The Z51 is a well known model of Chevrolet Corvette, but what it actually means for the car is a slight upgrade that everyday ...

Between the base Stingray ... the C7 was Chevy's LT1 – a 6.2-liter V8 with an aluminum block and a 6,600-rpm redline.

The 2014 Corvette Stingray will slay a few sacred ... In fact, Chevy pledges the C7 will run from 0-60 in less than four seconds and Z51 Performance Package examples will achieve cornering grip ...

The Corvette team wanted to take the car from front- to mid-engine for decades before they got the budget to develop the 2020 ...

It is also the most capable standard Corvette ever, with Z51-equipped models able to sprint from 0 to 60 in 3.8 seconds, run the quarter-mile in 12 seconds at 119 mph, achieve 1.03g in cornering ...