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

Sporting an 8.-liter V-10, the initial Dodge Viper seriously outgunned the modern Chevrolet Corvette C4. So Basic Motors made the decision to fall a V-12 into the ‘Vette as a doable way to compete.

To start with noticed by Street & Keep track of, this video clip from YouTube channel DtRockstar1 exhibits the V-12 Corvette prototype—dubbed “ZR-12″—at the Countrywide Corvette Museum in Bowling Eco-friendly, Kentucky. The prototype is completely drivable, and seems great.

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

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

For every the movie, the ZR-12 also managed an 11.6-second quarter mile operate at 133 mph in a March 1993 Motor Pattern test.

When new, the ZR-12 even had Viper-like aspect pipes, though these were being subsequently eliminated. Today, the car has a dual exhaust method additional like that of a inventory C4 Corvette. The wheels have been changed at some issue as very well.

The ZR-12 in no way went into generation. Chevy had previously put in a good deal of time and income developing the 380-hp V-8 Corvette ZR-1, which, alongside with later Z06 and ZR1 (minus the hyphen) variants, took the combat to the Viper. Currently, the Viper is absent, but Chevy is about to launch the 2023 Corvette Z06 with a 670-hp flat-plane crank V-8. Upcoming Corvettes are anticipated to use a hybrid powertrain, combining a V-8 and electric powered motors, and an all-electrical powertrain, for added energy, so it can be unlikely that we will ever see a further factory-backed attempt at a V-12 Corvette.