2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1: We Get a 755-HP Thrill Ride around Willow Springs
?We broke a lot of dynamometers testing this engine,? explained Jordan Lee, Chevrolet?s chief engineer for small-block engines, before handlers strapped us into the passenger seat of a 2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 for a few laps of Willow Springs International Raceway. It?s understandable, because the engine to which Lee referred is the ultra-Vette?s supercharged LT5 V-8; its 755 horsepower cracked exhaust piping with its heat and decimated flex plates at General Motors? engine-testing facility. It?s a common problem among blown V-8s making this much power, it seems?Dodge faced similar challenges developing the 840-hp supercharged Hemi V-8 for its Challenger Demon. READ MORE ??
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