Our engineering team—Randy Leininger, Tom Bates, Shawn Smith, and even Warren Johnson—had spent years developing a high- (very high) performance version of the production LS7 block.

Chevrolet developed the 427.6-cubic-inch LS7 based on its fourth-generation small block design to propel the Z06 Corvette from zero to 60 mph in 3.4 seconds. To achieve its 427.6 cubic inches ...

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For example, the LS7 454, the 302 Small-Block V8, or even the L88 that powered the Corvette in the late '60s with the C2 and ...

For years, Chevrolet has kept the Corvette on the cutting edge of publicly available performance innovation. The C6 Corvette was no exception. Introduced in 2005, with its new 6.0-liter LS2 ...