The 2009 C6 ZR1 was NOT the first supercharged Corvette
April 7, 1954 – McCulloch Motors begins selling supercharger kits for Corvettes! Before Chevrolet unleashed the 638-horsepower C6 2009 ZR1, the Corvette community wasn’t itching...
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Chevy’s Secret Duntov Engines Hot Rod Mag E-Book
There was Zora on the cover of Hot Rod, in a corporate gray suit, white shirt, a narrow black tie, and all smiles; but then again, Zora never knew a camera he didn’t like. And why wouldn’t he have been a happy guy, sitting there with four exotic experimental Chevrolet engines; single-overhead cam heads, and double-overhead cam heads with fuel injection systems of different configurations.
1963 Fuelie Corvette vs 1967 L71 427/435 Corvette – Videos
Today, some 1963 split-window coupes command very high prices. Only 199 Z06 Corvettes were built in 1963, making restored versions extremely valuable. And only 20 1967 L88 Corvettes were built, putting them close to the top of the “most expensive classic Corvettes” list.
The POWER of the Corvette
slide show of Corvette engines from the valiant Blue Flame-Six to the mighty 638-horsepower, supercharged LS9. The LS9, rated at 638-horsepower, is the most powerful production engine ever produced in Detroit.
Stunning Die-Cast Corvette Engine Models
We offer the entire lineup of die-cast engines at our www.Precision-Illustration.com site, HERE. But for this post, we thought we’d dish up two photo galleries featuring the famous L84 ‘63-’65 Fuel Injected 327, the small-block “Fuelie” and the 427/435m aluminum-head L89 big-block with those awesome 2, 2-bbl carbs.
