Here during the Fall quarter at West Chevy of Knoxville, we seize the opportunity to view our fair share of presentations about events trending in the automotive market. Many various informative reports have detailed the road to electrification, and just how involved the role of turbocharged engines is in tiding us over during the journey. The Car and Driver staff was thrilled with the notion of us dropping a huge V8 that “revs to a million” into just one version of the all-American classic in the form of the Corvette.
They are simply astounded that this marvelous thing was so intricately built, with a sound so righteous once it warms up that many drivers will forget their very own name. The power source for the brilliant and brutish new ZO6 could have been the supercharged 6.2-liter V8, cranking out as much as 755 horsepower that it provided the juice for the previous generation Corvette with. This would have been simple and still very satisfying to many, but engineers felt like embracing the ultimate challenge, and started from scratch with the naturally aspirated 5.5-liter boasting a flat-plane crankshaft.
This rock-star and status-driven LT6 generates 670 horsepower and makes 460 lb-ft of torque, which is neck and neck with the redline present in the standard Stingray. From the moment you enjoy the fierce pleasure of firing this bad boy up, it begins to sound impatient, with a flat plane idle that is nearly reminiscent of what a motorcycle at a standstill would spit out. The Stingray’s pushrod LT2 V8 uses bimodal muffler valves that are continually adjustable and are excellent at fine-tuning the unique sound.
When it’s wide open, the engine mimics the legendary greatness and grunt of a Ferrari 458 Italia, and an engineer claimed that the Z06’s wail could be distinctly heard for the duration around different testing laps. The scene of this particular crime was the Nurburgring, which is astonishingly almost 13 miles of pavement to conquer. The LT6 was given the code name “Gemini” during its development, and sports dual throttle bodies and intake plenums for the utmost performance.
Fuel injectors on the exhaust side of the cylinders are there to assist with high-speed air-fuel mixing, and the throttle is so fast that there is a built-in mode to help simmer it down a bit while you’re preparing for the unadulterated excitement of launch control. Their test model provided the Carbon Aero package that can generate 734 pounds of downforce at 186 mph and average 12 mpg in the city. Convertible models have a cover for the top mechanism that keeps the engine under wraps, even while the tonneau is raised.
One of the true treats here is the extra-loud noise from the LT6 if you get the top down while the car is moving, as you are then essentially taking on the road in completely open-hooded stance and style. The body is 3.6 inches wider than the Stingrays, which provides ample room for the larger tires, and the cooling system has undergone an upgrade with two extra heat exchangers. Putting this baby in Tour mode with the top down, and you’ll engage a memorable personality that has been billed as “borderline sociopathic”, while completely living up to your appetite for pavement destruction!
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