![]() ![]() When automotive journalist Don Sherman reviewed the car in the May 1992 issue of Motor Trend, he described the Falconer’s unmuffled exhaust tone as “Satan’s own serenade” and said that the engine’s idle was “ capable of intimidating anything short of a Pro Stocker. The Falconer V-12 used electronic fuel injection with a short-runner intake manifold and the aluminum block had pressed-in cast-iron sleeves, similar to the infamous big-block 427 ZL1. Time after agonizing time Lonnrach steals Aileana’s memories, searchin. Now she wakes in an alien world of mirrors, magic, and deceptiona prisoner of the evil fae Lonnrach, who has a desperate and deadly plan for his new captive. By comparison, the stock L98 was using a cast-iron block and aluminum heads. Aileana Kameron, the Falconer, disappeared through the fae portal she was trying to close forever. ![]() Amazingly, the extra length and the larger engine only added 100 pounds to the overall weight of the car. The all-aluminum V-12 weighed 523 pounds, about the same as an iron small-block Chevy. Those were straight-through pipes, directly off the tuned headers, with no mufflers! With the hood up, the engine looked enormous. ![]() The extra length is barely noticeable, but the ’60s-styled side-pipe covers and big black exhaust collector poking through the front fenders sure were. SportsFab of Wixom, Michigan, was contracted to stretch the front end. So the front end of the ZR-1 would have to be stretched 8 inches. The biggest challenge was the fact that the all-aluminum V-12 engine was 8.8-inches longer than the production Corvette engine. Falcon Age is a first-person, single-player action adventure where you’ll play as Ara in her fight to reclaim her cultural legacy in the lost art of falcon hunting against a force of automated colonizers. Since the Falconer V-12 was a horsepower and torque monster, the obvious platform to use was a production ZR-1 because the entire drivetrain of the ZR-1 had been beefed up for the more powerful LT5 engine. Bond with a baby falcon and go on an adventure. Remember, in 1989, the production L98 Corvette had 245 hp and the ZR-1’s LT5 was rated at 375 hp. ![]()
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