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Long before Chevrolet confirmed anything officially, rumors were already swirling about a mid-engine Corvette that could finally challenge Ferrari and Lamborghini on their own turf. This pre-release deep dive covers the leaked specs, the “Zora” nameplate speculation, and the anticipated late-2018 arrival that had Corvette fans equal parts thrilled and nervous. Would breaking sixty years of front-engine tradition pay off, or price out the everyday buyer who made the Corvette what it was?
A junkyard Chevy 350 gets torn down on camera, one bolt at a time, in an episode that’s quietly racked up nearly two million views. Between a self-issued correction about the engine’s origin, a flood of hard-won rebuild tips in the comments, and a teenager crediting the series with teaching him to wrench, there’s a reason this teardown has outlasted flashier build videos. What is it about a simple disassembly that keeps drawing people back years later?
It took roughly fifteen weeks for Chevrolet’s engineers to go from a design sketch to a production-ready V8 in 1954 — and the engine that resulted just kept evolving for the next four decades. This piece traces Chevrolet’s original 3.875-inch bore small-block family from the 1955 265 through the 283’s fuel-injected, one-horsepower-per-cubic-inch milestone, and explains why the bore spacing established back then still matters for identifying engines today. Read on to find out how a rushed 1950s deadline shaped Chevy V8s for generations.