The story of the L88 began in 1962, when Chev­rolet’s Corvette engineer­ing team–headed up by Zora Arkus-Duntov–cre­ated a track-focused, high-performance 427-cubic-inch V-8. Shrouded in secre­cy, it ...
During the era when muscle cars reigned supreme, GM's Chevrolet division developed some of the greatest big-block V8s of all time. Follow us: Since the early 1960s, American carmakers started offering ...
In 1967, the Corvette family welcomed a new member in its midst, although nobody wanted to talk about it: the L88, which wasn’t advertised anywhere in official Chevrolet literature. Zora Duntov, the ...
The 427 L88 killer Rat was built according to the Chevy power manual, with Chevy hi-po hard parts. It features a ZL-1 cam, 21/8-inch primary pipe headers dumping into 4-inch collectors, and a Moroso ...
The Chevy Corvette L88 was “Father of the Corvette” Zora Arkus Duntov‘s end-run around General Motors’ edict that they would not participate in competitive motorsports. That edict came after the ...
1969 marked the second year of production for the third-generation Chevy Corvette. There were few changes from the previous year. The exterior door handles lost the sculpted push button which was ...