1991 ZR-2 Big Doggie Parchment Paper Print from K. Scott Teeters' Illustrated Corvette Series: No. 90 ZR-2 Big Doggie

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Illustrated Corvette Series No. 90
1991 ZR-2 "Chevrolet's BIG DOGGIE!"

Illustrated & Written by K. Scott Teeters

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1991 ZR-2 454 Corvette -
"Chevrolet's BIG DOGGIE!"
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Some Corvette engineers have all the fun. In the mid-'80s, Scott Leon was a Corvette Project Coordinator at the GM Proving ground in Arizona. Although the new C4 Corvette was a success, there were those that missed the old big-block Corvette power. But Scott Leon had a plan.

One night after work, Leon and his crew decided to see if a big-block engine would fit into the frame rails of a C4 Corvette. Using an old '84 mule Corvette, the crew was surprised to find that with only a few chassis modifications, the big rat motor fit into the Corvette. The engine was a real squeeze, but it worked. Leon wanted the car to be modern, so they cobbled together a tuned-port fuel injection unit with a modified aftermarket tunnel-ram intake manifold. With a little welding and a set of Buick Grand National injectors, the system worked.

The crude engineering study was enough for Leon to get management to agree to building a 454 prototype using a '86 Corvette Coupe with an automatic transmission. Later, another prototype was made using a '89 Roadster with a 6-speed transmission and a Z51 suspension. Now things were starting to get real interesting.

The final version of Big Doggie was a very impressive machine. Leon chose one of Chevy's marine 454 short-block and added a set of L88 aluminum heads. The engine assembly was modified so that all production accessories would bolt on. The only modifications to the car was to the floor pan and the right side of the frame rail, forward of the fire wall. Aside from the large raised hood, the package looked like a production car.Even under the hood, everything looks like it came off the assembly line.

The ZR-2's 454 engine was never dyno tested, but was estimated at 385 horsepower about the same as a ZR-1, but with a big difference. Big Doggie had much more low-end torque than a ZR-1 and pulled like a freight train. With the Z51 suspension parts and a 6-speed transmission, the car was a hoot to drive. To save weight, Leon used the optional hard top and removed the convertible mechanism.

Big Doggie's chances of it ever seeing its way into production was close to zero. Chevrolet had too many of its eggs in the ZR-1 basket and the big-block engine didn't meet federal fuel standards. For a time, there was talk of offering a retro kit. But ZR-1 performance at a fraction of the cost wasn't what GM was interested in.

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Ilustrated by Scott for Vette Magazine in 1989.

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