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The conversion cost an extra US$26,995 over the price of a base model Corvette. The conversion consisted of taking the engine out of the car and performing a thorough set of modifications along with installing two turbochargers. The result was the engine rated at a reportedly conservative 382 hp (285 kW). The car was classified as a standard ...
In a Car and Driver test event known as “Gathering of Eagles” (1987), Callaway drove a specially-modified Callaway Twin Turbo Corvette (C4), known as the "Top Gun" project, to a top speed of 231 mph (372 km/h), winning the magazine's shootout. A production Callaway managed a best of 187.95 mph (302.48 km/h).
An American commercial car carrier typically fits between 5 and 9 cars, depending on the car size and trailer model (capacity is limited by an 80,000 lb weight cap that a road vehicle is subject to under U.S. law. [1] [irrelevant citation]). Significantly higher-capacity vehicles have been observed around the world, such as a side-by-side ...
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Chevy K5 Blazer Conversion Is a Badass SEMA Build but Costs $202K. Jack Fitzgerald. November 2, 2023 at 2:44 PM ... Car and Driver’s 10 Best Cars through the Decades. How to Buy or Lease a New Car.
Another LPE vehicle was featured in the June 1996 issue of Car and Driver: A special C4 Corvette with a 427.6 in 3 engine that attained a top speed of 212 mph (ca. 341 km/h) . [5] LPE's 2001 Corvette 427 twin-turbo with 800 rear-wheel horsepower accomplished a 0-60 mph acceleration in 1.97 seconds. [6]
The car is based on the C5 generation of the Chevrolet Corvette sports car, yet is designed purely for motorsports use. [128] It became one of the most dominant cars in GT categories, with wins at the 24 Hours of Daytona, 12 Hours of Sebring, and 24 Hours of Le Mans, as well as championships in the American Le Mans Series. [ 129 ]
For the 8th generation (C8), the ZR1 was again on offer as the top variant for 2025, but major changes had been made to the car, not the least of which was to the Corvette layout, switching from a front mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout (FMR) to a rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout (RMR), moving the engine to the rear for the first time ...