{"id":73593,"date":"2021-06-24T06:00:58","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T11:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=73593"},"modified":"2021-06-24T00:57:14","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T05:57:14","slug":"dirk-stratton-drifting-his-corvette-with-a-lingenfelter-454-ci-v8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=73593","title":{"rendered":"Dirk Stratton Drifting his Corvette with a Lingenfelter 454 ci V8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=73603\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-73603\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"73603\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=73603\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dirk-Stratton-Corvette-with-a-Lingenfelter-454-ci-LS7-V8-12.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=\"Dirk Stratton Corvette with a Lingenfelter 454 ci LS7 V8 12\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Dirk Stratton&amp;#8217;s Corvette with a Lingenfelter 454 ci LS7 V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dirk-Stratton-Corvette-with-a-Lingenfelter-454-ci-LS7-V8-12.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dirk-Stratton-Corvette-with-a-Lingenfelter-454-ci-LS7-V8-12.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Dirk Stratton&#039;s Corvette with a Lingenfelter 454 ci LS7 V8\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-73603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dirk-Stratton-Corvette-with-a-Lingenfelter-454-ci-LS7-V8-12.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dirk-Stratton-Corvette-with-a-Lingenfelter-454-ci-LS7-V8-12.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dirk-Stratton-Corvette-with-a-Lingenfelter-454-ci-LS7-V8-12.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dirk-Stratton-Corvette-with-a-Lingenfelter-454-ci-LS7-V8-12.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dirk_stratton\/\">Dirk Stratton<\/a> and his &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/driftvette\/\">Driftvette<\/a>&#8221; C6 Corvette are competing in Klutch Kickers Drift Series. The car is powered by an Eliminator Spec R 454 ci LS7 V8 built by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lingenfelter.com\/\">Lingenfelter<\/a>. The motor produces 820 horsepower and 645 lb-ft of torque on ethanol fuel and 13:1 compression. The videos below were taken of Dirk competing in Round 3. If you enjoy a screaming LSx, this is for you.   <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/2TzGUCgZePU\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/x_bPXj2ITRA\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCIxf74lIEyZlP-rgs9h2_vg\">Lingenfelter Performance Engineering<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/officialDirkStratton\/\">Dirk Stratton FB page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dirk Stratton and his &#8220;Driftvette&#8221; C6 Corvette are competing in Klutch Kickers Drift Series. The car is powered by an Eliminator Spec R 454 ci LS7 V8 built by Lingenfelter. The motor produces 820 horsepower and 645 lb-ft of torque on ethanol fuel and 13:1 compression. The videos below were taken of Dirk competing in&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=73593\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dirk Stratton Drifting his Corvette with a Lingenfelter 454 ci V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":73603,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","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":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-corvette"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dirk-Stratton-Corvette-with-a-Lingenfelter-454-ci-LS7-V8-12.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":63315,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=63315","url_meta":{"origin":73593,"position":0},"title":"Corvette with a 820 hp Lingenfelter 454 ci LS7","author":"swaptastic","date":"November 6, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Dirk Stratton and his C6 Corvette \"Driftvette\" compete in Formula Drift Pro. 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