Don't let this car's near-stock appearance and understated elegance fool you: this
is very likely the fastest street car that you have ever seen, let alone driven. No bull, no drama: just pure, gut-wrenching, mind-blowing speed
of the sort that makes you feel queasy way down in the pit of your stomach. If you're an adrenaline junkie, or just want to drive the penultimate king of the hill Corvette, this is definitely the car for you.
This gorgeous Lingenfelter was built and driven only by a Washington state fast car fanatic. It was his dream to build, and after many revisions
over many months, it finally turned out perfectly. Unfortunately, as these things often go, now he doesn't have time to spend with his creation, so he's looking for the perfect
new owner to come along and give it the attention that it deserves.
This car is equipped with the already incredible LPE 427 TT build which can be viewed here: http://www.lingenfelter.com/pack_cor_c5_725.htm
but, because incredible just wasn't good enough, it also has some special sauce to make it even faster, more capable, and more durable:
This car was dyno'd and produced the following power figures at the rear wheels through a full exhaust and catalytic converters: (dyno sheet is available for viewing)
- 594hp/690tq at 9-10 psi with 92 octane pump fuel
- 719hp/793tq at 12-13 psi with 92 octane pump fuel
- 807hp/919tq at 15 psi with 104 unleaded fuel
Given traditional rule-of-thumb 15% drivetrain loss, that puts this car in at 950 horsepower and 1081 lb/ft! If you want to get aggressive, it has more left in it!
At the drag strip, this car ran the quarter mile at 11.001 @ 137mph at 12-13psi and cold tires. The combo is capable of 9s and has been driven there by Lingenfelter. This car isn't NHRA legal to go that fast (no cage, etc.), so running it flat out at the track more than once in a great while isn't really an option.
Approximating the current base price of a 2000 C5 ($25,000) it would cost ~$120K to duplicate this setup today.
