Hoovey689

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Romeo Ferraris leaves Italy, comes back with a 667-hp carbon fiber Corvette

Think of the words Romeo and Ferraris and you're bound to think of Italian cars, right? Maybe so, but the two together form the name of an Italian tuning house. And while many of their subjects have been Italian themselves, Romeo Ferraris has been scoping out foreign territory as well.

The latest is the Corvette Z06. And why shouldn't it be? The 'Vette has a long history of customization at Italian hands. But those have mostly been cosmetic coachbuilding jobs. This is another story altogether.

RF has taken the Z06 and fitted a supercharger to the 7.0-liter LS7 V8. The result? 667 horsepower and 607 lb-ft of twist. The centrifugal compressor, aluminum intercooler, high-flow injectors and custom exhaust help it get to 62 mph in 3.3 seconds and up to 211 mph – assuming you can get all that power down – while 380mm/6-pot brakes up front and 345/4-pot brakes out back help it come back to a stop.

A series of exterior and interior cosmetic modifications have also been carried out, including what appears to be a bare carbon fiber reskin, putting Romeo Ferraris' Z06 toe to toe with Chevy's own factory ZR1 in more ways than one.


Gallery:
http://www.autoblog.com/photos/super...raris/#3466639

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/15/r...67hp-corvette/

Stage3

iTrader: (3)

Holy crap... those numbers are KILLER.

It kinda looks like it was wrapped in that 3M Di-Noc stuff...

stick

I'm not impressed until I see how much weight the carbon fiber saves. I'd just take the ZR-1.

gengar

Were they not aware that Corvette has already done a supercharger on the LS7? I mean, it's called the ZR1 and all, and there's even been a massive TV ad campaign.......

05EX

Different engine all together and the engine in the ZR1 is an LS9

Jetfire

iTrader: (3)

what's the point of this? it's basically the same as a ZR1.


ZR1 already has CF hood, fenders and roof. power is pretty similar. 0-60 is the same.

gengar

Sorry - I meant to type LS3. LS9 is just the official designation of the supercharged and modified LS3. Of course, my point still stands.