07 July 2009 - 10:00
Texan tuner reveals 705bhp ZR1
More good news from our gung-ho friends at Hennessey Performance. Barely a week goes by without the Texan tuning firm unleashing a mentalist muscle car. So all hail the Corvette Z700 - the, er, ‘performance' version of the slow and tiresome ZR1.
The Z700 is to the standard ZR1 what the GT3 is to a 911: a pared-down, power-crazed version of itself. Hennessey has gone for lightweight wheels and carbon fibre body bits, with some extra flips and flaps to increase downforce. Then its engineers injected the engine with some extra testosterone to boost power to 705bhp - that's 67 more than standard.
The price for all this is just over $200,000, or twice the price of a standard car.
Clearly these guys have large man parts. And to prove it, they'll be taking it to the Nurburgring later this year to set some times and scare some Porsches.
Now watch Jezza drive the ZR1 in the boys' second big US trip:
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THATS AWSOME
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know i wanna see this, a 750bhp ZR1.
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It'a more like a "GT2" cause i think the Z06 is the "GT3" of the range.
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ok.... a bit unusual to say the least
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Welcome to oxymoron paradise.
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nice design
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I'm so glad they did this. I always look at the 640bhp Supercharged ZR1 and think "How miserably pathetic is that?". Oh no, hang on a minute, the ZR1 is massively fast. This is just the burnout special they want to be taken seriously. Where do serious cars go? "Durrr, the Nerbergring?" Yes. The Nurburgring. Go there and pretend to be serious.
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the paint job rocks.......the performance is also great!
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i dont understand why there is just 700bhp because there have been mitubushi evos with that and their engines only have 2000cc how is that possible. and how can a 4litre range rover only give something like 240bhp.
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a balance with lasting 100k or going for more power. thats the question when modding cars. idk if hennesey even beefed up the suspension or like always just mod the engine and call it a day.
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Paxx commented on this article
07 July 2009
I don't know what people think but this man Hennessey has an unsavoury reputation. Buyer beware I suppose.
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