It’s not often we see C3 Corvettes tearing up the street, and running the freeways, but that hasn’t stopped this big block monster from trying.
This week’s Kill Story video was originally shared to the forum by “ajrothm“, who is the owner of the 1971 Chevrolet Corvette on display. The video shows the classic big block ‘Vette making a handful of runs against a supercharged 2016 Mustang GT. And, in each run, the old school Chevy pulls on the new pony car.
The Competitors
This 1971 Chevrolet Corvette is one awesome sleeper, with a relatively stock look around the outside and a 496-cubic-inch big block V8 under the hood. Of course, the huge cowl induction hood leads to some questions. But overall the odds are good that most late-model Mustang owners would roll up on this classic Chevy with the expectation of handing out a beating from a roll.
Those Mustang owners are likely in for a big surprise when the mild-looking C3 walks away, and this supercharged pony car was likely one of those surprised Ford owners. With a Paxton supercharger, this Mustang GT is much more powerful than a stock pony car, but it’s still not enough to keep up with the big block Chevy.
All of the racing in this video is captured from an in-car camera in the 1971 Corvette. This perspective doesn’t give us the best look at the race. In fact, we barely see the Mustang at all, but the fact that it struggled to get into the camera’s view shows that the Corvette kept the supercharged Ford at bay. On each run, the Corvette jumps ahead of the Mustang (if you watch carefully, you can see the Ford in the mirrors) and when the Chevy driver lifts, the pony car comes storming by a few seconds later.
On the third run, the Mustang pulls into view for a few seconds, but once again, the 1971 Corvette powers past the Ford for the win.
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