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[Aurora40]

Sort of old news, but I noticed that CE is now available free. You used to have to log in with an account that was linked to your subscription. Then you just had to log in. Now it appears you don't even need to do that.

Anyway, there's an article on the ZR-1 and B2K's that I got to participate in. Our esteemed Prez is in there too. :)

http://editions.amospublishing.com/KPCV/default.aspx?d=20081001

It's on page 28/29.

[XfireZ51]

Well Done, Ron. Not sure how this guy could conclude that the B2K was his car of choice.

[LGAFF]

That was a great article, would like to have seen the cars hit the track

[rhipsher]

The Callaway's are a beautiful car. Love to have one some day. I have never seen a B2K in person.

[Aurora40]

That was a great article, would like to have seen the cars hit the track
You and me both. I couldn't tell if those cars were fast or not, they feel so different, the acceleration is anticlimactic because they start out so hard. I wasn't sure if, say, Pete's car was faster than mine was. The other ones (other than the auto) definitely didn't feel like it. I wouldn't expect anyone to trade cars to run down the strip, but I'd like to line up against one.

I've only ever seen one B2K run down the dragstrip. Those guys just don't do it. That's one part of Callaway ownership I don't quite understand. They all talk so reverently about the performance, but never display it. It's like a secret club, no outsiders can talk about the performance of one, because they have no basis for it. Maybe that's a bit over the top, but I don't get why they never run their cars.

[XfireZ51]

From what I read in the article, it sounded like the B2K would be out of gas by about 4500 rpm regardless of turbos. As we know, the LT-5 has got another 2500rpm to go before needing to shift. I'm just amazed when I go to the track, how quickly the LT-5 makes up ground in the last 660'. I've been 2 cars behind at the 1/8 and finishing 2 cars ahead at the end. Last time out I apparently impressed a C5 Z driver who came over and commented about the top end of my car after a run we had.

[Aurora40]

They don't run out of steam as obviously as an L98 does. But the torque curve is basically the L98 curve but with a multiplier. They make peak torque at like 2,300 rpm.

I think more than anything, the motor will not hold together above that rpm. Those guys were really insistent that us LT5 folks don't rev the engine up. I told them they could run mine out as high as they want, the limiter will keep the engine out of trouble. I sort of doubt that they did that though (except probably Joe Kennedy!) and may have walked away with an impression that they aren't all that fast.

Oddly, in spite of the low RPM potential, the B2K's included a 3.54:1 rear. Even shorter than the ZR-1 (though not by much).

On your dragstrip thoughts, I've frustrated the crap out of an LT4-owning friend of mine. A couple of times we've lined up where I've gotten an absolutely terrible launch, he's gotten his hopes up, and then I'd tear by before the end. One time I bogged it so hard I must have smoked the clutch. The car would rev up in 1st and 2nd without accelerating, so I shifted to 3rd, and blew by him just feet before the finish line. I probably should have given up, but he's never beaten me to the end of the track, and I wasn't gonna let it happen that time!

[xlr8nflorida]

Cool article and a fun day. Chris asked me to bring my ZR-1 for that event but I couldn't make it work with my schedule as I was headed to NJ to pick up a c5 as my daily driver. Would have liked to drive Callaway.