Tag: LT1

Wooomp Woooomp WAAAAW. That’s the noise coming from Car and Driver’s brand new Corvette Stingray long termer. Well it was coming from the car for a while. But let’s start at the beginning of this tale of woe. Car and Driver, like many more prestigious publications gets the manufacturers to loan them a few cars […] More »

One of our forum members, Blackbirdws6, has a car for all seasons and moods. His 1997 Trans Am WS6 convertible can go top-up in less-than-perfect weather. When the sun comes out, he can lower the lid. Doing so exposes the partial cage – a good thing to have while cruising on public roads (just in […] More »

This week’s Throwback video features a pair of Chevrolet Camaro coupes – one powered by a lightly modified LT1 and the other powered by a stock LS1 – in a heads up drag race that shows just how strong the LS1 V8 is even when pitted against a modified car. To be specific, this video […] More »

There’s no denying the new Corvette is a numbers car. It develops 460 horsepower from 6.2 liters and eight cylinders, and costs thousands less than its competitors. Even its new automatic transmission is all about impressive figures. For instance, the eight-speed unit has two more forward gears than the one it replaces. Thanks to a […] More »

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 […] More »

Back in the height of my James Bond fandom in the mid-2000s, I wrote my own fan fiction. I liked several of the original and continuation novels, but I believed that some of them could have been better. Looking back on my writing, I see it as my way of saying to those responsible for […] More »

General Motors has issued another recall. You are not hallucinating. You are not high (are you?) This is real. The automaker “will rework or replace the ignition keys on about 3.16 million 2000 to 2014 model year cars in the U.S. because the ignition switch may inadvertently move out of the ‘run’ position if the […] More »