F-Fixed, R-Roof, C-hmmm

 

Almost! www.thelingenfeltercollection.com

Click on Featured Vehicles, page 4 bottom

 

The actual, official, correct Chevrolet Corvette name is HARDTOP.

 

Not sure I follow...this C5 did not come from the factory with a s/c. In fact, that engine didn't come from the factory, it came from Lingenfelter.

 

I looked and failed to see any factory production C5 Corvettes with either an SC OR a Turbocharger.

John built some fantastic cars (and the family still does), but none of those C5 Corvettes on that website left Bowling Green in that configuration. It and/or they, were built/converted by LPE.

The racing world lost a true leader in performance engineering/racing and by all accounts a true gentleman as well.

 

And before someone brings up the option (RPO) B2K from the 87-91, these vettes were sent to Callaway to have all the goodies put on (twin turbo's, etc.) and then returned to GM to be sold as a factory car. Some call them factory turbo vettes, but the turbo's were installed by Callaway, not by the factory in Bowling Green.

 

The ad also claims "casette" when clearly it had the CD player version (RPO UN0)

 

there is one C5 that did come from GM with a supercharger it was the tigershark, i even have a picture of me seating in the original corvette TS...any ways it did have a supercharger on it..

 

 

Thanks for the mention.

In 1985, we were hired by GM to develop a turbo system for the Corvette, elevating the performance of the car. These cars (510 built) were shipped from Bowing Green to Old Lyme, then to the dealers. Where they were built does not matter - it was a Regular Production Option, with the final point of assembly in Old Lyme at our facility.

RPO B2K was reassigned in 2012 to our company, where we built 26 cars (prototype + 25 production) for our 25th Anniversary of RPO B2K.

Other notable cars of the era which were built in similar fashion:
1987 Buick GNX (McLaren)
1989 Pontiac Turbo TA (PAS)
1991-1993 GMC Syclone and Typhoon

I hope this helps clarify this very special chapter in Corvette history

 

Idiots...and fools...are born every minute. Don't be one.

 

Forgot to post I was referring to the 53 at the bottom of page 4. Supercharging from the factory was conceptualized almost from day 1.

 

right ok .....so you clearly don't have any clue let me clue you in

GM enlisted the aid of Wheel-to-Wheel, Detroit. MI., in developing the Tiger Shark Corvette, which debuted at the GM Special Vehicles Media Event, Milan Raceway, Michigan, September 18, 2001. GM invited auto journalists to drive over 50 production based concept cars, including the Tiger Shark.

The C5 based Corvette Coupe runs a 7.0L/427CID (bored out Corvette LS1), with (air to air) intercooled Vortech 'T' supercharger, producing 742HP at 6000 rpm and 690 lb-ft. torque at 5700 rpm.

The 427 Specs:
Deepskirt cast aluminum cylinder block with pressure fit liner
Special T7 steel billet main caps
Alloy main studs
Forged steel, nitrided crankshaft
Oliver 6.125 long billet steel rods with bushing pins
Special length oil restricted pushrods
Competition Cams hydraulic roller camshaft
Reworked/enlarged throttle body with special large air meter
CNC ported, large valves cylinder head (chambers enlarged to 4.125 bore)

A custom carbon fiber engine dress package complements the engine bay.

Custom cast aluminum pedals integrated with the stock cast aluminum pedals controls the power transfer to a 6-speed manual Borg-Warner transmission. Stainless steel headers connect to a CORSA Performance 3.0" stainless steel exhaust system with 3.5" polished exhaust tips.

The chassis runs a modified independent suspension with Hotchkis Performance stabilizer bars, Brembo racing brakes at 14" fronts, and 12" rears. Goodyear F1 Fiorano tires are mounted on Kinesis Motorsport K58, 18" forged wheels with polished outer rim and custom painted centers.

The coupe's custom body panels include carbon fiber hood, front fascia and rear fascia and modified side coves. The car is painted in custom PPG quad-stage "Tiger Yellow" and dual-stage dark silver.

 

So this tiger shark was built at the factory in bowling green Kentucky?

 

I googled the VIN. This car was previously sold right here on the forum in 2007.. Funny, I see no mention of a "factory" blower

https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...k-indiana.html

 

i said by GM learn to read and if you read any of what i posted you see where it was built

 

Nice looking car. Even if it runs and performs well I think it is way over priced. The dealer is asking double of what it's actually worth.

 

Some New York snow-bird wannabe, migrating to south Florida, will eagerly believe every word of the ad, ask for a couple thousand off and buy that thing thinking, (and likely bragging to his friends about), how he bought a "rare", factory-built supercharged C5 Corvette.

PT Barnum WAS right!

 

Maybe you should learn to read. I quoted the OP above in case you need a refresher...he was asking about factory built s/c Corvettes.

The factory did not build s/c Corvettes...

 

Not even a snow bird would want to own a black car in SW Florida