Chevrolet introduced the LS1 in the 1997 Chevrolet Corvette C5 and continued ... Perhaps the two most important are the well-designed cylinder heads and flat-plane crankshaft design. The engine ...
Turning our attention back to the M178, the most extreme development of said engine is called LS2, with said moniker indicating a flat-plane crankshaft and – obviously enough – a different ...
The new Z06 used a spec'd-up version of the LS1 V8 called the LS6 ... So, when we spoke about how the LT6 features a ...
The power from the boosted 5.5-liter flat-plane crank V8 is crazy: 1,064 ponies at 7,000 rpm and 828 lb-ft of torque at 6,000 rpm. We already knew that was thanks in part to the car’s 76 ...
It produces an impressive 580 hp from 5.2-liters, thanks in part to the flat-plane crank that lets it rev to over 8,000rpm. The second-generation Boxster models offer serious value for money ...
The C5, C6, and C7 Corvettes all evolved a common design into the best performing front-engine car GM ever built. But that ...
Like the road-going GT350, a 5.2-liter, flat-plane-crank V8 sits under the hood, although Ford didn't release any specifics on power output. In fact, details are in short supply. We're expecting ...
Car and Driver also says a Z/28 is coming with DOHC power, but it believes the engine line will have a displacement of 5.5 liters, a flat-plane crankshaft and aluminum construction. If the Z/28 ...
A specially designed exhaust system with several selectable modes ensures the flat-plane-crank V-8's song is heard and felt all the way to its 10,000-rpm redline, but those pipes also know how to ...
The Corvette ZR1’s twin-turbo, 5.5-litre flat-plane crank V8 gets an 8,000rpm red line, and produces up to 1,049bhp and 1,123Nm of torque – compared to 670bhp and 623Nm of torque in the ...
Crankshaft and the now retired Funky Winkerbean comic strips are both from the Tom Batiuk, with Dan Davis sharing a byline on the former. Crankshaft was a spin-off from the high school-aged Funky ...
In airspace, everyone can hear you scream. Footage captured the dramatic moment that passengers freaked out aboard a plane that was getting battered by a tropical storm midflight. “I have never ...