This 1970 Chevrolet Corvette was parked after only three years ... Shark II Concept and new variants of Chevrolet's small- and big-block V8 engines. 1970 brought new design tweaks inside and ...

Many classic automobiles have used big-block motors, including the 1969 Ford Mustang BOSS 429, 1970 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray 454 LS7, 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 454, and many more. Usually ...

By 1970, the Mako Shark II ... the engine was unfortunately never put in a Corvette that was sold to the public. That left the 390-horse LS5 454 as the only big block option for that year.

It’s a C8 Chevy Corvette with a direct-injected, 8.1-liter big-block running variable valve timing, all thought up by Larry Hofer—a General Motors performance guru who literally wrote a book ...