The C8 Corvette Z06 will have 800 horsepower AND a flat plane crank twin turbo ENGINE!

good afternoon everyone, welcome back to

horsepower

obsessed, my name is Justin and today we are going to talk about the c8 Corvette zo6 and some of its specs that

have

been confirmed by a deep GM source. Alright guys, before we start I just wanted to Thank you to everyone who came to see me in Carlisle this year. I'm blown away by the level of support you guys give to a channel my size and it was amazing to meet you all in person. I'm looking forward to next year and I'm meeting more of you. I really appreciate your support.

I got to see a lot of the c8 Corvette while I was there and I'll be posting a lot of videos about it soon so stay tuned for those but for now let's move on to the good stuff so we've talked a lot about the c8 Corvette and a little bit about the c8 zo6 too, but it recently came to my attention that there is a source within GM that leaks information about the 0-6 and really helps clarify. mention some of the things we've discussed on this channel in the past, everyone thinks it's going to be a small block, but it won't be said that the source inside GM heard the race car, he says, if you've ever seen the current one. c7 our car, you already know the roar of the ls7 pushrod, our

engine

is basically unmistakable, then compare it with this video of the c8r test at night.

The c8r has a completely different exhaust note and sounds much more like a

flat

crank

to me because the

flat

crank

motors can handle higher rpm than the pushrod motor. It makes sense on this platform due to the fact that it has been confirmed that this

engine

will

, in fact, be a

twin

-

turbo

, flat-crank v8 setup. We

have

discussed this on this channel differently. Many times and whenever someone asks why I wouldn't stick with the current supercharger setup that the zr1 uses well, there are a few reasons but the biggest ones are the height of the engine which would make it harder to fit in the car and possibly make a mess . with the center of gravity, but an even better reason is heat, the supercharger creates a lot of heat and mid-engined cars don't necessarily make getting rid of the heat any easier than the front engine setup, so keeping the heat to a minimum It's very, very important here, as you know, GM has had some problems in the past with Corvettes and overheating, so they

will

do everything they can to keep this car warm, especially in the track configuration.

Turbos generate less heat and are generally more efficient in delivery. power without creating more problems with cooling, so they are likely to be set up and that is what this source within GM claims they are going to do, as you know, Chevy has done quite well with rod engines. push. on the other Corvettes, but as with everything in life, all good things come to an end, this anonymous GM source says the zero six will definitely be a flat crank and because of that it will drive and look like a car racing. Going back to my previous video about the c8r and my thoughts on the zo6 mimicking its looks and now maybe even its performance.

I'll link that video here at the top right if you're interested in watching it as Well, there are many advantages to using a flat crank on this car, such as smaller, lighter crankshafts that can spin faster, which means faster downshifts and better exhaust gas removal, which is basically the method of extracting the last of the exhaust gases. The cylinder is faster using pressure waves, but this improves combustion performance and efficiency, which are extremely crucial in racing and general track use. When it comes to building a track car, it seems like that's the path you want to go down, so I'm sure GM has given you a lot of thought about this now, of course, flat cranks are not without problems because nothing in The automotive world can be perfect.

Flat connecting rods have problems with overall balance, this is why a cross crankshaft was designed for a V8 engine in the past was to smooth out the engine while the cross crankshaft in the order in which the pistons rise and fall in the block. The V8's flat crankshaft only has half of its vibrations naturally canceled and the vibrations only get worse as the engine speeds increase because the vibrations are caused by the movements of the pistons themselves. Light pistons and short strokes can help reduce, but not necessarily completely eliminate, the vibration of a flat-

plane

crankshaft engine.

In addition to being annoying to the driver in the cabin, the vibrations can also be damaging. components or cause them to wear out prematurely, so this is definitely not something to take lightly, but at the same time I'm pretty sure GM probably realized that Chevy is obviously taking all of this into consideration and deciding to land . still on the flat crank option so they must have figured out a way to make everything work while being able to offer a warranty and make the power they want that's the big point here guys you gotta understand GM has to guarantee this . car, so if the flat crank was really going to cause any kind of problem, they wouldn't have done it.

This source within GM goes on to say that we should not expect a 5.5 liter displacement engine, this number has been changed a lot and may come from the c7 ARS engine as it is restricted by IMSA Racing rules to a 5.5 liter engine. There is an old saying that you may be familiar with and that is that there is no replacement for displacement and while that is mostly true there. One exception is forced induction and of course that's where the

twin

turbo

s come in. More important than the turbos is the fact that larger screens would actually mean larger vibrations and, as we talked about before, that is already a problem for the floor. flat crank engine, so this is one of the reasons why companies like Ferrari have a flat crank twin turbo v8 that is only 3.9 liters and one of them, the MacLaren, is only 3.8 liters, the The CH's displacement will be larger than the black wings' 4.2 liter, but it's also not going to hit the 5.5 liter number, so basically this GM source is telling us it will be bigger than the 4.2 but less than 5.5.

I'm thinking somewhere around probably a 5.0, how crazy would it be to have a 5.0 in a zo6 c8 Corvette I know the Mustang guys would love that we recently talked about the black wing engine making its way into the Corvette on this channel and it looks like that won't necessarily be the case with the engine they'll use in this one. It may be built around the black wing idea, but instead we'll get a slightly different displacement and a flat crank. Now, after all this information, you're probably wondering how much

horsepower

this thing will make. I read. a couple different sites claim information from this expert and also list 800 horsepower which is pretty amazing considering the base car in 495 goes from zero to 60 in less than 3 seconds, the zo6 is likely to beat this number by at least half a second, if not more.

We are definitely looking at a rather strange monster. We've talked about 0-6 several times here on this channel and many of the rumors are quite consistent with other leaks, so I would dare say that this information is probably pretty accurate, all I know is that I can't wait to see this because the current c8 looks pretty good in person and the zo6 is likely to take it to the next level; It will be a strange monster if we get any type. of additional aerodynamic parts on this car and an 800 horsepower flat crank engine. I know foreign exotics will be running scared now, according to Chevy, the c8, our race car, will be revealed sometime next fall, whenever it does, GM source says.

Take a good look under the engine cover because what you see there is what they're going to start with CO6 and now you won't have any pushrods guys this is coming straight from a leak at GM so there's a good chance that this happens. legit, if that's the case the current c8 stingray will be the last

corvette

engine to use pushrods. Alright guys, that'll do it for today's video. Let me know what you think about GM's source and the information he or she leaked. us, you think it's legit, how awesome would it be to have 800 horsepower in the new zo6.

I'm serious, that thing would be a fucking monster anyway, give me a big thumbs up if you liked what you saw here and if you have any questions about the c8 or anything else we discuss on this channel, feel free to leave it at the comments section below or email me at horse power dot obsessed at gmail.com. I'm always happy to hear from you, please subscribe if you have. You still won't want to miss the c7 and c8 content I have planned and as always guys, I'll see you in the next one.