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 ...

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 last big block in Chevrolet's lineup, the Gen VII 8.1-liter Vortec, displaced 496 cubic inches using the same 4.25-inch cylinder bore as the 454 but with a longer 4.37-inch crankshaft stroke.