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Another LS cam test, are you kidding me? Haven't we tested literally every LS cam ever invented? If we pass right by the excessive and incorrect use of literally for a moment (my pet peeve), the ...
Run on the dyno with the stock cam, long-tube headers, and no accessories, the 5.3L produced 342 hp at 5,300 rpm and 373 lb-ft of torque at 3,900 rpm. After installation of the LS9 cam and LS3 ...
It's not every day you get to hand-build a 638 HP LS9 engine that'll slip under the hood of a Corvette ZR1. Yesterday was one of those days. Here's how the magic is made. Yesterday we drove over ...
The LS9's output is nearly 103 horses per liter ... The Corvette ZR1 goes on sale this summer. Its 638-hp supercharged engine is complemented in the chassis by heavy-duty components not offered ...
With 639 hp and 604 lb.-ft. of twist available from the 6.2-liter supercharged V8, and dimensions shared by the LS3, any number of vehicles could make a happy home for the LS9. According to GM ...
"Poor Man's LS9" can be interpreted many ways ... "Cars with 500 and 600 hp are as common as pennies," Thomson says. "We wanted to build something with basically off-the-shelf parts that pushed ...
Then you see the ZR1 badge. Dig a little deeper, and you’ll find a supercharged LS9 paired with two big bottle of nitrous, as seen in the following feature video. Once again coming to us from ...
So, unfortunately street builds are a no-go, at least from a legal standpoint. Chevrolet LS9 Long Block V8 Engine – 638 Horsepower Chevrolet offers a range of crate engines including Corvette ...
This 1965 Corvette Sting Ray gets a 550hp supercharged LS9 V8 engine. Modern upgrades include ... where it produced 638 hp and 604 lb-ft (819 Nm) of torque. Mecum Auctions says the supercharged ...
In place of the 2.3-liter Roots blower on the LS9, the LSA featured a 1.9-liter supercharger, dropping power output to 580 hp and 556 lb-ft of torque. Like its fifth-gen Z/28 counterpart ...
Ultimately, the Corvette ZR1 LS9 produces an additional 58 horsepower compared to the Camaro ZL1's LSA and 82 hp more than the Cadillac CTS-V. The LS9 carries a similar advantage over the LSA when ...
The combination was dialed in using a Holley HP EFI system and 83-pound injectors. Beginning with the LS9 cam supplied with the motor and run through 178-inch headers from American Racing ...