Viknesh Vijayenthiran July 17, 2008 Comment Now! The Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 is one of the fastest production cars to come out of GM, and at the heart of its stunning performance is the LS9 engine.
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GM kills LS9 crate engine, teases big replacement coming
Chevrolet Performance discontinued the supercharged LS9 crate engine after nearly 20 years, teasing 'something big' to ...
Chevrolet has dropped the LS9 long-block V8 crate engine on its website, labeling it as “Discontinued.” The automaker instead points customers toward the LSX376-B15, which makes less power on paper ...
At the GM Performance Build Center in Wixom, Michigan, you won't find anybody piecing together hybrid engines, diesel mills, or powerplants fueled by used cooking grease. They're not tasked with ...
Chevrolet Performance has officially discontinued the LS9 Long Block V8 engine, marking the end of one of the most potent factory-engineered small-block crate engines ever offered by General Motors.
The LS9 debuted in the 2009 C6 Corvette ZR1 — a car that reset expectations for what an American sports car could do. The engine itself was a 6.2-liter pushrod V8 fitted with a 2.3-liter Roots-type ...
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Chevrolet quietly kills the LS9 V8 behind the C6 Corvette ZR1 and enthusiasts know exactly why this hurts
Some engines become famous. Others become untouchable. The LS9 V8 sitting under the hood of the C6 Corvette ZR1 managed to do both, and now Chevrolet has officially killed it off. More Stories Like ...
It was almost three years ago when GM introduced the 7-liter LS7 engine as the most potent mill ever churned out by the General. At 505 horsepower and 470 lb-ft of torque it surpassed everything else ...
The closest thing to the LS9 as of May 2026 is the LT4 crate engine, which is just around $20,000 and outputs 650 supercharged ponies ...
We may earn a commission from links on this page. 2009 Corvette ZR1 Powered By The Most Powerful Production Engine Ever From GM: The Supercharged LS9 Small-Block V-8 PONTIAC, Mich. - When it arrives ...
General Motors began using LS V8 engines in its muscle car lineup in 1997 with the introduction of the 5.7-liter LS1, the first of its third-generation small block design. That first iteration, used ...
The 6.2-liter LS9 supercharged V8 was a special engine, powering a very special Corvette. The C6 Corvette ZR1 came stomping out of Bowling Green, Kentucky ready to do battle with some of the quickest ...
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