It's all about how the pistons are attached to the crankshaft. A typical V8 uses ... while a flat-plane crank puts them at 180-degrees. You can see the difference below. According to Corvette ...

We have heard that the C8 Corvette will be getting a flat-plane crank double-overhead cam V8 in its lifetime. A 5.5-liter naturally aspirated V8 is confirmed for the C8.R racecar Corvette ...

Until this guy came along with his modified C6 Corvette Z06. Sporting a naturally aspirated, flat-plane crank, 5.3-liter V8, this 2006 Z06 has a manual transmission with only 66,000 miles on the ...

We have a great explainer article outlining the differences and benefits of each crankshaft designhere, but in a nutshell, a flat-plane V-8 crankshaft looks just like an inline-four crank with its ...

Among them was a confirmation at the engine has a dual overhead cam setup with a flat-plane crankshaft ... Corvette racing representatives shared that the engine is a V8 (duh) with 5.5 liters ...

Chevrolet released the technical details of the mid-engine Corvette C8.R during a ... will be powered by a DOHC 5.5-liter V8 engine with a flat plane crank. The naturally aspirated V8 engine ...

After all, Corvette Racing has won the 24 Hours of Le Mans eight times in 21 attempts with pushrod engines. As with the move to a mid-engine layout, the switch to a flat-plane crank is all about ...

The Z06 I drove was $ 125 K. Already had the Z07 aero package, carbon fiber trim, mag ride, all the good stuff. And it was ...

Have you ever wondered how two V8 engines can sound so different? It may come down to the crankshaft - here's why a ...

Chevy has foretold that it would use a road-going version of the C8.R’s 5.5-liter flat-plane crank V8 engine in a future Corvette variant. Packing it into the Z06 would make perfect sense and ...

Flat-plane cranks have the benefits of lower primary ... With its 5.5-liter, twin-turbocharged, flat-plane LT7 V8, the Corvette ZR1 puts out a spectacular 1,064 horsepower and 828 lb-ft of torque.

Chevy's 1,064 horsepower Corvette promises ridiculous performance. We hit the track to find out if the new ZR1 lives up to ...