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Corvette ZR1 Independently Dynos 530 Rear-Wheel Horsepower
NASCAR’s Hendricks Motorsports picked up five Corvette ZR1s at the Corvette Museum in Bowling Green last week with Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson in tow. They promptly dropped two of the cars straight on a dyno in North Carolina to see just what the super-Vettes were making at the rear wheels. The results? 530 HP and 508 ft-lbs of torque. Considering the flywheel power is 638 HP, these figures are in line with the rule-of-thumb 15% driveline losses for rear-wheel-drive cars. After some tuning and adjustment, they managed to bump it up to 567 HP and 532 ft-lbs. Anyway, check out the complete dyno sheet yourself. [Corvette Blogger] -
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2009 Corvette ZR1 Caught Testing In Assorted Colors
It's not secret that we're psyched about the 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1. So while we've already seen a lot of the upcoming super 'vette in blue, gray, and even with its LS9 engine in pieces, we're excited to see up close shots of it in red and yellow. And now, thanks to some kid hanging out near Corvette HQ in Kentucky, we have. How exactly were the ZR1s caught? They stopped to get burgers. Just don't tell Jeremy Clarkson; we'll never hear the end of it.
[YouTube via CorvetteBlogger via AutoBlog]
2:30 AM on Sat Mar 29 2008
By Mark Arnold
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