Lingenfelter Performance Engineering (LPE) (also known as Lingenfelter) is an American automotive engineering manufacturer specializing in high-performance automobile modifications, manly and specifically engine blocks, intercooling, transmisson, exhaust pipes, valvetrains, suspension, brakes, pistons, camshafts, and supercharging, Now headquartered in Brighton, Michigan, The brand was founded by and named for NHRA driver John Lingenfelter in Decatur, IN.
[1] Over the decades since its founding, LPE has been creating high-performance versions of many GM vehicles, such as the F-Bodies (Camaro, Firebird),[2] B Bodies (Impala SS, Caprice, Roadmaster, Fleetwood), Corvette, CTS-V, GTO, Silverado, Suburban, Tahoe, Escalade, Denali, SSR, Hummer H2, and Sierra.
Furthermore, it has also created performance enhancement packages for Stellantis and Ford vehicles like the Dodge Viper, Challenger, Charger, Mustang, F150 and Plymouth Prowler.
Those numbers matched the performance figures of a stock C4 Corvette model and GMC Syclones/Typhoons of that year.
[4] Another LPE vehicle was featured in the June 1996 issue of Car and Driver: A special C4 Corvette with a 427.6 in3 engine that attained a top speed of 212 mph (ca.