Typically, a flat-plane V8 won't produce as much torque. The flat-plane V8 also doesn't run as smoothly as a cross-plane ...
Flat-plane crank V8s have become the cult heroes of modern performance cars, celebrated for a piercing, exotic soundtrack ...
Last year, we showed you an interesting 2006 C6 Corvette Z06 that was listed for sale on Bring-A-Trailer. The vehicle had numerous mods, but the most notable was a heavily upgraded 7.0-liter LS7 with ...
Already a star, the Chevrolet Corvette went supernova when the mid-engined version debuted in 2020 — but that was some six years ago, and the location of the car's engine isn't as big of a deal as it ...
A flat-plane crank is one of the great mysteries of the world, or so it would seem. It gets its name from its physical appearance, but you're not going to see the Voodoo engine's crank any more than ...
The Mustang GT350's "Voodoo" V-8 isn't the only piece of American muscle capable of rocking a flat-plane crank. The owner of this last-gen Corvette Z06 decided it would be a good idea to equip a ...
"Everyone thinks it will be a small block, but it won't be," said our source. "Listen to the race car." We did, and if you've ever seen the current C7.R car live, you know the roar of the pushrod ...
View post: Why the Volkswagen ID.4 is This Generation’s Nissan Leaf We have heard that the C8 Corvette will be getting a flat-plane crank double-overhead cam V8 in its lifetime. A 5.5-liter naturally ...
We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. A Ferrari V8 sounds like a Ferrari V8, largely, because it has a flat-plane crankshaft setup. No other American V8 muscle cars, with the ...
For years, Chevy's factory-backed Corvette race cars have been delightfully anachronistic, running old-school pushrod V-8 engines with cross-plane crankshafts. But this is the dawn of a new era in ...
Ahead of the Corvette Racing C8.R’s first competitive laps around a racetrack, its road-going stablemate might have caught some unwanted attention. It looks like someone caught the folks at Chevrolet ...