V-12 Vette
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Racer
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From: Hurricane Alley FLorida
V-12 Vette
Was reading in my Vette magazine about a 1992 Corvette V-12 the General made with 680 HP. Where do you think that car is now? I have never made it to the Museum, wonder if it's there. That would be the mongoose to the V-10 Viper.
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I found refrence to the car but no info onthe car other then a scale model http://www.scalecorvettes.com/Corvet...obert%2009.htm
Here is a motor from Falconer
http://www.falconerengines.com/prod04.htm
Here is a motor from Falconer
http://www.falconerengines.com/prod04.htm
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St. Jude Donor '06-'07-'08-'09
Originally Posted by Ibuyvettes
That engine was designed for P-51 Mustang restorations. 
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Originally Posted by C4VetteLT1
680 h.p. wouldn't even get a P-51 off the ground. It would probably be just enough h.p. to park it into the fence at the end of the runway though. Those bad boys put out over 1600 h.p. with the Merlin or Rolls Royce powerplant.
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St. Jude Donor '03
Originally Posted by C4VetteLT1
680 h.p. wouldn't even get a P-51 off the ground. It would probably be just enough h.p. to park it into the fence at the end of the runway though. Those bad boys put out over 1600 h.p. with the Merlin or Rolls Royce powerplant.
680hp to a real P-51 would be just enough to make it a nice boat ancher in the sky 
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From: levittown pa. usa Even a bad day with my `Vette, is better than a good day at work
St. Jude Donor '10
Originally Posted by Bilyk
mustang!?!?
