Despite its dramatic name, the 1993 Supernatural 400 Corvette was given the ability to develop 403 horsepower and 376 pound-feet of torque with rather normal parts.
Callaway fitted it with a different cam, reshaped combustion chambers, ported and polished intake manifolds and a special exhaust system. All of that added up to a 0-60 time of 4.4 seconds and a 12.8-second, 112-mph quarter mile.
When you consider that the Ferrari 348 needed 5.4 ticks to hit 62 and 13.5 to cover 400m (eight feet shy of 1,320), the Supernatural starts to sound freaky fast.
The Connecticut-based tuner also threw out Chevy’s leaf springs and replaced them with coilovers, improving handling.
Of course, Callaway had to make sure its creation could stop, so it added cross-drilled racing brakes with Brembo four-piston calipers.
Unfortunately, the combination of a green exterior and a purple interior made this worked-over wedge supernaturally hard on the eyes. You can see what I mean (if you dare) in the video below.
Derek Shiekhi's father raised him on cars. As a boy, Derek accompanied his dad as he bought classics such as post-WWII GM trucks and early Ford Mustang convertibles.
After loving cars for years and getting a bachelor's degree in Business Management, Derek decided to get an associate degree in journalism. His networking put him in contact with the editor of the Austin-American Statesman newspaper, who hired him to write freelance about automotive culture and events in Austin, Texas in 2013. One particular story led to him getting a certificate for learning the foundations of road racing.
While watching TV with his parents one fateful evening, he saw a commercial that changed his life. In it, Jeep touted the Wrangler as the Texas Auto Writers Association's "SUV of Texas." Derek knew he had to join the organization if he was going to advance as an automotive writer. He joined the Texas Auto Writers Association (TAWA) in 2014 and was fortunate to meet several nice people who connected him to the representatives of several automakers and the people who could give him access to press vehicles (the first one he ever got the keys to was a Lexus LX 570). He's now a regular at TAWA's two main events: the Texas Auto Roundup in the spring and the Texas Truck Rodeo in the fall.
Over the past several years, Derek has learned how to drive off-road in various four-wheel-drive SUVs (he even camped out for two nights in a Land Rover), and driven around various tracks in hot hatches, muscle cars, and exotics. Several of his pieces, including his article about the 2015 Ford F-150 being crowned TAWA's 2014 "Truck of Texas" and his review of the Alfa Romeo 4C Spider, have won awards in TAWA's annual Excellence in Craft Competition. Last year, his JK Forum profile of Wagonmaster, a business that restores Jeep Wagoneers, won prizes in TAWA’s signature writing contest and its pickup- and SUV-focused Texas Truck Invitational.
