New ECTA 1 mile drag record of 201.82mph!!!

The standing mile record for the East Coast Timing Association (ECTA) was set by Winston Churchill at 201.82 mph through the mufflers and 22 gallons of gas on board. Previous record was mid 170's. Record was set May 20, 2006 in Maxton, NC.

This was posted on another board a while ago (and I lost track of the thread and couldn't manage to locate it) and I fell in love with the car (though I already wanted a C4) and am really starting to think I need one of these.

More info is here:

http://forums.corner-carvers.com/showthread.php?t=29673

Yeah, I remember seeing that post a while ago. He hits some impressive speeds at Summit Point and Watkins Glen as well!

I've always liked C4's, but I really like the look of that one and you can get an L98/6 speed combo (until '91 I think). That's probably what I'd be looking for as a toy. I really do like that car.

The L98/ZF 6 speed combo was avaliable from 89 to 91. The new interior was introduced in 90, replacing the 'Star Wars' dash. The updated body style from the ZR1 was added in 91.

I think 92 got the smoothed out roll around corner markers.

And an LT1, I'll pass. I want an old fashioned small block. I'm guessing I would buy a 91 only, if I ever buy one...and I just might one of these days.

No, 91 go the smoothed out roll around corner markers.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1991-CORVET...1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1991-chevor...1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/91-corvette...1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1991-CHEVY-...1QQcmdZViewItem

oooops my bad!

I was thinking that was the case, but I didn't sell them until '95 and I am getting rusty on my old Corvette information. I know they fixed the rear suspension geometry in 1988, but I'm rusty on the rest.

Wouldn't mind a 90/91 model, since I could put my 406 Gen I SBC into it rather easily (bolt-in wise, some other mods would be required).

Depending on what you wanted to do with the car, you could pick up one of these pretty cheaply! ITE on the cheap, anyone?

It's also legal for American V8 Supercar Series (www.av8ss.com)......

coworker is selling his 90 vette for sale.
Excellent shape, mint.
http://www.mfba.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1503

That's pretty..... But I'd have to get it into the US and make it legal, etc.....

Don't know if you have seen the in car video of 199mph at maxton.

http://www.ls1speed.com/movies/intmd8_199.wmv

Watch the knose come down after letting off the loud pedal. The LT1 was silent and deadly. One would never know of the disney land ride.

I came 1 inch from trading my 2002 Z28 for an LT1 vette with sole purpose of fixing little stuff and building a bbc for it.

Anyone think I could swap the LS1 6 speed into my mini cooper ?

That looks a lot like Jim Kritzler's BSP Ligenfelter C4:

http://conecrazy.org/ipw-web/gallery/album22/421_2131_CRW

http://conecrazy.org/ipw-web/gallery/album...2423_CRW?full=1

Car looks and sounds great. It is even more of a hoot to drive. :-)

I don't dislike LT1's, I dislike Optispark and the limited production of them. And, standard L98 parts/SB Chevy parts cost almost nothing. Heads, cams, etc, it's all cheaper for the old stuff and they make good power (and I can tear them down in my sleep).

Kevin,

You and I will be talking in the future I am sure. I have that old '85Z that has the fresh 350 HO crate in it. That engine is coming out soon and I will need some advice to go to the wild side with it.

Totally agree, and what's even more impressive is that a big block chevy with aluminum heads is very near the weight of an all iron sbc. An old school cadillac 500 weights in the same as an all iron sbc (horribly wide though). Only bad thing is the cost of building a Cad = $. Not to mention a Cadillac will crunch stock rockers like my 6 year ole eats fries.

Andy,

Just say the word and I'll gladly help you build something as evil as you want it to be. We've put a few of them together over the years and I'm sure we can get you the power you want.

It may be the project of the winter.

would be easy... you'd have to pay state tx and leave the car @ border for 2 days... no biggie.
Several ppl have done it that i know of... the car has to be older than 6months and more than 6k miles.

Amen!!

But seriously, how cool would it be to be named Winston Churchill!?

What was wrong with the pre 88's ? A buddy of mine has asked me to be partners in a 1986 that we will use mainly for track days and some autoX.

The 84-87 Vettes seem to be the ugly stepchildren of the line - control arms and wheels offsets changed with the 88 model and stayed the same thru 96. I don't know how much of a difference the changes made handling wize, but the interchangeable with Fbod wheels may not fit.

Details here: http://www.corvetteactioncenter.com/tech/c4/susp_chart.html






The later rounded corner rear bumper cover bolts right on to an earlier model and updates the look nicely. I've got 2 spare ZR1 widebody rears up in my storage room. The cars are pretty stout with a cage - having a real frame to weld to is quite a treat compared to unit bodies. My avatar is the first of several C4 cages I've built.

That one is for sale, BTW..

Got to say, I love the C4 Vettes. Truth be told, I actually preferred my 92 over my 01 Z06.

yeah, i want to get a C4 for some HPDE's... wouldn't feel too bad if something happened (friend put down oil this week at a PCA event and a Porche spun into the wall) . If I wrecked my Z06 on Watkins that's 3 1/2 more years of car payments and no car... would suck.