By Chris Bicknell

Bick66

Every Corvette ZO6 LS7 and ZR1 LS9 engine is hand built by skilled tradesmen at the GM Powertrain facility in Wixom, Michigan. GM is now offering ZR1 and ZO6 customers the option of actually building their new high performance engine themselves before it’s installed in their very own new Corvette. Watch below as a 638 horsepower 6.2L super-charged LS9 Corvette ZR1 engine is assembled. I’d love to have an opportunity like this someday. How cool it would be to build your own badass LS motor in the Wixom plant and then later watch it get installed into your new Corvette on the assembly line in Bowling Green, Kentucky?

By John Coyle

Deputy Editor

This is the first shot of the Hennessey’s new baby running, and damn, does it sound mean. Sure, the open headers have something to do with it, but still, damn. I have to wonder how wicked it sounds in person. But while I think the idea of dropping the ZR1′s powerplant into a new Camaro is cool—and I think the guys at Hennessey are wizards—the $109K price tag does give me pause. Seriously, if we’re talking that kind of money, I’d rather have the Corvette. Because while a 705HP Camaro is going to be fast as hell, in my opinion the ZR1 looks cooler, and it’ll definitely get around the track faster. Which would you guys choose?

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

Talk about scary fast. Italian tuning company UK Garage is offering an Exige with a 647 hp LS9 from the Corvette ZR1. The chassis has been stretched by 20 cm and widened to fit bigger tires. Of course, these are gonna weigh a tad more than a stock Exige, but still… Kind of makes my head spin just thinking about it. More at Lotus Enthusiast