Corvette Fan Fiction, Volume 1: The 1996 Corvette ZR-1

[ghlkal]

From CorvetteBlogger.com


I'll just leave this here ...


https://www.corvetteblogger.com/2021/11/07/corvette-fan-fiction-volume-1-the-1996-corvette-zr-1/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=corvette_sales_news_lifestyle_daily_r ecap&utm_term=2021-11-07

[HAWAIIZR-1]

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Sorry, I did not get to read the article.

I ended up ordering testosterone supplement and a crotchless teddy instead??..[emoji23]. I guess they target the old Corvette guys with marketing research demographics.

Seriously, thanks for sharing the interesting read!! 🤙🏼


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[Erik]

1669216693

Sorry, I did not get to read the article.

I ended up ordering testosterone supplement and a crotchless teddy instead??..[emoji23]. I guess they target the old Corvette guys with marketing research demographics.

Seriously, thanks for sharing the interesting read!! 🤙🏼


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Sadly, no crotchless teddies for me. I must be spending my online time in the wrong way.

Interesting read.

However, my version of this would have had a $100 K price, and a top speed to take on anyone. Wasn?t the fastest production car of the time the Diablo at 204 mph? It had the same power as the Gen 3 ZR-1, so with some aerodynamic tweaking, we could have had the first 200 mph Corvette.

[Great White]

...Wasn?t the fastest production car of the time the Diablo at 204 mph? It had the same power as the Gen 3 ZR-1, so with some aerodynamic tweaking, we could have had the first 200 mph Corvette.


I believe by '95 the fastest production car was the McLaren F1.


Edit: 231mph at the Nardo ring in 1993.

[lfalzarano]

With a C5 chassis and body with the Gen 3 LT5, we could have been a contender. Remember the Sledgehammer did 250+ mph.


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[ghlkal]

I ended up ordering testosterone supplement and a crotchless teddy instead??


LOL :jawdrop:


I can't figure out those target ads either ...

[Erik]

I believe by '95 the fastest production car was the McLaren F1.


Edit: 231mph at the Nardo ring in 1993.

It?s pretty hard, for me at least, to consider the F1 a production car, with only 64 cars being produced.

[Z51JEFF]

1669216693

Sorry, I did not get to read the article.

I ended up ordering testosterone supplement and a crotchless teddy instead??..[emoji23]. I guess they target the old Corvette guys with marketing research demographics.

Seriously, thanks for sharing the interesting read!! 🤙🏼


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Please,no photos of the crotchless teddy.

[Great White]

It?s pretty hard, for me at least, to consider the F1 a production car, with only 64 cars being produced.


Same here; nonetheless it's still widely accepted as one. It was a homologation car IIRC. Pretty unrealistic car to be considered a production vehicle IMO. Seems like quite a reach.


Maybe it's just for bragging rights. I guess they made 106 of them just so 106 people can say it's a production car 🤔

[Erik]

Same here; nonetheless it's still widely accepted as one. It was a homologation car IIRC. Pretty unrealistic car to be considered a production vehicle IMO. Seems like quite a reach.


Maybe it's just for bragging rights. I guess they made 106 of them just so 106 people can say it's a production car 🤔

64 were street cars. The rest were 5 prototypes and track only racing cars.

If GM wanted to make a true 200 mph statement, it seems all they?d have to beat is the Diablo. The C4 should be aerodynamic enough to hit 200 mph with 500 ish horsepower. Maybe a little aero work underneath?

I?m thinking the worst issue for a 1996 ZR-1 was OBD2.

[Great White]

That and the fact the C4 was on its way out well before '96.


That and the C5 was a no-go for DOHC because the hood is too low. I guess dry sump wasn't in the cards yet.

[DRM500RUBYZR-1]

Where is the one with the plutonium-powered nuclear fission reactor feeding the flux capacitor?
If we are going to do fiction, might as well do it right.
Marty

[ZWILD1]

I kind of doubt this articles time line. According to an article by Motor Trend title , The " Original LT5 " and What Could have Been . They were told as early as 1991 that the LT5 was to be canceled and the rest of the engines made by 1993 would be used up until they were exhausted. Graham and his team had not built a gen III LT5 nor would they. The new LS engine was already in development for the all new C5 Corvette. It's a worth while read and can be found on the internet. It also talked about Graham receiving some boxes of parts that were to be used but were not and he built a working version while at Lingenfelter.