It’s a cliche to say something is a ‘game changer,’ but that’s exactly what GM Performance Parts’ E-ROD crate engines [1] are. They’re LS-series powerplants, with pending 50-state street legality – the reliability and power of a modern fuel-injected LS3 or LS7 V8 ready to drop into practically any classic or race car. Watch this video and see how Duntov Motor Company [2] put 505 horsepower under the hood of their new-production Corvette Grand Sport.
There’s something undeniably sweet about a classically cool car like the GS with an engine that starts easily on a cold day, idles like a purring kitten, and delivers power as smoothly as a 2010 Z06. The fact that it’s squeaky-clean at the tailpipe and delicately sips pump gas instead of gulping race fuel is just the icing on the cake. If there’s such a thing as a “practical race car,” this is it.