Follow the ZR1 Being Built at the Bowling Green Assembly Plant
GMnext followed a new Corvette ZR1 through the entire production process. We start with just the frame and end up in the plant parking lot with a brand new ZR1.
GM ZR1 Corvette V8 Engine Assembly LS9 and Car
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Animated Assembly of Torch Red Corvette ZR1 Supercharged LS9 Engine
Time Part Name
0:00 Engine Block
0:10 Piston Squirters
0:12 Upper Bearing Shells
0:13 Crankshaft
0:14 Lower Bearing Shells
0:15 Main Bearing Caps
0:16 Bearing Cap Bolts
0:17 Bearing Cap Side Bolts
0:18 Knock Sensor & Crank Sensor
0:20 Pistons
0:44 Camshaft
0:46 Camshaft Retainer & Bolts
0:48 Timing Chain Tensioner
0:50 Cam & Crank Sprocket with Timing Chain
0:53 Removal of Tensioner Grenade Pin
0:54 Oil Pump
0:55 Knock Sensor
0:56 Front Cover
0:58 Harmonic Balancer
0:59 Harmonic Balancer Bolt
1:00 Rear Cover
1:01 Oil Deflector and Nuts
1:03 Oil Pan Sealant
1:06 Oil Pan
1:12 Oil Filter
1:16 Valley Cover
1:18 Valve Guide with Lifters
1:20 Cylinder Head Dowels
1:21 Cylinder Head Gasket
1:24 Cylinder Head
1:35 Valve Seals
1:36 Valves
1:38 Valve Springs
1:39 Valve Retainers & Keys
1:43 Cylinder Head Bolts
1:44 Push Rods
1:45 Rocker Arm Rail
1:46 Rocker Arms
1:48 Waterpump Gasket
1:49 Waterpump
1:50 Vapor Vent Pipes
1:51 Vent Plugs
1:53 Spark Plugs
1:54 Cylinder Head Plug
1:55 Rocker Cover with Ignition Coils
1:57 Oil Pressure Sensor
1:59 Flywheel
2:01 Spark Plugs
2:02 Temperature Sensor
2:04 Rocker Cover with Ignition Coils
2:05 Ignition Coil
2:07 Oil Cooler
2:10 Oil
2:12 Exhaust Manifold Gasket
2:13 Exhaust Manifold
2:15 Spark Plug Wires
2:17 Oil Fill Cap
2:19 Power Steering Pump
2:20 Ignition Coil
2:22 Exhaust Manifold Gasket
2:23 Exhaust Manifold
2:26 Lower Intake Manifold
2:31 Supercharger Rotors
2:37 PCV Tube
2:39 Upper Intake Manifold with Inner Cooler
2:40 Alternator Bracket
2:43 Supercharger Belt Tensioner
2:45 Spark Plugs
2:47 Starter
2:49 AC Bracket
2:51 AC Pump
2:53 Alternator Belt Tensioner
2:54 Alternator
2:57 Alternator Belt Idler
2:58 Supercharger Belt Idlers
3:00 Alternator Belt
3:01 Power Steering Pump Pulley
3:02 Supercharger Belt
3:03 Beauty Cover Studs
3:05 Beauty Cover
3:15 V8 Engine Combustion
3:44 Steering, Brakes, Craddles, Suspension, Engine, Drive Shaft, Transmission & Exhaust System
4:00 Total Vehicle
See how new Corvettes are painted
Only a handful of video crews have ever been inside the Corvette Paint Lab. GMnext takes you behind closed doors revealing the intricate process behind painting a car.
First 2009 Corvette ZR1 Delivered to Million Dollar Bidder
Chevrolet Dealer and Corvette Collector Dave Ressler was in Bowling Green to accept delivery of the first 2009 Corvette ZR1. Ressler paid $1 Million for the right to buy the car with the money over the MSRP going to benefit the United Way.
Master Hands (1936) Chevrolet Manufacturing
Classic "capitalist realist" drama showing the manufacture of Chevrolets from foundry to finished vehicles. Though ostensibly a tribute to the "master hands" of the assembly line workers, it seems more of a paean to the designers of this impressive mass production system. Filmed in Flint, Michigan, just months before the United Auto Workers won union recognition with their famous sitdown strikes.
Selected for the 1999 National Film Registry of "artistically, culturally, and socially significant" films.
C6 Corvette Widebody 454 LSX Crate Motor Initial Fire!
Presented by THEAUTOSTORENJ.com and Kelley's Auto in Northeast Philadelphia after waiting four months for the 8-bolt flywheel to mate the transmission to the ZR1 Clutch setup we finally get to fire the new 454 LSX crate motor in our Widebody C6, and it fires on the first shot after only 4 days since receiving our flywheel thanks to the awesome crew at Kelley's Performance in Northeast Philly. Lance at Kelley's is a GM and in particular LS motor magician he can be reached at 215-677-9322 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              215-677-9322      end_of_the_skype_highlighting begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              215-677-9322      end_of_the_skype_highlighting.
Stay tuned to us for a complete detailed build list for this vehicle and more videos and the on-road video to come following tuning.
Also this vehicle will be for sale in the coming months, so if you are in the market, get ready to have an opportunity to own a very special corvette, the widebody kit is amazing be sure to check back so you get to see it.
Contact car owner at 610-662-4448 for any inquiries regarding the vehicle!
Contact Lance Kelley at the shop at 215-677-9322 for ALL your high performance and automotive needs. Be sure to mention where you saw us!
ENJOY!
â–º New Corvette Engine Build Experience
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For enthusiasts who want to be personally involved in creating their Corvette, Chevrolet's new Corvette Engine Build Experience allows them to literally build the engine for their new car. In what is believed to be the first program of its kind, customers who order a 2011 Corvette Z06 or ZR1 can choose to pay an additional $5,800 and hand-assemble their cars' LS7 or LS9 engines at GM's Performance Build Center (PBC) in Wixom, Mich. In addition to building their own engines, Corvette buyers can attend driving school in Arizona or Nevada, take delivery of their vehicles at the National Corvette Museum or watch their vehicles being built at the Corvette assembly plant in Bowling Green, Ky.
New Corvette ZR1 Tops Out at 205 MPH
The Corvette Development Engineering team took the new ZR1 to the test track in Papenburg, Germany and put the pedal to the metal to see just how fast it could go.
