{"id":49213,"date":"2019-11-26T12:00:59","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T17:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=49213"},"modified":"2019-11-26T14:50:22","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T19:50:22","slug":"ls7-v8-capable-of-11230-rpm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=49213","title":{"rendered":"LS7 V8 Reaches 11,230 RPM on Dyno"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Spinal-Tap-11000-rpm-LS7-V8-01.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"49221\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=49221\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Spinal-Tap-11000-rpm-LS7-V8-01.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Spinal Tap 11000 rpm LS7 V8 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Spinal Tap 11000 rpm LS7 V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Spinal-Tap-11000-rpm-LS7-V8-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Spinal-Tap-11000-rpm-LS7-V8-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-49221\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" alt=\"Spinal Tap 11000 rpm LS7 V8\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Spinal-Tap-11000-rpm-LS7-V8-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Spinal-Tap-11000-rpm-LS7-V8-01.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Spinal-Tap-11000-rpm-LS7-V8-01.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Spinal-Tap-11000-rpm-LS7-V8-01.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Benjamin Strader at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.efi101.com\/\">EFI University<\/a> spent the last three years developing a LS7 V8 capable of 11,000+ rpm with help from Billy Godbold at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.compcams.com\/\">Comp Cams<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.enginelabs.com\/news\/project-spinal-tap-makes-an-insane-11230-rpm-dyno-pull\/\">EngineLabs<\/a> reports the 358 ci (5.8 L) V8 made 921 horsepower at 9,300 rpm and 545 lb-ft of torque at 8,000-8,200 rpm. Listen to the unique LSx V8 reach 11,230 rpm below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FEFI101%2Fvideos%2F641671786237207%2F&#038;width=600&#038;show_text=false&#038;height=336&#038;appId\" width=\"600\" height=\"336\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EFI101\/\">EFI University FB page<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.enginelabs.com\/news\/project-spinal-tap-makes-an-insane-11230-rpm-dyno-pull\/\">EngineLabs<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benjamin Strader at EFI University spent the last three years developing a LS7 V8 capable of 11,000+ rpm with help from Billy Godbold at Comp Cams. EngineLabs reports the 358 ci (5.8 L) V8 made 921 horsepower at 9,300 rpm and 545 lb-ft of torque at 8,000-8,200 rpm. Listen to the unique LSx V8 reach&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=49213\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">LS7 V8 Reaches 11,230 RPM on Dyno<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":49221,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[445],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lsx"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Spinal-Tap-11000-rpm-LS7-V8-01.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":123746,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=123746","url_meta":{"origin":49213,"position":0},"title":"Matt Field&#8217;s 1000 hp C8 Corvette","author":"swaptastic","date":"November 22, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Matt Field from Drift Cave rebuilt a flood-salvaged C8 Corvette into a drift machine. 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