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build your own corvette's engine

Possessed Freak said:
Knowing my luck, I would likely have dropped something inside the damn thing and poof there goes *my* engine.
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That's why everything you touch overlooked by the guy that's supposed to be building the engine.

Personally, I think this is cool as hell. If you can afford it, it would be an awesome experience.
 
If I had the money, I'd do it but would ask to customize it further by adding stronger and beefier components, possibly performance aftermarket stuff.
 
KIAman said:
If I had the money, I'd do it but would ask to customize it further by adding stronger and beefier components, possibly performance aftermarket stuff.
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It'd likely be cheaper to just order it with regular parts and rip it apart when you get it to put your parts in. At least through their engine building program you get to keep your warranty.
 
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What happens if you’re really incompetent – surely the extra money they charge won’t cover the costly slippages to their delivery schedule?
 
Jesus people.

You cannot substitute aftermarket parts into the factory build of your car's engine. And they will not let you torque your engine internals to hundreds of foot pounds. They have the proper technicians watching you and telling you exactly what to do. Think of it as "hand holding."
 
Raduque said:
Wait, it costs MORE? It should cost less, after all, I'm doing the labor, not GM.
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Well, since the guy that normally builds it is with you the whole time, it shouldn't cost any less. Also, since it probably takes LONGER for the noob to build (along with fixing any possible screwups and endless time wasted from answering questions) then it makes sense that it costs more.

I've charged people extra money who wanted to build their own computer with me helping them. It seriously takes longer and is more stressful.
 
KIAman said:
If I had the money, I'd do it but would ask to customize it further by adding stronger and beefier components, possibly performance aftermarket stuff.
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What exactly would you do to improve the LS9? Honestly, almost anything that you do to it to get it to make more power will probably have a pretty bad effect on the life of your engine.
 
exdeath said:
It's a cool concept, but what the hell shouldn't they be PAYING YOU to build their engines?
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Why? You're tying up the guy that would be building it and the facilities he would be using to build it for enough time that he could probably have built 3 or 4 engines.
 
Bignate603 said:
Why? You're tying up the guy that would be building it and the facilities he would be using to build it for enough time that he could probably have built 3 or 4 engines.
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Yeah they really need to crank out those engines at break neck speeds to ensure there is enough supply to meet demand for all those customers at the Chevy dealerships in line with $100,000+ in their pockets... :awe:
 
exdeath said:
Yeah they really need to crank out those engines at break neck speeds to ensure there is enough supply to meet demand for all those customers at the Chevy dealerships in line with $100,000+ in their pockets... :awe:
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They're offering the option to build your engine for Z06 and ZR1. In 2009 which was the last full year of production (and all around a terrible year for car sales) the combined number of ZR1s and Z06s sold was almost 5,000 cars. While that doesn't sound like a ton of cars that's 29% of all corvettes sold in 2009. While you wouldn't need a huge number of engine builders to keep up with demand I doubt they've got a bunch of guys standing around twiddling their thumbs.
 
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