# Mid-Engine Corvette C8 2020 **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [January 8, 2015, 2:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mid-engine-corvette-c8-2020/271429 "2015-01-08T14:24:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![ubengineering](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ubengineering/32/5171_2.png) [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2019, 7:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mid-engine-corvette-c8-2020/271429/141 "2019-07-19T19:46:07Z")
Yep! No road head in this model. Wasn’t someone on here with a transam or camaro posting pics of their gf fucking their shifter? I remember it vividly. lol @LZ1 was that you? If it isn’t you you’d definitely remember who it was. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2019, 7:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mid-engine-corvette-c8-2020/271429/142 "2019-07-19T19:58:05Z")
It was a Civic Si and it wasn’t me and yes I know her ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2019, 8:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mid-engine-corvette-c8-2020/271429/143 "2019-07-19T20:21:31Z")
I have seen “0-60 in under 3 seconds” but the math seems a bit sketchy. Maybe they are conservative on the powa numbers. (?) It weighs 3366 pounds. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2019, 9:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mid-engine-corvette-c8-2020/271429/144 "2019-07-19T21:48:27Z")
Mid engine rear drive with launch control. I don’t doubt a sub 3 0-60 at all. I do doubt how many of those launches you’ll get before something breaks though. ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2019, 10:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mid-engine-corvette-c8-2020/271429/145 "2019-07-19T22:35:51Z")
That does not look bad! I want to see this parked next to an F430 though for scale / dimensions. Also, how soon before they make one AWD? ---
**Author:** ![ubengineering](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ubengineering/32/5171_2.png) [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2019, 12:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mid-engine-corvette-c8-2020/271429/146 "2019-07-20T12:14:26Z")
lol nice, those were the days when we used to have porn threads. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2019, 12:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mid-engine-corvette-c8-2020/271429/147 "2019-07-20T12:49:50Z")
Whats going to break? The IRS on the latest vettes is solid and same thing with the transmissions people run them up over 600rwhp with good tires no issues. Also GM historically under rates motors I feel like a lot of you are stuck in early 90s GM land and haven’t been keeping up with how all modern GM/Ford performance parts handle things. ---
**Author:** ![HouseS2K](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/houses2k/32/100273_2.png) [@HouseS2K](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HouseS2K)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2019, 1:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mid-engine-corvette-c8-2020/271429/148 "2019-07-20T13:48:24Z")
Guy on the vet forum is still using a stock z06 t56,diff, torque tube and axles. He’s over 1200whp doing half mile events. ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2019, 5:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mid-engine-corvette-c8-2020/271429/149 "2019-07-23T17:26:16Z")
So I’ve had some time to let the new Corvette marinate in my head a bit and I’d like to change my stance publicly. Seeing all the angles, seeing the numbers and now price…it’s a Corvette. It’s not quite my FAVORITE Corvette, but that’s just my opinion, but I will admit that GM did a pretty damn good job on this one, good enough for me to change my view of it and I think that alone says a lot about this car. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2019, 6:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mid-engine-corvette-c8-2020/271429/150 "2019-07-23T18:21:23Z")
More good news for GM Tonawanda… > **[2020 Chevrolet Corvette engines will be built in Tonawanda](https://www.wkbw.com/news/local-news/2020-chevrolet-corvette-engines-will-be-built-in-tonawanda)** > > The General Motors plant in Tonawanda will make the engines that power the 2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray. ---
**Author:** ![maxwell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maxwell/32/6524_2.png) [@maxwell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/maxwell)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2019, 9:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mid-engine-corvette-c8-2020/271429/151 "2019-07-23T21:33:12Z")
Genuinely impressed. ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 1:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mid-engine-corvette-c8-2020/271429/152 "2019-07-24T01:54:22Z")
So, can we go to the Tonawanda plant and put the engine together ourselves? Wasn’t this what people did with some ZR1’s or something? ---
**Author:** ![ubengineering](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ubengineering/32/5171_2.png) [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 2:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mid-engine-corvette-c8-2020/271429/153 "2019-07-24T02:19:43Z")
Always good to see more work come to Buffalo! ---
**Author:** ![joelster](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joelster/32/7258_2.png) [@joelster](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/joelster)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 11:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mid-engine-corvette-c8-2020/271429/154 "2019-07-24T11:50:47Z")
That was for LS7’s at the Bowling Green facility. Z06’s ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 3:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mid-engine-corvette-c8-2020/271429/155 "2019-07-24T15:26:50Z")
Ah my memory was foggy. ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 1:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mid-engine-corvette-c8-2020/271429/156 "2019-07-30T13:25:27Z")
I guess FR Corvettes are worth more now? At least to this guy: > 1985 Targa Top Corvette for sale - **$8000**. Only 73,xxx miles. Very well taken care of inside and out. Garage kept and doesn’t see rain. Z51 brakes on front. ZR1 rims. Aftermarket headers and exhaust. Rare 4+3 manual transmission. With the new mid engine C8 Vettes, **front engine manual transmission Corvettes are a thing of the past. Get your hands on one while you can.** Only little things wrong like the right turn signal flashing slower than the left and rear release not working. I don’t need to sell so price is firm. ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/a/5/a5c65ae2516250614c6b37a5be3c4f0f7c239cb1.jpeg) [https://fortwayne.craigslist.org/cto/d/berne-1985-chevrolet-corvette/6940650453.html](https://fortwayne.craigslist.org/cto/d/berne-1985-chevrolet-corvette/6940650453.html) ---
**Author:** ![ubengineering](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ubengineering/32/5171_2.png) [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 8:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mid-engine-corvette-c8-2020/271429/157 "2019-07-30T20:28:38Z")
Wasn’t Newman a fan of these? Ugh. I’d rather have my old neon. EDIT - If this is the 180hp version, the neon was probably faster. Hope this guy’s wrong though. I’d still like a C5 Z06. Waiting for prices to fall further as per advice on here. ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 1:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mid-engine-corvette-c8-2020/271429/158 "2019-07-31T13:52:22Z")
Well, that’s nice: > the C8 doesn’t require any routine engine-out services—often an expensive bugaboo with mid-engined cars—and that the spark plugs and other ignition components, along with the accessory belts that are tucked up next to the passenger compartment at the front of the engine, can be accessed with the engine in place. However, swapping out, say, the oil pump will require dropping the engine. > **[What You Need to Know about the C8 Corvette's LT2 V-8 Engine](https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a28426967/chevy-corvette-c8-lt2-engine/)** > > The newest version of the 6.2-liter small-block V-8 makes up to 495 horsepower and 470 lb-ft of torque and doesn't require routine engine-out service. ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 2:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mid-engine-corvette-c8-2020/271429/159 "2019-07-31T14:00:19Z")
Also: ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 2:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mid-engine-corvette-c8-2020/271429/160 "2019-07-31T14:11:08Z")
LOL: [https://www.automobilemag.com/news/cars-zero-60-mph-3-sec-under-70000/](https://www.automobilemag.com/news/cars-zero-60-mph-3-sec-under-70000/) [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mid-engine-corvette-c8-2020/271429.md?page=7) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mid-engine-corvette-c8-2020/271429.md?page=9)