Even if you aren’t a Corvette lover (WHAT?!??) you know or have heard of the L88. This was the designation of a racing engine used by GM in the Corvettes from 1967 – 1969 (0nly 3 years!!). (Now there was a LT1 – 88 hybrid dubbed the ZLZ – lower compression – same out put.)
The engine sported a racing-spec cam with high-flow aluminum heads. Toss in a couple of upgrades and you are looking at a compression ratio of 12.5:1 and rocking it at 430 hp!!!
And doesn’t it look great wrapped in that two-tone paint job.
This beauty was at my local hardware store. Yeah…I’d drive it there.
‘Rebel’ L88 Corvette on the block at Barrett-Jackson
An amateur Corvette L88 team beat the world’s best GT cars in this world record holding No. 57 “Rebel” L88 Corvette. The story about how this amazing Corvette became a world- beater begins with two Tampa, Fla., businessmen, Dave Heinz and Or …