CORVETTE ZR1 ENGINE BUILD EXPERIENCE: FIRST RESPONDER

Syndicated Talk Show host is first to sign up for Chevrolet’s new hands-on ultimate car guy option.

Todd Schnitt’s fifth Corvette, a 2011 Cyber Grey ZR1, will be unlike any he has had before. This time he will personally help build its 638-horsepower supercharged small block engine on August 30 at the GM Performance Build Center in Wixom, MI.

As part of the $5,800 Corvette Engine Build Experience option, a special Chevrolet concierge is coordinating all arrangements with Schnitt. Upon completion, the engine will be tracked and sent to the Corvette assembly plant in Bowling Green, KY. where Schnitt’s ZR1 will be assembled with his engine.

“To build my own engine is over the top,” said Schnitt who hosts the Tampa, FL-based MJ Morning Show and nationally syndicated Schnitt Show. “When my dealer told me about the option it was like ‘Of course, I’ll do it, sign me up!’ I can’t wait to get there and build my own LS9. It will be the ultimate personalization. I’m anticipating it being one of the coolest things I’ve done in my life.”