Find out how engineers made the Corvette Z06's engine the most powerful naturally aspirated V-8 in production.
Code-named LT6, the Z06 engine relies on a phenomenon discovered by German physicist Hermann von Helmholtz in the 1800s. He observed that air vibrating in a closed chamber at a pressure slightly above atmospheric pressure produces sounds similar to guitars and whistles.
Two of the communicator valves open and close in tandem, while the third operates on different timing. Each plenum has four molded-plastic trumpets to feed the cylinders, which is then split by the intake runners to feed two titanium intake valves per cylinder. The mass of air causes pressure waves to reverberate through the intake system every time a valve closes on the compression stroke.
The LT6 uses plenty of other engineering tricks, including dry-sump lubrication and a flat-plane crankshaft, which gives the engine a sound that puts modern Ferrari V-8s to shame. While a top speed hasn't been verified, the Z06 is expected to do 0-60 mph in 2.6 seconds.
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