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Stock Corvette: 233 mph

SLOWPOKE693 said:
The Calloway Sledgehammer C4 vette was going 255mph back in 1988. 233mph in a brand new vette, meh. Going slower 36 years later is not all that impressive considering all the technology that has come out since then.
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I was just about to mention this. I drove that thing a very short distance 20ish years ago. It didn't seem like anything special considering the other cars in that collection. But the story behind it is kinda cool I guess. I'm just not a GM fan.
 
Norm said:
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:lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao:
 
My opinion;

A super car is something you don’t see everyday, usually doesn’t have a cheap base model, etc.


A Nissan GTR is above a corvette in sports cars.
SLOWPOKE693 said:
The Calloway Sledgehammer C4 vette was going 255mph back in 1988. 233mph in a brand new vette, meh. Going slower 36 years later is not all that impressive considering all the technology that has come out since then.
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ive driven a C4 with way more horespower than it can handle and it was scary. That platform was not designed to have 800+ hp.
 
SLOWPOKE693 said:
255 is faster than 233 no matter how you slice it. With more HP and better aero the new one should be faster.....
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Uhhh . . . heavily (and expensively) modified vs. showroom-floor stock = comparing apples to banana hammocks :laughing:

I'd bet the new Vette can go 255 w/ less aftermarket $ than the 1988 Vette did, not even accounting for inflation. Like gears & a tune, or just a tune. I'm not a Vette fanboy but the new ZR1 is a far superior car for actual fast-car use stuff, mostly because 3.5 decades of technology advances.
 
SLOWPOKE693 said:
The new Vette is even uglier in my opinion. It looks like an NSX and a Lamborghini had a one night stand and that was the result. :barf:

Nobody is buying a new ZR-1 and track daying it. The old dudes with sorts and NB sneakers are buying these to look cool at the country club.

255 is faster than 233 no matter how you slice it. With more HP and better aero the new one should be faster.....

36 years new technology.....
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Like gearing, aero cuts both ways. Aero to go around corners stupid fast increases drag and takes away top speed. Slick drang coefficient, less downforce and you have to take corners a lot slower.

F1 cars are a prime example here. Top speed ~233, guess they're not super and a C4 is better:flipoff2:

You know this, you race. You're being obtuse for fun:homer:
 
SLOWPOKE693 said:
The Calloway Sledgehammer C4 vette was going 255mph back in 1988. 233mph in a brand new vette, meh. Going slower 36 years later is not all that impressive considering all the technology that has come out since then.
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And how many Sledgehammers were made? It's more like a Bonneville racer than a production car.
 
Roc Doc said:
And how many Sledgehammers were made? It's more like a Bonneville racer than a production car.
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Limited production makes it a "supercar" according to this thread. :homer:

Watch the video on YouTube about the Calloway Sledgehammer. I'm almost positive Reves Calloway drove the car to the salt flats, ripped off a few 255mph runs and then drove it back to his shop in Connecticut...... Sounds pretty fucking super to me. :flipoff2:
 
SLOWPOKE693 said:
Limited production makes it a "supercar" according to this thread. :homer:

Watch the video on YouTube about the Calloway Sledgehammer. I'm almost positive Reves Calloway drove the car to the salt flats, ripped off a few 255mph runs and then drove it back to his shop in Connecticut...... Sounds pretty fucking super to me. :flipoff2:
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Yeah, very limited. One car.

That car was made to take the WFC title away from the Ruf CTR, of which 30 were made initially. I'd like to see the Sledgehammer do a lap at The Ring.
 
SLOWPOKE693 said:
Limited production makes it a "supercar" according to this thread. :homer:

Watch the video on YouTube about the Calloway Sledgehammer. I'm almost positive Reves Calloway drove the car to the salt flats, ripped off a few 255mph runs and then drove it back to his shop in Connecticut...... Sounds pretty fucking super to me. :flipoff2:
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How many max. lateral G's did Reves pull on that trip? :flipoff2:
 
Roc Doc said:
And how many Sledgehammers were made? It's more like a Bonneville racer than a production car.
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Only one was made, but still a "production" car. That was the whole deal behind it, they wanted it to be the fastest "production" car and it was for quite a while IIRC. Still just a pile of GM to me though.

It looks like the only picture I have of it is of the ass end, it's the grey one in front of the blue thing. I don't even remember the story on the blue Vette contraption, something rare I guess. Any of you GM fan boys know?

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Ebs said:
What happened to you in a Corvette? You can tell us. :flipoff2:
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Never cared for any of them (63 split window 427/4 speed excluded) and I'm a diehard Chevy guy when it comes to muscle cars and going fast. The performance has never outweighed the fuglyness in my opinion.

Don't get me wrong though, I'd love to cut up a brand new ZR1 and use the drivetrain, brakes and suspension and toss it all in a 70 Chevelle or another 72 Camaro like my old one. :smokin:
 
Roc Doc said:
Yeah, very limited. One car.

That car was made to take the WFC title away from the Ruf CTR, of which 30 were made initially. I'd like to see the Sledgehammer do a lap at The Ring.
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WhiteTrash303 said:
Only one was made, but still a "production" car. That was the whole deal behind it, they wanted it to be the fastest "production" car and it was for quite a while IIRC. Still just a pile of GM to me though.

It looks like the only picture I have of it is of the ass end, it's the grey one in front of the blue thing. I don't even remember the story on the blue Vette contraption, something rare I guess. Any of you GM fan boys know?

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@rocdoc, The RUF CTR is my daily driver dream car. 🥰
 
SLOWPOKE693 said:
Never cared for any of them (63 split window 427/4 speed excluded) and I'm a diehard Chevy guy when it comes to muscle cars and going fast. The performance has never outweighed the fuglyness in my opinion.

Don't get me wrong though, I'd love to cut up a brand new ZR1 and use the drivetrain, brakes and suspension and toss it all in a 70 Chevelle or another 72 Camaro like my old one. :smokin:
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they never made a split widow 427, quit dreaming.
 
SLOWPOKE693 said:
@rocdoc, The RUF CTR is my daily driver dream car. 🥰
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You know I'm a Porsche fanboi, but R&T drove the Yellowbird some 30 years after it set the record at 211mph, and after it had undergone a refresh at the Ruf factory. They said just driving it around, they had to open the windows because their eyes were burning from it running so rich. Also Alois Ruf said it could have gone faster than 211, with different gearing over 250, but the unspoken upper limit on the Autobahn was 300kph, and Yellowbird was already capable of 340kph. They've made some amazing cars over the years.
 
SLOWPOKE693 said:
Yup, my bad. 67 non split window is what car i was thinking of. The shape, the chrome and the side pipes just look right on those generation cars. The 69's weren't horrible looking either.
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i had a 67 427 convert for a weekend when i was 16. what a rattling piece of shit. it was glorious.
 
Roc Doc said:
You know I'm a Porsche fanboi, but R&T drove the Yellowbird some 30 years after it set the record at 211mph, and after it had undergone a refresh at the Ruf factory. They said just driving it around, they had to open the windows because their eyes were burning from it running so rich. Also Alois Ruf said it could have gone faster than 211, with different gearing over 250, but the unspoken upper limit on the Autobahn was 300kph, and Yellowbird was already capable of 340kph. They've made some amazing cars over the years.
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I always thought of Porsche as drivable supercars and that's why I've always been a fan. You try and daily a Ferrari or Lamborghini of that era and it won't go a week without needing major maintenance. :laughing:
 
SLOWPOKE693 said:
How many Gs can you pull in a new ZR1 before it has oiling issues and blows the engine up.......

Its not like that's ever been a problem for GM before so I'm sure they got it figured out. :lmao:
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Loss of oiling, ingesting air filters....... Keeping engines alive is hard man!

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SLOWPOKE693 said:
I always thought of Porsche as drivable supercars and that's why I've always been a fan. You try and daily a Ferrari or Lamborghini of that era and it won't go a week without needing major maintenance. :laughing:
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The only Ferrari I've driven was a tractor, that thing was fuggtastic pile of retarded engineering only to be eclipsed by the equally craptastic build quality. It's hard to believe Italy hasn't starved :laughing: .
 
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