue "LS9 Supercharged" lettering still showing through the polyurethane top the hood is going to have. :AH-HA_wink:

Edited November 27, 2007 by deftonesfan867

[cletus8269]

i too grow tired of the plastic covers but at least they integrated this one and made it useful. face it though, if there were still multi carb setups and flashy air intake systems hoods would be up all the time... alas that ended in the 70's i guess. man thats one tight power plant though... wonder when the crate version will be out heh heh

Edited November 27, 2007 by cletus8269

[K.C.]

I'm sorry, but all of the blood just rushed out of my head.

[bowtie_dude]

While you check that out we're going to go and hide from GM's shock troopers. Hey, does anyone know the number for the witness protection program?

[siegen]

Does it produce 700hp+ naturally aspirated yet?

Oh, and in case you forgot what the engine sounded like -- remember who brought you the first video of the Corvette ZR1 -- that's right, who loves ya, baby?

Lol @ their video. All I heard was road and cabin noise.

[ToniCipriani]

Does it produce 700hp+ naturally aspirated yet?

Lol @ their video. All I heard was road and cabin noise.

Does the engine in the Si produce enough useful torque yet?

[siegen]

Does the engine in the Si produce enough useful torque yet?

Define enough.

[SuperSport623]

wonder when the crate version will be out heh heh

well since the LS7 is something like $14,000, this will prob top $20k

[NOS2006]

I doubt that. The LS7 is hand built and blue printed. I'm pretty sure this has basically the same bottom end (a little modified for compression and such though) as the LS3 and probably won't be hand built. Parts sharing cuts cost, so does building it on an assembly line. I don't see this one costing any more, if not much more, than the LS7.

[NOS2006]

Define enough.

Well my buddy floored his six-speed '07 Si from a stop today and I didn't feel or hear and wheel spin or chirp... Weak sauce!

[K-1]

Define enough.

At least twice that required of the lug nuts. In typical Japanese fashion, the Si fails this test.

[siegen]

Well my buddy floored his six-speed '07 Si from a stop today and I didn't feel or hear and wheel spin or chirp... Weak sauce!

So this is the basis of your argument?

[gm4life]

Sweet Viper looks like you just got crushed.

[SuperSport623]

found a nice pic of the blower:

after seeing this i would definatley ditch the plastic cover if this is what would be shining underneath!

Edited November 27, 2007 by SuperSport623

[cletus8269]

So this is the basis of your argument?

dont sound like a basis to me, more like closing statement... hehe

[Z-06]

Does it produce 700hp+ naturally aspirated yet?

Why does it have to be NA?

And which OEM engine does that?

[Camino LS6]

No Honda talk in this thread - it's blasphemous. :AH-HA_wink:

[ToniCipriani]

No Honda talk in this thread - it's blasphemous. :AH-HA_wink:

You're right... I shouldn't have brought the other side of the spectrum on board. My bad. HP/L advocates is just like Peter when he shoved Stewie under his pants. Edited November 28, 2007 by ToniCipriani

[Northstar]

I doubt that. The LS7 is hand built and blue printed. I'm pretty sure this has basically the same bottom end (a little modified for compression and such though) as the LS3 and probably won't be hand built. Parts sharing cuts cost, so does building it on an assembly line. I don't see this one costing any more, if not much more, than the LS7.

The LS9 is going to be hand built...

found a nice pic of the blower:

after seeing this i would definatley ditch the plastic cover if this is what would be shining underneath!

Agreed, the black plastic is unnecessary, and I'm sure it will be the first mod for many ZR1s.

[SuperSport623]

yet i expect many of the ZR1 owners buying them only as an extension of their manhood, never to open the hood unless the washer fluid is low... i wish i had the money.... id make that car work harder then a $5 whore...

[G. David Felt]

found a nice pic of the blower:

after seeing this i would definatley ditch the plastic cover if this is what would be shining underneath!

Part of me agrees, but if the plastic shroud also had noise canceling insulation then I am all for keeping it. I like the noise to only come from the tail pipe and everything else to be nice and quite.

[siegen]

No Honda talk in this thread - it's blasphemous. :AH-HA_wink:

Yeah who brought that up? Looks like we need a good ol' fashioned inquisition!

Every time I say something about a GM product, people instantly assume I'm comparing it to a Honda, which I am not. :]

Honda doesn't have anything even close to the Corvette engines yet... (well except for the engine in the car in my sig. hehe)

And they are fine engines.

[Drew Dowdell]

I think the most important question is.... will it fit in a CTS?

[Northstar]

I think the most important question is.... will it fit in a CTS?

Of course it will fit in the CTS. A non-hand-built and less powerful version is going into the CTS-V.

[RBB]

I think the most important question is.... will it fit in a Solstice?

FTFY

:AH-HA_wink:

-RBB

[siegen]

FTFY

:AH-HA_wink:

-RBB

Most importantly of all, will it fit in a '90 CRX?

[Camino LS6]

I know it will fit in a Ute...

[Camino LS6]

Most importantly of all, will it fit in a '90 CRX?

That thing is even more insane than the twin turbocharged 454 Chevette I once saw.

[Northstar]

Most importantly of all, will it fit in a '90 CRX?

Why does it have such big rear tires? CRXs are FWD... wouldn't the front tires need to be the big ones so it could get good traction... those rear ones would just add unneeded weight.

[siegen]

Why does it have such big rear tires? CRXs are FWD... wouldn't the front tires need to be the big ones so it could get good traction... those rear ones would just add unneeded weight.

That is a 5.7L in there, longitudinally mounted. About the only thing left CRX on that thing is the shell. :AH-HA_wink:

I would be afraid to drive it. Such a short wheelbase, it'll probably flip or spin really easily when full throttle.

Imagine the power to weight ratio with a S/C 6.2L. The engine and tires probably weigh more than the rest of it!

[Windy-57]

yet i expect many of the ZR1 owners buying them only as an extension of their manhood, never to open the hood unless the washer fluid is low... i wish i had the money.... id make that car work harder then a $5 whore...

Well put.

[SuperSport623]

slicks+CRX light ass, small body+high HP V8= fun in the rain!

lol

[cletus8269]

video of that thing driving down the street.

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/6616642...9d7eca25150.htm

Edited November 29, 2007 by cletus8269

[prototype66]

video of that thing driving down the street.

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/6616642...9d7eca25150.htm

Thats funny stuff!

"It doesn't turn" Funny sh@*t!

[Robert Hall]

Interesting engine...now if they'd offer it in special versions of the CTS, G8, Camaro, and Tahoe or Suburban...

[Fletch Radford]

That is a 5.7L in there, longitudinally mounted. About the only thing left CRX on that thing is the shell. :AH-HA_wink:

I would be afraid to drive it. Such a short wheelbase, it'll probably flip or spin really easily when full throttle.

Imagine the power to weight ratio with a S/C 6.2L. The engine and tires probably weigh more than the rest of it!

Naw, people drive AMC Gremlins (not Pacers) which came from the factory with a V8 and then they modded them out, they aren't too much bigger than a VW OLD Beetle (of course it was heavier), heard one guy got his running in the 7's with the original motor and the rest of the car intact (not stripped to a shell), they may be ugly as an Aztec but they could go when built right.

Edited December 16, 2007 by Fletch Radford