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The Z06 nonetheless holds the crown as the ultimate version of the C8-generation Chevy Corvette but quickly, it will be usurped by the extended-awaited ZR1. Soon soon after our spy photographers snapped a ZR1 prototype obtaining a shakedown on the Nurburgring, a CAD image reportedly depicting the engine of this new model surfaced on the web.

The essential distinction in between the engine of the Corvette Z06 and that of the ZR1 is that the latter will rock a pair of turbochargers. Reports dating back much more than 4 years have recommended that Chevy would go down the turbocharged route with the C8, rather than opting for a supercharging like the old ZR1. The image of the new model’s engine published exclusively by Motor Trend shows the automobile will have a V8 with the turbos positioned along every single cylinder bank.

Read: C8 Corvette ZR1 Spied Testing On The Nurburgring, What Do You Think It Ran?

Chevrolet’s engineers have also created some beautiful piping for the engine and we can see that the exhaust has a style extremely equivalent to that of the regular Corvette Stingray, rather than the centrally-exiting tailpipes of the Z06.

It is unclear if the engine will displace the exact same five.five-liters as it does in the Z06, but Motor Trend speculates that it could be downsized to decrease any undesirable vibrations. The publication also adds that the twin-turbocharged V8 may possibly be supplemented by a pair of electric motors up front that could combine to provide more than 900 hp.

These recommendations are at odds with a document that surfaced on the web back in 2020 detailing forthcoming variants of the C8. This document accurately stated that the Z06 would have a five.five-liter naturally-aspirated V8 but indicated it would have 650 hp and 600 lb-ft (813 Nm) as opposed to the 670 hp and 460 lb-ft (624 Nm) it in fact has.

This exact same document recommended the C8 ZR1 will have a five.five-liter twin-turbo V8 without having hybridization that is excellent for 850 hp and 825 lb-ft (1,118 lbs) even though a version of this engine with electric motors would be reserved for the Corvette Zora with more than 1,000 hp. However, some details from this document has verified to be inaccurate as it claimed the initial hybrid Corvette would be dubbed the Grand Sport and have 600 hp and 500 lb-ft (678 Nm) when in reality it is in fact coined the E-Ray and has 655 hp and a combined 595 lb-ft (807 Nm).