This is not surprising. 80 Corvette top ten slowest sports cars.
05-22-2012, 11:53 PM
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This is not surprising. 80 Corvette top ten slowest sports cars.
http://autos.yahoo.com/news/the-ten-....html?page=all
0-60: 8.0
1/4 Mile: 16.3
Why we want one anyway: Instead of the regularly pathetic 5.7 liter, 190 horsepower car, the one-year, one-state-only California Corvette got a unique, smog-choked 5.0L V8 with a mere 180 horses. There were slower Corvettes in the ‘50s and the mid—70s, but by 1980, regular cars were catching up with Mr. Plastic Fantastic and his 3-speed automatic. Does it still look badass? Yes. Would we still buy one? Of course!
0-60: 8.0
1/4 Mile: 16.3
Why we want one anyway: Instead of the regularly pathetic 5.7 liter, 190 horsepower car, the one-year, one-state-only California Corvette got a unique, smog-choked 5.0L V8 with a mere 180 horses. There were slower Corvettes in the ‘50s and the mid—70s, but by 1980, regular cars were catching up with Mr. Plastic Fantastic and his 3-speed automatic. Does it still look badass? Yes. Would we still buy one? Of course!
05-23-2012, 01:27 AM
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http://autos.yahoo.com/news/the-ten-....html?page=all
0-60: 8.0
1/4 Mile: 16.3
Why we want one anyway: Instead of the regularly pathetic 5.7 liter, 190 horsepower car, the one-year, one-state-only California Corvette got a unique, smog-choked 5.0L V8 with a mere 180 horses. There were slower Corvettes in the ‘50s and the mid—70s, but by 1980, regular cars were catching up with Mr. Plastic Fantastic and his 3-speed automatic. Does it still look badass? Yes. Would we still buy one? Of course!
0-60: 8.0
1/4 Mile: 16.3
Why we want one anyway: Instead of the regularly pathetic 5.7 liter, 190 horsepower car, the one-year, one-state-only California Corvette got a unique, smog-choked 5.0L V8 with a mere 180 horses. There were slower Corvettes in the ‘50s and the mid—70s, but by 1980, regular cars were catching up with Mr. Plastic Fantastic and his 3-speed automatic. Does it still look badass? Yes. Would we still buy one? Of course!
05-23-2012, 01:31 AM
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They are perfect project cars with few complaining about them being butchered, lol. The 70s and 80s were a low point for performance, but they did make some cool body styles. It might be time to think about updating the car with a new high performance crate motor.
05-23-2012, 01:36 AM
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Yes, my 1982 cross-fire injected 200 HP/285 TQ, 30 year old car is slow...but damn it's cool, and compared to other cars in 1982...it's time-less art. 
If I want to go fast, I drive my Z06. Best of both worlds equals two Corvettes. I'm not complaining.
If I want to go fast, I drive my Z06. Best of both worlds equals two Corvettes. I'm not complaining.
05-23-2012, 01:51 AM
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Heck, compared to most newer modern cars, its time-less art!
05-23-2012, 07:43 AM
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When I got my insurance through Grundy the lady based my premium on it being a high performance vehicle. I pointed out that new Hondas have more horsepower than my '81 Vette, so she changed it to a collectable, cutting my premium by about 40%. Sometimes it pays to be slow.
05-23-2012, 08:22 AM
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The Corvette is the quickest car on that list
05-23-2012, 09:05 AM
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Not sure if I'm proud or disappointed that I own 3 cars on that list! (Porsche 914, Delorean and Fiero - although the Fiero is a 5-speed GT and is quicker than the 4-cylinder they refer to)Chris
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05-23-2012, 12:51 PM
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Fiat X1/9 (1/4 mile: 17.8) and Triumph TR7 are two slower sports cars of the day I can think of that did not make the list. 
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05-23-2012, 02:27 PM
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Of the non-chrome bumper C3, I like the looks of the 80 & 81 best. My Mom had a white 80, great driver, pegged that 85 mph speedo many times. Not much of a performance car, but made lots of great memories...
05-23-2012, 03:08 PM
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St. Jude Donor '12
OOPS Sorry, my mistake. It was the 924 Turbo.
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05-23-2012, 03:20 PM
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I have seen LS1's in at least three of the cars on the list. LS1 in a miata? That could be a whole lot of fun and also get interesting pretty quickly. :-)
05-23-2012, 04:16 PM
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When the EPA and the tree huggers got done with the regs the 70-80 cars were doomed.
Not only the Corvette, but the Camaro, etc. all were being beat by imports for power.
Not only the Corvette, but the Camaro, etc. all were being beat by imports for power.
05-23-2012, 05:11 PM
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Funny how quite a few cars on that list could still turn heads today sitting at a set of lights. Performance numbers aside......their styling is timeless.