Everyone likes the ZR1 basically. It’s the fastest Corvette around with the looks to match it’s ridiculous speed. That said… It could be faster. I mean, if you have that incredibly stout LS9, why not throw some nitrous into the mix? The results speak for themselves. You’ll just have to turn up the volume to hear it […] More »
Twin-turbos, nitrous, meth injection… There is a lot going on here. It’s enough to make this Corvette quick enough to snag nines. While that might not be particularly interesting, the fact that he’s doing it on a stock bottom end is. Good on ’em. He must have a good tune to keep from blowing it up.
The crazy part is that this is for the base model Corvette. According to GM, the latest iteration of the LS will make nearly as much torque as the current Z06 while dropping .8 liters of displacement. The engine is still fairly large at 6.2 liters, but it also makes over 300lb-ft of torque at 1,000 rpm. […] More »
This was a really good race. You might not imagine that’s the case considering the Gallardo has such a wide power advantage over the Corvette. It turns out that while power is important, it certainly isn’t everything. Especially when it comes to races like they have at the Texas Invitational. Who comes out on top? […] More »
Short, but sweet. Just like a good burnout video should be. It doesn’t hurt that they used a real camera with some amazing sound. It just sounds like a royally pissed off little sports car with a big engine. A loud video is a good one when it comes to this kind of things. I […] More »
Over 40 years ago a talented gearhead and gifted driver by the name of John Lingenfelter founded Lingenfelter Performance Engineering. He saw a need for quality, reliable, go-fast parts and performance cars. John rose to the challenge and created a company that would one day achieve legendary status. In the subsequent years John not only […] More »
While surfing the Interwebs we came across a recent post on Digital Corvettes where the Vette gurus there discovered the pricing on the new C7 Stingray. Follow the link for the full story, but the high notes include a base MSRP of $51,995, a small increase of $1,400 over a base C6 coupe. Not bad! […] More »