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      09-12-2019, 06:11 AM   #803
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Originally Posted by The HACK View Post
You can clearly see the centerline of the transmission and it's input shaft sits ABOVE the flanges of the half shafts of the diff on the transaxle.
No, you can't clearly see that at all. From a 3/4 perspective, as pictured, it's not at all clear how those centerlines line up.

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So you tell me how it is possible that the LT2, which has basically the same block, but one more cam shaft, and an exhaust that routes UP instead of down, has a lower center of gravity than the LT1 as equipped in the C7.
The claim is not the engine itself has a lower center of gravity. The claim is that the engine is able to be mounted lower (because of the standard dry sump), creating a lower center of gravity in the car.
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