Confirmed: The New Corvette's Ridiculous Performance Specs

Since its unveiling last year, we've known that Chevrolet's newest small block V-8, the LT1, will flex some serious muslce when it makes its debut in the 2014 Corvette Stingray. While GM had offered only rough power estimates so far, yesterday the automaker confirmed the official, SAE-certified output figures of the LT1 in the new 'Vette: 455 hp and 460 lb-ft of torque, making it the automaker's most powerful base-level Corvette yet.

Although the horsepower bump is significant?up 35 horses over the previous-gen C6's LS3 V-8?what's more impressive is the Stingray's torque band. With 90 percent of the LT1's peak torque available at 3000 rpm and all the way up to 5500 rpm, the newest Corvette offers surprisingly similar performance to that of the current high-performance Z06. With the optional performance exhaust, the 6.2-liter LT1 V-8 will churn out as much as 460 hp and 465 lb-ft of torque?numbers approaching those of the Z06's 7.0-liter LS7 V-8, which throws down 503 hp and 470 lb-ft. All told, Chevy estimates the 2014 Stingray will deal with 0-60 in "less than four seconds."

While it nears Z06-level performance, the latest Corvette stands head and shoulders above past 'Vettes in fuel economy. Thanks to a bevy of engine refinements?including fuel injection, variable valve timing, and cylinder deactivation?Chevy estimates that the Stingray gets 26 mpg on the highway.

All of which has us salivating for what's next. If Chevy can put this much power into the base-level Corvette, what kind of monstrosities await with the more powerful C7 variants to come?

Source: http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/news/auto-blog/confirmed-the-new-corvettes-ridiculous-performance-specs-15532809?src=rss

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