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11-17-2009, 11:40 AM
Filed under: Performance (http://www.autoblog.com/category/sports/), Etc. (http://www.autoblog.com/category/etc/), Plants/Manufacturing (http://www.autoblog.com/category/plants-manufacturing/), Chevrolet (http://www.autoblog.com/category/chevrolet/), GM (http://www.autoblog.com/category/gm/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/11/pbc-build-1280-63_opt.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/gallery/building-an-ls9-v8-at-the-gm-performance-build-center/)Our completed LS9 V8 - Click above for high-res image gallery
When you think of brands like Aston Martin (http://www.autoblog.com/make/aston-martin/), Ferrari (http://www.autoblog.com/make/ferrari/) and AMG, the idea of their engines being built by the hands of skilled craftsmen is no great surprise. However, most people would be very surprised to learn that General Motors (http://www.autoblog.com/make/gm/) has its own special facility dedicated to building its highest performaning engine by hand.
The GM Performance Build Center is located in a nondescript industrial park in in Wixom, MI, not far from the company's Milford Proving Ground. The PBC is a 100,000-square foot factory that opened in 2005 and has since produced both the supercharged Northstar V8 that was used in the Cadillac STS-V and XLR-V, as well as the dry-sump small-block V8 used in the Corvette Z06 (http://www.autoblog.com/model/corvette) and ZR1 (http://www.autoblog.com/model/zr1). The most recent addition to the lineup is the dry-sump LS3 used in the new manual transmission Grand Sport (http://www.autoblog.com/model/corvette). We were invited by GM to tour the facility and even build one a monster LS9 that would eventually wind up in someone's ZR1.
Gallery: Building an LS9 V8 at the GM Performance Build Center (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/building-an-ls9-v8-at-the-gm-performance-build-center/low/)
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When you think of brands like Aston Martin (http://www.autoblog.com/make/aston-martin/), Ferrari (http://www.autoblog.com/make/ferrari/) and AMG, the idea of their engines being built by the hands of skilled craftsmen is no great surprise. However, most people would be very surprised to learn that General Motors (http://www.autoblog.com/make/gm/) has its own special facility dedicated to building its highest performaning engine by hand.
The GM Performance Build Center is located in a nondescript industrial park in in Wixom, MI, not far from the company's Milford Proving Ground. The PBC is a 100,000-square foot factory that opened in 2005 and has since produced both the supercharged Northstar V8 that was used in the Cadillac STS-V and XLR-V, as well as the dry-sump small-block V8 used in the Corvette Z06 (http://www.autoblog.com/model/corvette) and ZR1 (http://www.autoblog.com/model/zr1). The most recent addition to the lineup is the dry-sump LS3 used in the new manual transmission Grand Sport (http://www.autoblog.com/model/corvette). We were invited by GM to tour the facility and even build one a monster LS9 that would eventually wind up in someone's ZR1.
Gallery: Building an LS9 V8 at the GM Performance Build Center (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/building-an-ls9-v8-at-the-gm-performance-build-center/low/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/11/pbc-build-1280-63_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/building-an-ls9-v8-at-the-gm-performance-build-center/low/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/11/pbc-build-1280-01_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/building-an-ls9-v8-at-the-gm-performance-build-center/low/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/11/pbc-build-1280-02_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/building-an-ls9-v8-at-the-gm-performance-build-center/low/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/11/pbc-build-1280-03_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/building-an-ls9-v8-at-the-gm-performance-build-center/low/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/11/pbc-build-1280-04_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/building-an-ls9-v8-at-the-gm-performance-build-center/low/)
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