The POWER of the Corvette

From the Blue-Flame Six to the Mighty LS9,

a Salute to Corvette Engines

Check out the SLIDE SHOW at the bottom of this post!!!

If you are new to the Corvette hobby, it’s hard to realize that 57 years ago the car began as a 150-HP beauty queen, made from a new and exotic material called “fiberglass,” available in any color, so long as it was white. As soon as Duntov could get his “magic hands” on the first small-block Chevy, the party began. Dual quads showed up right away and before we knew it, in ‘57 we had a fuel-injected Corvette. Take that! European exotics! F.I. is common today, but back then, wow, that was American-style autoexotic.

Corvette engines all have a story – small-blocks, big-blocks, the new LS series engines. Continue reading “The POWER of the Corvette”

Looking at C6 LS3 Small-Block Chevy Corvette Engine, The Mighty LS3

ICS 154 Article as Seen in Vette Mag
ICS 154 Article as Seen in Vette Mag

From a recent issue of Vette magazine

Written and Illustrated by Vette Columnist, K. Scott Teeters

Illustrated Corvette Series No. 154
The C6 LS3 Small-Block Chevy Engine “The Mighty LS3”

I believe that one day, we will look back at the first six years of the C6 and call them “The Golden Years of High-Performance Corvettes.” Continue reading “Looking at C6 LS3 Small-Block Chevy Corvette Engine, The Mighty LS3”