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Old 2 Dec 2016, 05:55 (Ref:3692893)   #1596
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I believe that was a Vortec not a 3800 (not that there is a gigantic difference in overall design). Vortecs are monster little turbo motors.
Indeed. It's believed the Corvette GTP had the most powerful engine on the grid in 1986.

That was also it's biggest problem, though - it had quite a few reliability issues. They were squeezing out a lot more power than the engine could handle to try and make up for some cornering deficiencies(the car was built on a Lola design from 82/83, and the suspension had barely been developed at all since then).
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