Like the 1997 LS1, the Gen 5 LT1 features aluminum-block construction, 6-bolt main caps, and a composite intake manifold. The LT1 even shares the same 4.065-inch bore, 3.622-inch stroke ...

However, not everything about the Gen 5 small-block is business as usual ... It’s worth noting that the LT1 features reversed intake and exhaust valve locations, along with large, straight ...

Sure, the horsepower, fuel economy and compression ratios are simple enough to comprehend, but to wrap one’s head around the sorcery that is the gen V ... In the LT1’s case, 11.5:1 ...

Later this year, Chevrolet will push out the seventh-gen Corvette powered by the fifth-gen small-block Chevy V8 (Gen V LT1 ... valves are held at new, 12.5-degree intake/12-degree exhaust ...

Physically, it was smaller and 50 pounds lighter than the "Blue Flame" inline-six engine it replaced in that year's Corvette and it produced 195 hp with a four-barrel carb ... 6.2L Gen 5 LT1 ...