Testing carburetors on an engine dyno can sometimes be misleading. We've all seen tests showing large-cfm carburetors making more power—even on a small engine that nobody in their right mind would run ...

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It's not often that you reveal the punch line in the opening paragraph of a story, but this is one of those rare occasions. While there is still no substitute for real-world track testing, chassis ...

Engine science isn’t quite a lost art, but it’s something that is much more understood than it used to be. Now, engines are incredibly talented at everything thanks to innovations in combustion ...

Bringing both a hybrid powertrain and a form of all-wheel drive to the Vette lineup for the first time in the Bow Tie sports car’s seven-decade history, the 2024 Chevy Corvette E-Ray offers meteoric ...

Here at VETTE, we've heard both sides of the engine-dyno argument. On one hand, a stout dyno sheet offers bragging rights to the owner, but on the other, you can't race a dynamometer, and they cost a ...

Once you get into performance tuning a two-wheeler, you'll hear a lot of talk about motorcycle dyno tuning. Simply put, a dyno tune is the difference between two performance-tinkered motorcycles off ...

We've had some requests for Ford F-150 Lightning electric truck dyno tests, but there hasn't been a whole lot of good coverage out there. Eventually, perhaps InsideEVs or one of our friends will get ...

You no longer have to get the Z06 in order to experience much more power from the new-gen Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, as there are certain tuning companies that would give it more power than the ...

According to Chevrolet, the new Corvette ZR1’s twin-turbo 5.5-liter flat-plane crank V8 delivers 1,064 hp and 828 lb-ft of torque. That’s enough to blast it to 60 mph (96 km/h) in 2.3 seconds and down ...

Officially, Chevy claims the 5.5-liter twin-turbocharged V8 in the new ZR1 produces 1,064 hp and 828 lb-ft (1,122 Nm) of torque at the crank. That output enables it to reach 60 mph (96 km/h) in a ...

The 2025 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 arrives with a headline figure that would have sounded like fantasy a decade ago: a factory claim of 1,064 horsepower. That number alone would cement its status as a ...