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Old 10-24-2019, 10:52 AM   #768
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Originally Posted by Atmo View Post
Right, there's a thread on Corvette Forum about this, over 240 posts so far. Comments are roughly a third like yours, another third suggesting GM shenanigans including one from a 20-year power train engineer who said they routinely provide tweaked examples to testers, and another third like mine giving GM credit for SAE certification.

It makes for lively debate but I'll withhold judgement until a production piece is tested.
They do provide tweaked examples. Been common for.. ever. But it won't be a tweaked example making that much power. Not really possible without a lot of engine airflow modifications which should have been very obvious.
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