For Part II, covering the valvetrain, exhaust, and cylinder heads: click here. For Part III, covering the block, crankshaft and lubrication systems: click here. To properly fathom the lengthy, ...

For at least the past three years, rumors of the C7 Corvette's powertrain have been circling the Internet. In 2010, Corvette's C6.R team moved from a 6.0L to a 5.5L V8 in the GT2 racing class.

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Justin Cupler has been a member of the TopSpeed team since 2012. Justin's love for cars started back when he was just five years old, helping his dad work on his 1957 Chevy Bell Air and then his 1966 ...

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It has been touted as the automotive holy grail, the ultimate marriage of better performance and greater fuel economy. It’s the direct-injection (DI) engine, the latest technology designed to squeeze ...