The end of WW2 saw young return servicemen coming home from the ravages of war. To many of them this was a time of very sad circumstance, with many not been able to settle down into routine jobs and able to cope with life in general.

This was also a time when motoring was about to change forever.

These young men were able to see a way of showing their creativity in a whole new perspective.

What used to be the family car – was suddenly turned into the creation only the devil himself would own. This was the birth of Hotrodding.

Guy’s were modifying engines, lowering the suspension, and widening the rear wheels to unseen widths.

With this, came the cool paint jobs, with pin-stripping and flames on fenders.

Friday and Saturday nights were beginning to be fun times all over America as guys pushed their cars to red line speeds in the new sport of Drag racing.

The 50’s saw a new breed of cars entering the U.S market as the on-slaught of Rock & Roll music and bobby socks took young Americans wholesome image into rebellious behaviour.

Tight fitting jeans and leather jackets were the fads in fashion, but the cars also took on a new look. Manufacturers started stretching the body widths and lengths with wings and fenders bigger than the state of Texas.

The 60’s some what saw another change in America, the out break of war once again, this time in Vietnam.

Suddenly the young at heart were driven to Peace and love, the Era also saw a change in the way young Americans looked at their cars, with the new hippy times of sun and surf. American car manufacturers looked at the young again, and radicle new designs emerged from Detroit's Ford, G.M, and Chrysler motors.

The makers of the Blue Oval bought out the first of the mid sized two doors, with a creation they nicknamed the Pony car, This new breed of high octane motor vehicle - Ford happily named the Mustang, swept over the country in a fire storm with young Americans wanting more of the same.

G.M responded to the call, and also gave their new breed of Street performers a name no one would forget. The "Camaro"

Certainly the greatest and fastest Chevy's ever produced are the Callaway Cars.

As Carrol Shelby  modified Ford Motor Company vehicles,  John Callaway has modified Chevrolets greatest sports cars.

Callaway Corvette Performance Review
The performance figures and specifications listed below were compiled by Forum Member, Stan A (Stan Adelman). The Corvette Action Center would like to thank Stan for allowing us to post his Performance Review Data here.

Performance Review Data
Year Model Specs. - including HP & rear axle 0 - 60 mph 60 - 100 mph 0 - 100 mph
1987 Twin Turbo Coupe 3.07 rear 4.6 5.7 9.9
1987 Twin Turbo Convertible 3.07 rear 4.7 5.7 10.1
1987 Twin Turbo Aerbody Coupe 3.07 rear 4.5 5.6 9.8
1987 Twin Turbo Coupe 3.73 rear 4.3 5.4 9.5
 
1988 Twin Turbo Coupe 4 spd., 435 hp, 3.07 rear end 4.5 5.2 9.4
1988 Twin Turbo Convertible 4 spd., 382 hp, 3.07 rear end 4.6 5.4 9.7
1988 Twin Turbo Convertible Automatic, 382 hp, 3.07 rear end 4.7 5.5 9.9
1988 Twin Turbo Coupe 4 spd., 382 hp, 3.73 rear end 4.4 5.0 9.1
1988 Twin Turbo Convertible Special Edition 4 spd., 530 hp, 3.73 rear end 3.8 3.4 7.0
1988 Twin Turbo Sledgehammer 880 hp 3.1 3.0 6.1
 
1989 Twin Turbo Coupe 6 spd., 382 hp, 3.33 rear end 4.6 5.5 9.8
1989 Twin Turbo Convertible 6 spd., 382 hp, 3.33 rear end 4.7 5.6 9.9
1989 Twin Turbo Aerobody Coupe 6 spd., 382 hp, 3.33 rear end 4.6 5.4 9.8
1989 Twin Turbo Convertible 6 spd., 382 hp, 3.54 rear end 4.6 5.5 9.9
1989 Twin Turbo Aerobody Coupe 6 spd., 382 hp, 3.54 rear end 4.5 5.4 9.7
 
1990 Twin Turbo Coupe 6 spd., 403 hp, 3.45 rear end 4.5 5.5 9.8
1990 Twin Turbo Aerobody Coupe 6 spd., 403 hp, 3.45 rear end 4.5 5.4 9.7
1990 Twin Turbo Convertible 6 spd., 403 hp, 3.45 rear end 4.6 5.6 9.9
 
1991 Twin Turbo 6 spd., 403 hp, 3.45 rear end 4.5 5.6 9.8
1991 Twin Turbo Aerobody 6 spd., 403 hp, 3.45 rear end 4.5 5.4 9.6
1991 Speedster 6 spd., 450 hp, 3.45 rear end 4.4 5.1 9.2
 
1992 Supernatural 383 ci., 435 hp, 3.45 rear end 4.5 5.6 9.7
1994 Supernatural 383 ci., 440 hp, 3.45 rear end 4.5 5.6 9.7
1995 Supernatural 383 ci., 435 hp, 3.45 rear end 4.5 5.6 9.7
1995 Supernatural 383 ci., 435 hp, Aero. 4.4 5.4 9.6
1996 Supernatural 383 ci., 440 hp, LT1/LT4 4.4 5.3 9.4
1997 Supernatural 350 ci., 435 hp, LS1 4.3 5.1 9.1
 
1993 ZR-1 Supernatural 6-spd., 490 hp, 3.45 rear end 4.4 5.2 9.4
1993 ZR-1 Supernatural Aerobody 6-spd., 490 hp, 3.45 rear end 4.3 5.0 9.1
1994 ZR-1 Supernatural Aerobody 6-spd., 490 hp, 3.45 rear end 4.3 4.8 8.9
1994 ZR-1 Supernatural Twin Turbo 782 hp, 3.92 rear end 3.2 3.1 6.1
1994 ZR-1 Supernatural Aerobody 490 hp, 4.10 rear end 4.1 4.5 8.4
1995 ZR-1 Supernatural Aerobody 490 hp, 3.45 rear end 4.3 4.8 8.8
Notes:
When comparing 60 mph to 100 mph runs straight out, you will see that in the 0 to 100 mph that the same segment is faster. Reason for this is the momentum of the moving vehicle enhances the required time to cover that "time to speed" at a faster rate.

All times are averaged out in both directions with a minimum of six runs per car. Experienced drivers are used…no professional behind the wheel. No power shifting! Many years of testing contains more than ten cars of each model and setup. Only blacktop surfaces are used. Weather test conditions must meet the following criteria: 60 to 70 degrees & 35% to 50% humidity.

All cars are factory stock unless noted in Spec catergories. Equipment used: Vericom 2000 Pro Performance (real time systems). Driver weight between 180-200lbs. Half tank of gas and tires at normal inflation levels. No (slicks) special tires are ever used.

 
Latest news from Callaway,

August 8, 2005

For immediate release:

Carlisle Callaway Corvette Project Update

The Quickest C6 in the World?

10.761 s @ 128.59 mph

In August 2004, Callaway Cars and Lance Miller of Carlisle Events decided to collaborate to prepare a special

2005 Corvette. As a tribute to Lance's father, Chip, and his appreciation of Corvette performance and Callaway

engineering, the Carlisle Callaway Corvette was conceived.

The primary objective of this project was to build a C6 that would be capable of running 10-second 1/4 mile

elapsed times consistently while maintaining the production Corvette's "streetability". It had to be blindingly

quick while retaining all of the car's creature comforts, including air conditioning, navigation system,

XM radio, etc. The car was going to be used in all sorts of traffic, in all sorts of weather, using pump gasoline;

high coolant temperature, high clutch pedal effort, and setting diagnostic trouble codes would be unacceptable.

In addition, stock-type suspension had to be retained. No hard riding, racing-only parts would be installed. In

other words, the car was to be a 10-second daily driver.

In order to accomplish the ET objective, we calculated that it would require over 550 bhp. It isn't necessarily

very difficult to build an LS2-based engine that would produce this power level; there are plenty of engine

builders that can do this. The challenge is to get there without complicated supercharging systems, without

diesel-like compression ratios, without eardrum-stretching exhaust, without bone-rattling cam profiles,

without 10 zillion RPM - all the things that can make a car "unstreetable". This was just the sort of scenario

that would illustrate Callaway's systems engineering approach, providing refined engineering solutions to unique

technical challenges.

Since last August, we've utilized the Carlisle Callaway Corvette to test and validate numerous prototype and

production parts fro the C6, incrementally increasing the car's power and overall perfomance. This testing allowed

Callaway engineers to confirm that the projected performance and durability levels were actually attained.

With the objectives accomplished, like all of the proverbial "good things", this project is approaching its end.

Most recently, we've installed our latest SuperNatural engine configuration, a 6.8L, 414 cid version that

we've stepped up to 570 bhp @ 6,200 RPM. This engine still retains all of the properties to make it perfectly

"streetable" and is capable of propelling this missile to 10-second ET's, all day long.

At the car's first outing with the new engine configuration, Mike Zoner, Callaway's Managing Director, made

one shake-down pass to make sure everything was in place. The next pass was the final pass we made that

day: 10.761 s @ 128.59 mph. The time slip is shown below.

New England Dragway - Epping, New Hampshire - 8/4/05:

One 10.76 pass does not equate to "consistent 10's", so we attended the next possible venue.

That was two days later at the East Coast Superchargers Corvette Challenge, at Raceway Park in

Englishtown, NJ, on August 6. With very high ambient temperatures, Mike Zoner piloted

the car to three 10.9 second runs.

The Carlisle Callaway Corvette was the quickest naturally aspirated Corvette at the event.

One of the runs is shown in the clip shown below:

One of the three consecutive 10-sec. passes:

Quicktime Movie Clip 1 - Drag Racing

Next, we removed the ET Street drag tires, installed a set of Hoosier tires for Autocross use,

and drove over to the Autocross course, where the car took 1st Place honors.

At Raceway Park's autocross course:

Quicktime Movie Clip 2 - Autocross Clip

As of this writing, the Carlisle Callaway Corvette may well be the quickest naturally aspirated

C6 in the world. The car will be on display under the Callaway tent at Corvettes at Carlisle,

August 26 - 28, along with an assortment of Callaway's latest performance products for C5 and

C6 Corvettes. At Carlisle, Callaway engineers will return the car's keys to Lance Miller who plans

to use the 10-second Carlisle Callaway Corvette as a daily driver. Callaway engineers will

also be available to elaborate on the project as well as to discuss your Corvette's performance.

See the complete history of the Carlisle Callaway Corvette Project at Carlisle Events' Web Site here.

For further information, contact:

Mike Vendetto, Callaway Cars, Inc.

860-434-9002

mvendetto@callawaycars.com