How much horsepower will be the C7’s new V8 engine be able to produce on the dyno? Well, Jessi Lang with The J-Turn web show for Motor Trend wanted to find out so she took a 2014 Corvette Stingray to the K&N facility. With Robert “Pops” Calles, product tech with K&N, behind the wheel, the […]
By: Keith Cornett | September 13, 2013
Intake Why Mod? Modifying your intake, or cold air intake, is a relatively inexpensive, easy way to gain some horsepower. Make no mistake, this will not result in 50% more horsepower, at best around 5%. But it doesn’t cost too much (most complete intake systems cost less than $500) and can be a fun, quick […] More »
By: Yoav Gilad | September 12, 2013
Update: We have unofficial confirmation from an anonymous source inside GM that this IS the C7 Z07. We’ve got new shots, courtesy of CF member Mobil 1, of the supposed C7 Corvette Stingray Z07 caught out while parked, presumably after warm weather testing in Anthem, AZ and photographed at a local hotel. While we can’t be […] More »
By: Yoav Gilad | September 11, 2013
The curtain was falling on the most successful generation in Corvette’s history. More third generation Corvettes were sold than any other generation, a title still held with 542,861 cars sold. The third generation was also the longest running body style, being produced for fifteen years. It was a generation of extremes and contradictions, a generation […] More »
By: Rick Tavel | September 11, 2013
New Orleans police have reportedly identified the driver who deposited his Corvette in Bayou St. John, then fled, Wednesday Morning but aren’t releasing his name. Details on how the severely damaged Vette actually ended up in the water are also missing; however, according to an earlier report by NOLA.com one witness saw the driver leaving […] More »
By: Detroit Steel | September 10, 2013
One of the reasons why we’re seeing so many positive review of the C7 Corvette’s seats is because the C6 seats are pretty awful. Now, I’m not jumping on the “Dissing the C6 because of Crappy Seats” bandwagon, which I believe already left the station a few years back. No, our opinion of the C7s […]
By: Keith Cornett | September 9, 2013
CF member blackcorvette06 posted a link to Edmunds’ comparo of the 2014 C7 Corvette Stingray to the 2014 Porsche 911 Carrera S. Which do you think won? The truth is that they were remarkably similar. That Chevrolet equaled (if not exceeded, in certain parameters) their target, the Carrera S, says a great deal about Chevy’s […] More »
By: Yoav Gilad | September 9, 2013
