Do you guys remember Katech, the long time catalyst behind Corvette Racing before GM brought all competition engine development in house?
Well, the tuner’s website has already made provisions for the “2018+ Corvette ZR1/Zora LT5.” Do they know something we don’t? This could be a hint that a mid-engined Corvette is indeed coming because the company would have close ties to GM and knowledge of products in the Corvette pipeline.
Back in 2013, GM reapplied to trademark the LT5 moniker – the C4 ZR1 used a quad-cam small-block LT5 V8 developed by Lotus Engineering and built by Mercury Marine – leading to speculation we may see a new overhead cammed V8 in the next Corvette.
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Just a year after regaining the rights to LT5, GM filed to patent the name “Zora,” which kicked off fresh speculation that GM would use that name on a special mid-engine Corvette – just like the car’s creator Zora Arkus-Duntov wanted.
GM has been heavily investing in its Bowling Green “paint shop,” which has doubled in size. Call me crazy, but who else thinks we’re dealing with more than just a paint shop down in Kentucky?
None of this is conclusive naturally, but the plot is indeed accelerating.
