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A 350 HP 4 cylinder ethanol-burning Corvette

Posted on March 15, 2007

Filed under: Ethanol, Flex-Fuel, ChevroletA reader of the site, Keith, let us know about this 1992 Corvette which had it's 300 horsepower LT1 smallblock V8 yanked out and replaced with a 350 horsepower 4 cylinder engine. I don't have any good details on the engine currently sitting under the Vette's hood, other than the facts stated in the headling, namely it being a 4 cylinder engine making 350 horses on E85.The vehicle was created by students from North Carolina State University, with collaboration from the Advanced Vehicle Research Center. Grants from FreedomCAR and NetLogic Microsystems In...

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