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GM doesn’t always use a “hyphen” in the ZR1 name, but regardless of spelling, the Corvette ZR1 is the halo car of its generation. The ZR1 name first appeared without a hyphen during the 1970 model year, when it was a performance package for the C3 Corvette. This package included the 5.7-liter LT1 small-block V8, a heavy-duty 4-speed ...
By Michael S. Palmer - July 25, 2024. The 2025 Zr1’s new twin-turbo, 5.5L flat-plane-crank LT7 engine makes more power than two LS7 engines. Top speed is over 215 mph. Today, GM took the covers off the most powerful and fastest Corvette of all time, the 2025 ZR1. We’ll have a lot more coverage to offer over the next few days.
Big check. According the Chevrolet, the C8 Corvette ZR1 is about 22 percent faster than the C7 ZR1. Which sounds crazy, but even crazier is the claim that the C8 Corvette ZR1 has “more power than two LS7 engines combined” on either bank on the LT7. As mind-bending as that sounds, we’ll just wait for dyno numbers on that one.
From 1990. through 1995 Corvette manufactured a 5.7L, 350-inch LT5 V8 engine with. 375 or 405 hp and 370 or 385 pound-feet of torque, respectfully. From 1992 through 1996 The Corvette was offered with a 5.7L, 350-inch. LT1 V8 engine with 300hp and 330, 340 or 335 pound-feet of torque.
The C4 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 was first produced in 1990 and ended in 1995 after 6,939 vehicles came off the line. General Motors approached Lotus in 1986, which was part of GM then, and asked for their help developing a high-performance car to be based on the C4 Vette. Lotus then designed an engine, with the assistance of GM’s Corvette team ...
Many believed that the C8 Corvette ZR1 would launch as a 2026 model, but a recent email from GM itself confirms it for 2025. The long, agonizing wait for the brand new C8 Corvette ZR1 is finally almost over, as the new range-topping supercar is slated to make its official debut on July 25. However, despite giving us that important tidbit of ...
The 2025 C8 Corvette ZR1 should become the most powerful and first turbocharged factory Corvette in history. First a total solar eclipse, now some great news from Chevrolet confirming that the C8 generation Corvette ZR1 is not only real — which we all knew — but is also “coming this summer.”. What a week!
By Joe Kucinski - June 20, 2024. Chevrolet dropped another teaser video that announced the date of the C8 Corvette ZR1 reveal. The ‘unthinkable’ will become thinkable on July 25. It is almost here! We are just over a month away from the formal reveal of the C8 Corvette ZR1. Chevrolet posted a video to their YouTube channel today, confirming ...
1990-1992 C4 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1: LT5 Engine, Pricing, and Performance. The LT5 motor, which had very little in common with the previous LT, was a next generation small block Chevrolet engine used only in Corvettes. It had a new block cylinder head, intake manifold, timing cover, water pump, and “opti-spark” distributor. The block was ...
The current ZR1 has a window in the hood made of polycarbonate, which allows viewing of the engine’s intercooler. The Corvette also features blue engine covers, brake calipers, and badges; functioning, engine-cooler air vents on the fenders; and an over-sized rear spoiler. The C6 ZR1 is hand built at GM’s Bowling Green, Kentucky, U.S.A.