Corvette Mini-Me

Chevrolet decided the Matiz should be a gas efficient, small, light, grass growing accelerating automobile. To reach those goals Chevy stuck a 1.0L in-line 3 cylinder producing around 65 horsepower. But in July of 2007 Fourdin Auto Sport did what any respectable auto enthusiast would have done to boost the power, shoehorn a 550 horsepower 7.0L Corvette Z06. The 0-60 time improved from 22 seconds to 3.7 seconds. The project took roughly 13 months or around 1,500 man hours. I sure hope more...

Chevrolet decided the Matiz should be a gas efficient, small, light, grass growing accelerating automobile. To reach those goals Chevy stuck a 1.0L in-line 3 cylinder producing around 65 horsepower. But in July of 2007 Fourdin Auto Sport did what any respectable auto enthusiast would have done to boost the power, shoehorn a 550 horsepower 7.0L Corvette Z06. The 0-60 time improved from 22 seconds to 3.7 seconds. The project took roughly 13 months or around 1,500 man hours. I sure hope more information comes out about this blue rocket.

Source: Autoblog.nl via Jalopnik

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