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This 1970 McLaren M8D CanAm Racer still pushes limits as a vintage racer; its fuel injected alloy Chevrolet/McLaren 465 cubic inch V8 produces 700 horsepower. Photo courtesy of Mathews Collection

Bruce’s Bauxite Big Block, Corvette Power from C1 to C8, Part 3

McLaren, Chevrolet, and Alloy Big-Blocks The summit of Corvette power – the "ZL1" that never appeared in sales brochures – was conceived as a crated V8 engine block for Can-Am racing. This aluminum Can-Am big-block was available through Vince Piggins and “Chevrolet Product Promotion Engineering” from the late sixties until the early seventies.[1] But in 1968, not just anyone could…

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