The Detroit Bureau
claims to have learned that GM has approved the use of a slightly-larger-than-three-liters engine in the C7 Corvette. The engine will be an overhead-cam, rather than traditional overhead-valve design, and will use a dry sump oil system. Their source, who they claim is a very senior GM executive, told them that the new engine will be turbocharged and is expected to deliver in excess of 400 horsepower — or, in other words, output in the range of 125 horsepower per liter. The engine is — according to Paul Eisenstein at The Detroit Bureau — "extremely high-revving, perhaps climbing to a near-Formula One-class 10,000 RPMs, suggested one source involved in the project." We have no independent confirmation of any of this — especially considering F1 territory is closer to 18,000 RPM. Although we know it still won't look like that silver-sliver-of-sexy on the one shown below.
Source: thedetroitbureau.com via jalopnik.com
