“Over 50 years of small-block dominance correlates very closely with the successful run of America’s favorite sports car, the Chevrolet Corvette.”
The graph illustrates Corvette power from 1955-2006. Since then, GM has added two more small-blocks for Corvette to the list:
- 6.2L LS3 … 430 @ 5900
- 6.2L LS9 … 638 @ 6500
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