GM considered taking on the Dodge Viper with a V-12-powered Chevrolet Corvette

Sporting an 8.-liter V-10, the primary Dodge Viper significantly outgunned the modern Chevrolet Corvette C4. So Common Motors made a decision to drop a V-12 into the ‘Vette as a probable way to contend.

Initial spotted by Highway & Monitor, this movie from YouTube channel DtRockstar1 reveals the V-12 Corvette prototype—dubbed “ZR-12″—at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Inexperienced, Kentucky. The prototype is completely drivable, and seems fantastic.

That sound is generated by a 600-cubic-inch (around 10.-liter) V-12 designed by Ryan Falconer Racing Engines. The all-aluminum engine created a claimed 686 hp and 680 lb-ft of torque when new—eclipsing the contemporary Viper’s 400 hp and 450 lb-ft of torque—and weighed about the same as an iron-block V-8.

Chevrolet Corvette ZR-12 prototype (by using DtRockstar1 on YouTube)

For every the video clip, the ZR-12 also managed an 11.6-second quarter mile run at 133 mph in a March 1993 Motor Development test.

When new, the ZR-12 even experienced Viper-like side pipes, although these ended up subsequently taken off. Right now, the car or truck has a twin exhaust program additional like that of a inventory C4 Corvette. The wheels were transformed at some point as effectively.

The ZR-12 by no means went into manufacturing. Chevy experienced already invested a large amount of time and dollars producing the 380-hp V-8 Corvette ZR-1, which, alongside with afterwards Z06 and ZR1 (minus the hyphen) variants, took the combat to the Viper. Currently, the Viper is long gone, but Chevy is about to start the 2023 Corvette Z06 with a 670-hp flat-airplane crank V-8. Long term Corvettes are expected to use a hybrid powertrain, combining a V-8 and electric motors, and an all-electric powertrain, for further electrical power, so it is really not likely that we will at any time see yet another factory-backed try at a V-12 Corvette.