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Corvette ZR1 5.7 L (350 cu in) LT5 V8 in a C4 ZR1. General Motors acquired Group Lotus, a UK based engineering consultant and performance car manufacturing firm, during 1986. The Corvette division approached Lotus with the idea of developing the world's fastest production car, to be based on the C4 generation of the Corvette.
ZR1, (or ZR-1), is a designation that has been used on several different generational models of the Chevrolet Corvette. For the 3rd generation (C3) , the ZR1 & ZR2 were special engine packages. Only 53 of these packages were optioned during the 1970 to 1972 model years.
1988 saw the 35th Anniversary Edition of the Corvette. [23] In 1990, the ZR1 option Corvette was introduced with the LT5 engine designed by Lotus and built in the Mercury Marine plant in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The LT5 engine was a four-cam (DOHC) design producing 375 hp (280 kW). The C4 ZR1 ran from 1990 thru 1995 model years.
While the ZR1 nameplate first arrived as a go-fast package for the early C3 Corvettes, its proper introduction to the general public came during the Corvette’s fourth-generation.
In 1990, GM finally introduced their ZR-1 Corvette which obtained similar performance characteristics as the 1989 Callaway Twin-Turbo option. Although power was up to 390 hp (291 kW) and 562 lb⋅ft (762 N⋅m) of torque, 1990 saw the lowest number of (B2K) Callaway Twin Turbo Corvettes ordered: 59 were ordered, with only 58 actually built.
Meet the 2025 Corvette ZR1. The ZR1 now holds the title for the "fastest and most powerful" Vette ever produced. Chevrolet's engineers pushed the boundaries of engine architecture with the ZR1 ...
For model year 1990, Chevrolet released the Corvette ZR-1 with the radical Lotus Engineering-designed double overhead cam LT5 engine. Engineered in the UK but produced and assembled in Stillwater, Oklahoma by specialty engine builder Mercury Marine , the all-aluminum LT5 shared only the 4.4 inch bore spacing with any previous Chevy small-block ...
The 2025 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1's twin-turbo 5.5-liter V-8 is designated LT7.. With 1064 horsepower, the LT7 is the most powerful production Corvette engine ever built. The LT7 has a number of ...
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