If you don’t care much about engine compression ratios, you’re a totally normal human being. But hear us out: the other day, we encountered something surprising when poring over the specs of the latest Chevrolet Corvette lineup, and then we got thinking. Next year, the Grand Sport arrives with GM’s all-new, next-generation 6.7-liter small-block V8. Impressive power and torque figures aside (535 horsepower and 520 pound-feet of torque if you’re wondering), the big news about the latest small block is its extremely high 13:1 compression ratio, the highest of any production V8 engine on this side of a Ferrari.
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