Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport - car classics

Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport

Before starting the Corvette of the fifth generation, Chevrolet was required to withdraw from the design of the previous model, and thus was conceived Grand Sport 1996 issue. He reminded racing cars Grand Sport 1960s, which have had success in a series of tournaments (ring race), only now at the center of the hood was the band of a different color and have a lot of improvements. In the suspension were used much more powerful stabilizer of transverse stability, stronger springs and the best shock absorbers, to achieve better sustainability. In the back of the set of wheels of larger size (315/35), to cope with even greater power, and to install them, it took increase the wheel arches. For the model would be ideal engine LT-5 capacity of 302 kW, but the Chevrolet refused by him in the previous year. Therefore used engine LT-4 volume 5.7 l, added modified pistons, large valves, modified cylinder head, the new camshaft and rocker. In this case seemed necessary six-speed manual gearbox and it was ideally suited to the new engine.