When Chevy unveiled the 2015 Corvette Z06 earlier this year it was estimated that it would have around 625 horsepower, but now Chevy has confirmed that it’s even better at 650 horsepower.
When Chevy unveiled the 2015 Corvette Z06 earlier this year it was estimated that it would have around 625 horsepower, but now Chevy has confirmed that it’s even better at 650 horsepower.
With 650 horsepower on tap, the 2015 Corvette Z06 is now the most powerful production car ever from General Motors. The Z06 is powered by a LT4 supercharged 6.2L V8 with 650 horsepower at 6,400 rpm and 650 lb-ft of torque at 3,600 rpm. The new Z06 engine produces 40 percent more peak torque (180 lb-ft) than the previous-generation’s 7.0L LS7 engine – and 7.5 percent more than the supercharged 2013 Corvette ZR1’s 604 lb-ft.
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“The new LT4 engine builds on the design strengths of our previous supercharged engine and leverages the technologies introduced on the Corvette Stingray – direct injection, cylinder deactivation and continuously variable valve timing – to take Corvette performance to an all-new plateau,” said Jordan Lee, chief engineer for Small Block engines. “Our new, very compact supercharger also helps the engine make power more quickly, and perhaps more importantly, it helps produce more torque earlier in the rpm band.”
Source: Chevy
