That’s LT-1—with a hyphen. There have been three incarnations of the LT-1/LT1 engine now, including the latest version for the 2014 Corvette, but the first LT-1 (the hyphen differentiates it from the more modern mills) has become a true legend among Bowtie enthusiasts. And for good reason. Debuting in the Corvette in 1970, it took Chevy’s popular
The potent 327 L84 held the title as the most powerful production small block Chevy engine for nearly 30 years! That’s an impressive feat for an engine developed way back in 1964, especially considering it gave up precious cubic inches to the larger small blocks developed later on. So how did this legendary engine do it? The
The fifth-generation Chevrolet Camaro is on its way out after this year. But not before it hits an impressive milestone. Chevrolet expects to deliver the 500,000th fifth-gen. Camaro in the United States this month. The production milestone caps the Camaro’s five years as America’s best-selling performance car. To celebrate the occasion, Chevrolet released a special
Nothing ruins a road trip or summer night cruise like an overheated engine. Fortunately, companies like Be Cool are aiming to make cooling system upgrades for classic cars easier than ever. As a matter of fact, Be Cool Direct-Fit Cooling Modules are designed specifically to take the guesswork out of bolstering your cooling components. Be Cool’s
We readily admit this engine won’t make a lot of other people’s top 5 lists of small block Chevys. But as we celebrate 60 years of the small block Chevy, the 350 L98 engine makes ours for its heroic efforts in helping keep Chevrolet performance alive in the 1980s. Introduced in 1985, the L98, along with its 305
In our inaugural Reader’s Choice Awards, you named Top Gear BBC as your favorite auto-related TV show. Now, according to some reports, the show’s future could be in doubt. Host Jeremy Clarkson has been suspended (again) due to a reported “fracas” with a producer. Here’s the short-but-sweet announcement from BBC: “Following a fracas with a BBC
Update, Friday, March 13: You know how these things go. The Ridetech crew has been hard at work transforming a 1972 Corvette into a road race and autocross monster for the last three days, and is now into a fourth day. According to RideTech’s Brett Voelkel, the Corvette has been more complicated than the 48-hour Camaro,
We introduced you to the Detroit AutoRama’s 2015 Ridler Award winner here. We brought you a first look at the Pirelli Great 8 finalists for the Ridler here. Now, we’ve got 42 more head-turning rides from the AutoRama. If you missed the show, we think these are some of the vehicles that would’ve had you
Today is the first official day of the 2015 Detroit AutoRama, and we already have our first look at the Great 8 finalists for this year. The Pirelli Great 8 finalists will vie for the prestigious Ridler Award, and this year’s field runs the gamut from roadsters, to wagons, to custom muscle. Here’s what the judges will be
2015 is the 60th anniversary of the small block Chevy engine. We’re keeping the Mouse Party celebration going by counting down Chevy’s five best factory small blocks ever. Spanning six decades and five generations of motors, we had plenty of candidates to choose from as the small Chevy (particularly the Gen I) is one of most ubiquitous engines ever produced. We looked
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