Flat-plane V8 engines have attained mythical status among car enthusiasts. These engines put out prodigious amounts of horsepower and make a very distinctive sound as they climb toward the redline.

The 2025 Corvette ZR1 is powered by a 5.5-liter twin-turbocharged DOHC flat-plane crank V8 engine. Chevrolet has described this engine as the "most powerful V8 ever produced in America from an ...

GM's Chevrolet brand kicked off the video teaser campaign for the new Corvette ... has no flat-plane crank engine with AFM to speak of, which adds fuel to the cross-plane hypothesis. Photo ...

The twin-turbo flat-plane crank V-8 will likely carry the LT7 badge Power output for the C8 ZR1 is expected to check in at about 850 hp The wait for the 2025 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 is coming to an ...

The introduction of the mid-engine ... GM small-block V-8 engine. The Z06 version of the Corvette features a brand-new engine called the LT6, which is a racecar-derived V-8 with a flat-plane ...

We’ve driven the new mid-engined Corvette ... engine too. Reasons to be cheerful include natural aspiration, sky-high 12.5:1 compression and – most significant of all – a flatplane ...

Literally! The C8.R made its competitive debut in 2020 at the 24 Hours of Daytona with a flat-plane crankshaft V8 under the rear deck lid, a high-revving brute of an engine with the aural ...

The LT6 engine is exclusive to the Z06, utilizing a flat-plane crankshaft ... how can Chevrolet tempt a defection toward a domestic brand? A well-equipped Tahoe won't cut it. The C8 Corvette ...

The 2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 is better. As much as there is to talk about with the new C8 Corvette Z06, we must begin with the sacrilegious dual-overhead-cam, flat-plane-crank V-8 engine.

It’s no wonder General Motors’ small-block engineers had to get creative when designing the new Corvette Z06‘s 5.5-liter, flat-plane crank V8. Never before had GM built an engine without a ...