A flat-plane crankshaft can really change up how a V8 engine behaves. Ask anybody who has heard…or better yet, driven…a new Mustang Shelby GT350. They rev like none other and sound absolutely soulful doing it. It’s not the roar of a traditional 90-degree V8, but happiness is a V8 that revs to the far end of the tachometer without spitting parts out of the block. And this Opel Kadett can rev, but it’s not by a stock block selection. The story on this car is pretty cool…the wide-body kit is necessary, because the Kadett was plopped down onto the chassis of a 1990s Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1 that had been wrecked. This gave the little Opel the LT-5, a Lotus-designed and Mercury Marine-built 32-valve rouser that still has teeth when compared to current heavy hitters.
This isn’t a standard LT-5 though…it’s sporting a flat-plane crank and all of the modifications that come along with it. The driver, Hover Hovemann, wanted an engine that was safe to run around 8,000 RPM, and now has an engine capable of 10,000 RPM with little to no worries whatsoever. This little monster sounds great on a narrow road in central Germany, but imagine what it would be like to hear at the Silver State Classic in Nevada!
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(Courtesy: CarThrottle)
