Vehicle Description
This 1990 ZR1 with only 127 miles on it is presented in Bright red
with black interior. This time capsule ZR1 is in wonderful
condition and some say that In the history of the automobile, few
cars were anticipated as much as the Corvette ZR1. The rumors had
been circulating for almost three years before one was available
for purchase in the early 90's. The hype was not Chevrolet's doing
- car enthusiasts were eager for any and all scraps of information
and the magazines did what they could. The ZR1 ID on the option
list was a tribute to the special ZR1 high performance package
available for 1970-72 Corvettes which was shorthand for Zora
Racers. This was a serious racing package costing approximately
$1,000 and featured the much admired LT1 engine. King of the Hill
was an internal and supposedly unofficial working title around GM
for the ZR1 project. This is lowest mileage ZR1 that we know of and
will only continue to go up in Value! Here is what we know about
the 1990 ZR1.The C4 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 was first produced in
1990 and ended in 1995 after 6,939 vehicles came off the line.
General Motors approached Lotus in 1986, which was part of GM then,
and asked for their help developing a high-performance car to be
based on the C4 Vette. Lotus then designed an engine, with the
assistance of GM Corvette team to replace the original push-rod L98
V-8, which was the motor that powered the C4 Chevy Corvette. The
motor the designers created was an aluminum-block V-8 that had the
identical bore centers as the L98 but had 32 valves and four
overhead cams. Lotus also engineered an exclusive air-management
system that allowed the engine to shut off eight of the 16 fuel
injectors and intake runners when the motor was at part throttle.
At full-throttle the ZR1 developed 375 hp. Having nowhere to
produce the new engine, GM farmed out the project to Mercury Marine
a marine engine manufacturer located in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The
Lotus company also had a hand in developing the ZR
