Corvette Engines History and Factory Designations
There is a mystery in my brain housing group. I have often wondered the reason Chevrolet designated corvette engines "L" etc:
ie: L79, L88, L98, LT5, LS1,2,3,4,5 and 9 How many variations are there. What were the changes, who designed the engines, and for what reason. I also wonder what might be the next designator for the 2014 C-7. I know what the vehicle numbers and letters mean. " Z" is for Zorro and "R" is for racing, and the numbers are for horsepower. What does the "ZO" as in ZO-6 mean. Then you have Gen I, II, III, and IV. Is there any thing published.
This can be confusing when attempting to explain it to my 6 year old grandson, forget about the 4 year old, he just stands around and picks his nose and looks at the result as if he just scored a new corvette. This all came up when I took Alex (#-1 grandson) to an all Corvette Show and Shine. In simple 6 year old speak he asked?
"Papa" why is it so confusing, Your red (57) car only says CORVETTE, these new ones say all kinds of things, like ZOO6, and GRAHAM CRACKER SPORT. He is a very smart boy, but is having trouble understanding what I mean when I use all of the various letter- number groups. As you can see, when retired, one has a lot of time to contimplate the unknows of the world, and entertaining wee ones, it's great. It would be a lot more entertaining for the boys if they called the corvette, some toy hero, like Capt. America or Godzilla, oh, that has been taken over by the Japanese, and Chrysler (Viper), and Ford (Cobra). I forgot, Stingray, Shark.
Just somthing to think about, as I sit here at 0400 on a Wendesday morning.
ie: L79, L88, L98, LT5, LS1,2,3,4,5 and 9 How many variations are there. What were the changes, who designed the engines, and for what reason. I also wonder what might be the next designator for the 2014 C-7. I know what the vehicle numbers and letters mean. " Z" is for Zorro and "R" is for racing, and the numbers are for horsepower. What does the "ZO" as in ZO-6 mean. Then you have Gen I, II, III, and IV. Is there any thing published.
This can be confusing when attempting to explain it to my 6 year old grandson, forget about the 4 year old, he just stands around and picks his nose and looks at the result as if he just scored a new corvette. This all came up when I took Alex (#-1 grandson) to an all Corvette Show and Shine. In simple 6 year old speak he asked?
"Papa" why is it so confusing, Your red (57) car only says CORVETTE, these new ones say all kinds of things, like ZOO6, and GRAHAM CRACKER SPORT. He is a very smart boy, but is having trouble understanding what I mean when I use all of the various letter- number groups. As you can see, when retired, one has a lot of time to contimplate the unknows of the world, and entertaining wee ones, it's great. It would be a lot more entertaining for the boys if they called the corvette, some toy hero, like Capt. America or Godzilla, oh, that has been taken over by the Japanese, and Chrysler (Viper), and Ford (Cobra). I forgot, Stingray, Shark.
Just somthing to think about, as I sit here at 0400 on a Wendesday morning.
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