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Why was this engine ( L81 ) painted blue ?
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Why was this engine ( L81 ) painted blue ?
I think this all got started with GM began change from each name car having their own full range of engines to a corporate engine structure.
This started in '77 or so when they started putting Chevrolet engines in Pontiacs, Oldsmobile in Buicks and Cadillacs, etc. And each line of GM engines had their own particular color which people were used to seeing, so to make the philosophy switch less obvious they changed the colors for all of the engines to Corporate Blue and in later years to Black. However as I remember there was still an outcry from the buying public when they found out their Olds had a Chevy engine in it and maybe even some class action suits. GM had to do something to reduce costs, they were the only US car company without a corporate engine line, Ford and Chrysler used the same engines in all of their models and for the most part, always did.
Mike
My 80 L-82 is blue.
...I want to see that, just can't picture a L-82 being blue with aluminum valve covers.
...Now my '75 L-82 was orange....
A tradition beginning with the 1954 Corvette Blue Flame Six.
so why were some blue and some black for the same model year or was this possibly a difference in where the motor was built?
I heard of that blue flame 6 banger but this is the first time I've ever seen one. How fast are they? I take it by the "150" decal its 150hp?