{"id":73616,"date":"2020-06-24T10:54:17","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T17:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=73616"},"modified":"2020-06-24T10:54:47","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T17:54:47","slug":"73616-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/73616-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Chevrolet Releases 7.0L LS7 Crate Engine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"73617\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/73616-2\/0615chevrolet_0\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/0615Chevrolet_0-e1593021102520.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,343\" 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;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0615Chevrolet_0\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/0615Chevrolet_0-300x161.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/0615Chevrolet_0-e1593021102520.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-73617 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/0615Chevrolet_0-e1593021102520.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"343\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Great news for bow-tie fans, Chevrolet Performance have announced the all-new LS427\/570 crate engine \u2014 an enhanced version of the production-based LS7 7.0L engine that is configured for more horsepower, more torque, and due to a simpler wet-sump oiling system, much easier to install.<\/p>\n<p>The new LS427\/570 gets draws more power from an all-new, high-lift camshaft designed specifically for this engine and is able to produce a GM-estimated 570 horsepower and 540 lb-ft of torque \u2014 increases of 65 horsepower and 70 lb-ft over the regular-production engine \u2014 while the new wet-sump oiling system is designed to eliminate the need for the installer to incorporate a separate oil tank, oil lines, and other ancillary components.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe all-new LS427\/570 builds on the legendary, racing-bred performance of the LS7 to create the most powerful naturally-aspirated LS crate engine in our portfolio,\u201d said Jessica Earl, GM specialist marketing group manager.<\/p>\n<p>Compared to the production LS7 crate engine assembly, the LS427\/570 features an F-body aluminium oil pan and a specific wet-sump oil pump.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Additional engine specs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>High-lift hydraulic roller camshaft with 0.591-inch intake\/0.590-inch exhaust lift; 227-degree intake\/242-degree exhaust duration; and a lobe separation angle of 116 degrees<br \/>\nHigh-rate valve springs<br \/>\nCamaro fifth-generation Z\/28 exhaust manifolds<br \/>\nLow-profile LS7 EFI intake manifold with fuel rails, injectors and throttle body installed<br \/>\nLS7 rotating assembly featuring a forged steel crankshaft and titanium connecting rods<br \/>\nCNC-ported cylinder heads featuring 2.20-inch titanium intake valves and 1.61-inch sodium-filled exhaust valves<br \/>\nFourteen-inch Camaro Z\/28 168-tooth manual transmission flywheel<br \/>\nMust be used with LS427\/570 Engine Controller P\/N 19420000 (sold separately)<br \/>\nChevrolet Performance recommends Mobil 1 15W50 fully synthetic motor oil to be used with the engine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Great news for bow-tie fans, Chevrolet Performance have announced the all-new LS427\/570 crate engine.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":73617,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1082,3470,6],"tags":[39,151,67,7888,1655,1466],"class_list":["post-73616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-release","category-news","category-product-reviews","tag-chevrolet","tag-crate-engine","tag-gm","tag-ls427-570-crate-engine","tag-ls7","tag-new-products"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/0615Chevrolet_0-e1593021102520.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p42YSK-j9m","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73616"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73619,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73616\/revisions\/73619"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}