If dropping an LS3 engine into a project car sounds like something ... Obvious choices include the C6 Corvette and fifth-generation Camaro SS – both of which are purpose-built sports cars ...

BluePrint Engines has been working on mating a ZF 8-speed to the LS3 and other V8s, with plans to launch the combo by this fall.

Gone is our old 383ci small-block and in its place is a Chevrolet Performance LS376/525 all-aluminum, fuel-injected crate engine that is probably underrated at 525 hp and 475 lb-ft of torque.

And the LS3 is actually so narrow ... then General Motors will." There was a Camaro SS that was completely destroyed, and the engine was available, and decided to put it in the Tesla.