RE: Callaway C16 Speedster

[qube_TA]

I imagine it's fairly awesome, but I'd still prefer a Lingenfelter Z06.

http://www.lingenfelter.com/LingenfelterC6ZO6427CI...

[Lutz]

"6.2L all-alloy hand-built V8 motor"....another way of of making a Corvette engine taken to pieces, fettled with and reassembled sound posh....

But it looks good, in an ET way

[dinkel]

[flattotheboards]

if it handles as well as it looks and goes then it would be something special but i dont reckon it will.

[busta]

I'm guessing it employs the same rollover protecton system that some european convertibles, notably BMWs use, whereby in the event of a rollover, roll bars are deployed by explosives from just behind the seats.

Obviously the lack of a windscreen surround will mean it's still not as safe as most convertibles but I doubt it's quite as lethal as it first appears!

[Godzilla]

qube_TA said:

I imagine it's fairly awesome, but I'd still prefer a Lingenfelter Z06.

http://www.lingenfelter.com/LingenfelterC6ZO6427CI...

So would I! Oh wait, I do...

(None of that twin turbo nonsense for me though. NA all the way!)

[Beefmeister]

qube_TA said:

I imagine it's fairly awesome, but I'd still prefer a Lingenfelter Z06.

http://www.lingenfelter.com/LingenfelterC6ZO6427CI...

800bhp!!!!

So the Z06 in the US is $45,000, and the conversion is $45,000.

So you could have an 800bhp twin turbo Z06 for £45,000? Mental!