{"id":18390,"date":"2017-09-22T19:23:54","date_gmt":"2017-09-23T00:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=18390"},"modified":"2023-02-19T13:28:33","modified_gmt":"2023-02-19T19:28:33","slug":"opel-kadett-on-a-corvette-zr-1-chassis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=18390","title":{"rendered":"Opel Kadett on a Corvette ZR-1 Chassis"},"content":{"rendered":"

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German race car driver and builder Hover Hovemann built his Opel Kadett C to race in European hill climb events. He installed the body over a C4 Corvette ZR-1 chassis and powertrain pulled from a wrecked Corvette. The ZR-1 came from GM with a 5.7 L LT-5 V8 engine designed by Lotus and built by Mercury Marine. The all-aluminum DOHC V8 shares very little with the LT-1. Hover’s LT-5 was rebuilt with a flat-plane crank and some other improvements allowing the engine to produce 750 horsepower and 650 Nm at 9,500 rpm. Behind the engine sits a Tractive 6-speed sequential transmission.<\/p>\n