It’s a C8 Chevy Corvette with a direct-injected, 8.1-liter big-block running variable valve timing, all thought up by Larry Hofer—a General Motors performance guru who literally wrote a book ...

The two-door Chevy reached this benchmark for the first time in 1968 thanks to the 427-cubic-inch (7.0-liter) big-block V8. It was rated at 435 horsepower in the Tri-Power setup, but Chevrolet ...

In fact, he's already swapped big block Vortec motors into classic C4 and C5 Vettes. But those were like Matchbox toys compared to the mid-engine, European-adjacent Corvette C8 .