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[PODCAST] Corvette Today #238: An In-Depth Look at the C8 ZR1’s LT7 Engine

Nov 4, 2024

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[PODCAST] Corvette Today #238: An In-Depth Look at the C8 ZR1's LT7 Engine

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For all those interested in the new King of the Hill 2025 Corvette ZR1, this episode of the CORVETTE TODAY Podcast is for you! Joining your host Steve Garrett this week is Jordan Lee and Dustin Gardner who led the development of the ZR1’s 1,064-horsepower twin-turbo LT7.

Jordan Lee and Dustin Gardner are the Chief Engineer and Assistant Chief Engineer of Small Block Engines for GM.

They were on CORVETTE TODAY when the new C8 Z06 debuted with the LT6 engine. Now they are back on CORVETTE TODAY to talk about the all new LT7 engine for the C8 ZR1!

Your CORVETTE TODAY host, Steve Garrett, leads you through the conversation with Jordan and Dustin. They get knee-deep into the in’s and out’s of the behemoth with 1,064 horsepower and 828 lb/ft of torque.

Strap in and get ready to find out everything you’ll ever want to know about the LT7 engine for the C8 ZR! on this episode of CORVETTE TODAY.

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2 COMMENTS

Raylan Benzl Nov 5, 2024 At 4:57 pm

Too complex, and over engineered for our local Chevrolet dealerships to service?
With this new price point of $200,000+, Gm should prepare for an increase in lawsuits. The new demographic (nouveau riche) Corvette buyers will not tolerate, inconsistent quality controls, recalls and incompetent dealer services like customers of previous Corvette models.

Many thanks,
Ray
Bob in FL Nov 6, 2024 At 5:47 am

Outside of maintenance, servicing any C8 requires dropping the engine. So I wouldn’t worry about it being any harder to work on. Service is done by computer guidance (direction?) and YouTube these days anyway.

Turbochargers these days are everywhere from small cars to trucks to crossovers and SUVs. Technicians are servicing them successfully despite their complexity. I would be more apprehensive about servicing an E-Ray due to it’s complexity. But hybrids are successfully being serviced too.

Somehow comparatively small companies like Ferrari, McClaren, etc. can handle lawsuits – legitimate or not. My C8 Stingray is the first new car I have owned that has not had to go back to the dealer for tweaking anything. When people complain about bad Corvette quality, I simply can’t relate. That factory has the highly automated line dialed in very well. Is Ferrari quality as good? Perhaps we don’t hear about their problems.