What's The Corvette Grand Sport Packing Under The Hood?

The Grand Sport was given a boost from the nice people at GM with an extra 30 horsepower over a basic model C4

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bringing the pony total up to 330 horses. It was powered by a 5.7 L LT4 V8 like several other fourth-generation Corvettes.

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While it may come out as a little wimpy,

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the C4 was a lightweight sports car with a huge engine,

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weighing just a hair over 3,200 lbs. The 'Vette accelerates from 0 to 60 mph in 4.9 seconds, which is comparatively quick

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Now that the Grand Sport was among the big dogs, everyone needed to contribute in order to have a stake in the outcome

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GM therefore went over and beyond the gleaming new patriotic paint job.

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