Doug Rippe Motorsports "Widow Maker #001"
08-03-2018, 11:46 PM
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Burning Brakes
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Doug Rippe Motorsports "Widow Maker #001"
Listed F/S on Minneapolis Craigslist, I know nothing about the car, just passing it on to the guys that do know ZR1's
08-04-2018, 01:59 PM
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Melting Slicks
https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/c...660233237.html
Wish I had a spare $25k just lying around, what a steal.
The DRM upgrade alone probably cost more than that.
'Crabs
Wish I had a spare $25k just lying around, what a steal.
The DRM upgrade alone probably cost more than that.
'Crabs
09-05-2018, 05:57 PM
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I have a 1991 zr1 Black/Black GM told me it was a preproduction black widow and 1 of 6 vin#995 it has a three position power key total hp 575 hp autograph LT5 by corvette chief engineer
Last edited by 1991zr1 vin#995; 09-05-2018 at 05:59 PM.
09-05-2018, 08:32 PM
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Drifting
09-05-2018, 09:11 PM
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im just going off of what GM told me I’m trying to see for sure and I found the e-prom and called DRM and they told me it was a stage 2 this is the second EPROM I found in the car Doug says it’s preproduction black widow as well and used by the zr1 race team
Last edited by 1991zr1 vin#995; 09-05-2018 at 09:40 PM.
09-05-2018, 11:11 PM
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Drifting
Pretty cool, you should get the full story documented, whats the 3 position power key? What are the list of mods?
09-06-2018, 07:01 AM
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09-06-2018, 09:34 AM
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09-06-2018, 10:07 AM
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Burning Brakes
09-06-2018, 10:45 AM
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09-08-2018, 08:32 AM
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Drifting
It would be interesting to find out more about the car, while there are 8 documented black widows I talked with Geoff Jeal and he noted that he had records for 14 actually
09-08-2018, 11:25 AM
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Drifting
Probably stating the obvious here, but let’s not confuse the “Black Widows” with “Widow Makers” here. Based on my minimal understanding ( someone will no doubt correct me) “Black Widows” were the first and had some degree of “factory” involvement.” “Widow Makers” came later and were Rippies solo attempt to capitalize on the “Widow” name and performance.
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Last edited by ccmano; 09-08-2018 at 11:26 AM.
09-08-2018, 01:09 PM
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Racer
Probably stating the obvious here, but let’s not confuse the “Black Widows” with “Widow Makers” here. Based on my minimal understanding ( someone will no doubt correct me) “Black Widows” were the first and had some degree of “factory” involvement.” “Widow Makers” came later and were Rippies solo attempt to capitalize on the “Widow” name and performance.
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Scott
09-08-2018, 05:14 PM
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Drifting
I talked to Doug about the Widow Maker name, and it was not a name that Rippie Motorsports created. It was a name made up by one of the early customers of a DRM600 engine (applied to his specific engine only, and was not a series or engines or a particular build). It was never a "thing" like the Black Widow series.
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09-08-2018, 11:50 PM
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That would have had the lighweight rear bumper then too right?
Those are unobtanium.
Those are unobtanium.
09-10-2018, 09:37 AM
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09-15-2018, 10:22 PM
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Racer
Scott
09-16-2018, 03:29 PM
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Car did not originally go to DRM, but t has been there for repairs to (I believe) a broken cam. DRM built the engine, which was then sent to a Chevrolet dealer for install. The owner thats had the engine built was pretty full of himself and did a lot of self=promoting.
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