Corvette Oddball: Did GM ever explore more than 8 cylinders for Corvette?
So when the Corvette team decided to one-up the Viper with two extra cylinders, they decided on one of
Ryan Falconer’s stunning, all aluminum V12 racing engines. Since the Corvette would have to be stretched, this was the perfect time for a “chassis study.”
Since the Falconer V12 packed a 680-horsepower kick, the obvious place to begin was with a production ZR-1. The biggest challenge was the fact that the all-aluminum V12 engine was 8.8-inches longer than the production Corvette engine
