Superformance 1963 Grand Sport Corvette with Lingenfelter LT4 | 750 HP!!

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published on Jul 23, 2019



Today we're back with the Superformance guys and their 1963 Grand Sport Corvette featuring a Lingenfelter built LT4 making 750 hp. Intense doesn't quite say it. They even went 7/8 scale as the original 5 Grand Sports were done. This car is incredible so sit back and enjoy the ride!

 

The Superformance Corvette Grand Sport is Modern History

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The Hooniverse
Published on Sep 28, 2017







You'll never drive a real one. Chevrolet only built five original Corvette Grand Sport race cars back in the early 1960s. The last time one sold, it reportedly fetched $5,000,000 and that was in 2009. You *can* drive one of these though; this is Superformance Corvette Grand Sport. Superformance has the full rights to build these licensed continuation cars, which are basically the same deal as the original Grand Sports.



The good news on these cars, however, is that you can choose from one of eight available engines offered up through the GM Performance Parts catalog. We sampled two versions of the car; one with a modern LT1 making 460 horsepower and the other with a Lingenfelter-prepped LS3 producing 500 horsepower. Both versions are loud, aggressive, and in your face. If we had the dough, we'd happily take a Superformance Grand Sport over any



modern supercar. You can be shouty in a Lamborghini, but you're shouty and you *get it* when you do so in this vintage racing machine... that just so happens to be brand new.

 

Bill Tower Walk-Around of the #005 1963 Corvette Grand Sport

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Corvette: Sales, News & Lifestyle
Published on Aug 11, 2017



Earlier this week we joined a group that visited Bill Tower's collection of Corvettes and NASCAR racers in Plant City Florida. Bill owns one of the five original lightweights, the #005 1963 Corvette Grand Sport and he gave a very informative talk about the car that he personally worked on in his days at Chevrolet Engineering.



Read more about the original Corvette Grand Sports at CorvetteBlogger: .corvetteblogger.com%2Ftag%2F1963-grand-sport%2F&event=video_description&v=3C03gnjXriE

 

ORIGINAL 1963 Corvette Grand Sport driven

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Published on Mar 24, 2015



Be sure to visit the museum's website at .simeonemuseum.org&v=jIvk1SeWi24&redir_token=aiiL551lHEi4FjLiuTj9ej0rM9d8MTU2NDE0MzU2NkAxNTY0MDU3MTY2&event=video_description


DtRockstar1 records an original 1963 Corvette Grand Sport driving around at the Simeone Museum in Philadelphia, along with a Shelby Daytona and Jaguar C-type.

 

Superformance Corvette Grand Sport

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Matt Bernal
Published on Nov 12, 2014

The break down of the build of Grand Sport number 1.

 

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5 WERE made. Proves how much you know. Two had 377ci prototype crossram chevrolet hemi small blocks. the other two had L88s, one eventually ending up with a ZL-1 427 for a Le Mans race. The two that had the 377 hemis had the engines stored by Duntov to avoid getting destroyed (one destroked and ending up in a one of one cortez silver 1969 Camaro Z/2, and were replaced by L88s by privateer owners.



By the way, they won Nassau Speed Week against the Cobras and in other occasions so theres that. Even Caroll Shelby hinself admitted they were a better car by comparison. Funny thing is although Ford and Shelby did eventually throw in the 427 side oiler, they eventually went back to the 289 with a Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe proving the 289 car was a better car for the track so there's no excuse about them getting beaten by the Grand Sports.





The way Shelby made those Cobras turned out to be too much torque out of the 427 for such a flimsy chassis and underdeveloped suspension, Ending up with a ridiculous handling car, similar to The Bill Thomas Cheetah however yes it was successful against the GS. You heard of three because the first two were held by Zora til AFTER he sold #003, #004, and #005 to privateer teams.



Chassis numbers 001 and 002 were converted to roadsters , which made them the lightest and fastest Grand Sports. #003, #004 and #005 remained coupes and were sold to privateers shortly after the program's cancelation. The remaining 377 hemi motor went back to chassis #002 with its current owner when it went under a full top down restoration. Oh and only one GS blew its motor and that was the Bahamas race.



It was an L88 motor with the early development rod issues. That was a 123 finish. Gotta love when the immature side Ford fans post on a Chevy video without knowing their stuff. And get rid of the caps, makes you look ridiculous.

 

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@bohemianracer Everything from the frame to upper & lower control arms,ball joints, rear axle housing, door handles, windows, seats,door panels...even the fiberglass was thinner than a stock corvette, dash's was special, the only thing to compare with stock was the instruments...and that car is a replica using FORD style wheels....I was lucky enough to be around the Jim Hall raced GS when it was still painted white in Midland Texas as a young man.