Callaway Sledgehammer
01-12-2005, 10:55 PM
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Callaway Sledgehammer
Nice article. Beautiful pics!
http://www.fastcoolcars.com/callaway_sledgehammer.htm
http://www.fastcoolcars.com/callaway_sledgehammer.htm
I forget, how much did it sell for at BJ? And why the hell ain't it in the NCM instead?
01-13-2005, 02:58 AM
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Those Callaways are awesome machines!
01-13-2005, 08:38 AM
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something to me doesn't quite add up. If you look at the 1/4 mile times and MPH - the car only hits 127MPH. In a stick car - that is not that great of a MPH and DEFINATELY not what a 800+ HP car would hit in the 1/4 through a manual box.
There could be other factors - but something doesn't sound right. And for 400K - you would go a WHOLE lot faster than that
There could be other factors - but something doesn't sound right. And for 400K - you would go a WHOLE lot faster than that
01-13-2005, 09:23 AM
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Holy Crap!!!Engine
Type: Twin-Turbo V8
Displacement: 5733 cc
Horsepower: 880 bhp @ 6250 rpm
Torque: 772 lb-ft @ --- rpm
Redline: ---- rpm
Performance
0-60 mph: 3.9 sec
0-100 mph: 9.4 sec
Quarter Mile: 10.6 sec @ 127 mph
Skidpad: .98g
Top Speed: 254.76 mph
Braking, 60-0 mph: 122 ft
Slalom Speed: 65.6 mph
Type: Twin-Turbo V8
Displacement: 5733 cc
Horsepower: 880 bhp @ 6250 rpm
Torque: 772 lb-ft @ --- rpm
Redline: ---- rpm
Performance
0-60 mph: 3.9 sec
0-100 mph: 9.4 sec
Quarter Mile: 10.6 sec @ 127 mph
Skidpad: .98g
Top Speed: 254.76 mph
Braking, 60-0 mph: 122 ft
Slalom Speed: 65.6 mph
01-13-2005, 09:50 AM
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Wonder what Top Flight would think of it? 
01-13-2005, 10:25 AM
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Originally Posted by CentralCoaster
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And why the hell ain't it in the NCM instead?
And why the hell ain't it in the NCM instead?
01-13-2005, 10:51 AM
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Originally Posted by ski_dwn_it
something to me doesn't quite add up. If you look at the 1/4 mile times and MPH - the car only hits 127MPH.
I'm guessing it's the gearing. You want to be right in your power band in 4th to pull your top speed.
01-13-2005, 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by CentralCoaster
I'm guessing it's the gearing. You want to be right in your power band in 4th to pull your top speed.
Still think with 800+ hp it should be hitting high 130 min.
I saw a CR5 go down the strip once in a video - spun through every gear BAD and only went 13s, but its MPH was in the 140+ range
01-13-2005, 01:55 PM
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I tell you what.. I'll sell my car to anyone who wants to buy it for $390,000. With my car you can totally destroy that sledge hammer and save $10,000 in the process.. what a deal... Oh, my car is a blown 532" (all under the stock hood) 1991 C4 M6.... do I have any takers? come on now... there's only one of them...... the line forms to the left. no pushing...
01-13-2005, 03:18 PM
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Originally Posted by ski_dwn_it
something to me doesn't quite add up. If you look at the 1/4 mile times and MPH - the car only hits 127MPH. In a stick car - that is not that great of a MPH and DEFINATELY not what a 800+ HP car would hit in the 1/4 through a manual box.
There could be other factors - but something doesn't sound right. And for 400K - you would go a WHOLE lot faster than that
There could be other factors - but something doesn't sound right. And for 400K - you would go a WHOLE lot faster than that
Since when is the 1/4 mile speed relevant to this car?
Where else would you buy a production car that has run a documented 254.6 mph, driven to and from the track?
Even the fools on Speedvision said "This is one of the Sledgehammers." Wrong! This is THE Sledgehammer.
As I recall it went for something in the low 200s, not 400K, at Barrett-Jackson. I thought the price was too low for the car. Maybe Chris will speak up here, after all he was on the stage then.
EDIT: I just looked it up on Barrett-Jackson's site. The car went for $221,400. One guy bought all 4 Callaways at the show.
Callaway Sledgehammer
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01-13-2005, 03:33 PM
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I agree - something doesn't add up. For 400K you could build a pro-stocker that runs in the 6.7 and 200+ range and still have some bucks left over for a six-pack.