Quickest C6Z on the planet! 9.21@158MPH on 18″ wheels. Forged LSX Iron Short Block with ETP heads and APS TT Kit pushing over 1400 Bhp through a RPM 4L65e transmission .
Rare Yenko Camaros to Cross the Block at 2009 Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Auction
Only a few hundred specialty Camaros were built by Don Yenko and his team from the late 1960s to the early 1980s.
As Sales Wither, Chrysler Halts Factory Operations for a Month
As auto sales continue to be crippled by the lack of consumer credit, Chrysler has announced that it will halt its factory operations for at least a month.
TVA coal plant will burn paint chips
Paint chips from the GM Bowling Green Assembly Plant in Bowling Green, Ky., could soon be helping fuel a TVA coal-fired power plant that’s about 50 miles to the northwest.
2006 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 – Dual In The Sun
Back in the ’40s, the famous director David O. Selznick hoped to exceed his success of Gone With the Wind with a new movie, Duel in the Sun.
1982 Chevrolet Corvette – Executive Shark
With the L88 427 engine and other big-blocks on the order sheet, the Corvette generation launched in 1968-commonly called “sharks” today-seemed promising.
GM cutting nearly one-third of production
General Motors Corp. today announced it will cut North American production volume by about 250,000 units, or 30 percent, during the first quarter of 2009.
1962 Chevrolet Corvette – Rockin’ Red Roadster
The great thing about building a modified Corvette is having the freedom to design it to your own personal specs.
ZR1’s Performance Tested
If you’re one of the lucky individuals who put an early order in for a new Corvette ZR1, you should be pleasantly surprised with one rather soon, if not already. The vehicles have run through a successful production, and are now in the midst of being delivered to their proud owners.
With that being said, the vehicle is also being put to the test… on the DYNO! ‘Dyno’ is short for dynamometer, which is a device that measures the vehicle’s mechanical force and how it balances throughout the body. With two separate Corvette ZR1s put up on the testing block, the vehicles averaged an output of 535 horsepower. With the 15% drive train loss configured into this amount because of the vehicle’s rear-wheel drive, this horsepower number actually correlates to 638!
The ZR1’s largest competitor, at this time, claims to be the Nissan GT-R. However, the GT-R only averaged at about 420 horsepower on the dyno. Dare to say a competitor? Do you feel as if the ZR1 and GT-R are relatively close in performance or not even close?
[ Dragtimes.com ]
Racing legend visits Corvette plant
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — With the U.S. auto industry in turmoil, autoworkers in Bowling Green got a boost last week from racing legend Mario Andretti.