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The ultimate Corvette engine for 1967 was coded L88, even wilder than the L89, and was as close to a pure racing engine as Chevy had ever offered in regular production. Besides the lightweight heads and bigger ports, it came with an even hotter camshaft, stratospheric 12.5:1 compression, an aluminum radiator, small-diameter flywheel, and a ...
English: One-of-a-kind 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Rondine coupé by Pininfarina photographed at the 2012 Greenwich Concours d'Elegance. This is the only Italian-styled Corvette ever built. This is the only Italian-styled Corvette ever built.
More than 10,000 split-window Corvettes were built in 1963, but only 278 were equipped with this option.
The "V" in the Corvette emblem was enlarged and gold colored, signifying the V8 engine and 12-volt electrical systems, while 6-cylinder models retained the 6-volt systems used in 1953–54. [18] Although not a part of the original Corvette project, Zora Arkus-Duntov was responsible for the addition of the V8 engine and three-speed manual ...
The 2020 Corvette C8 was the first Corvette to have a rear mid-engine configuration, [108] GM's first since the 1984 Pontiac Fiero. The base Stingray coupe was introduced on July 18, 2019, with three launch colors, red (with the Z51 Package), white, and blue, and the convertible on October 2 at the Kennedy Space Center , joined by the C8.R race ...
The injected engine's output of 133 hp (99.2 kW) was higher than both turbos but lower than either carbureted engine. Road testing of the injected engine began on 19 April 1963. In May 1963 a new injection system designed by Rochester was installed that produced nearly the same output as the Marvel-Schebler system.
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In 2013, the 50th anniversary of the '63 split window Corvette, Brock wrote the book: Corvette Sting Ray: Genesis of an American Icon on the development of the 1963 Corvette sharing his insider view of how this iconic car came about. The book won the prestigious Motor Press Guild's Best Book of the Year Award and even more coveted Dean ...