VIDEO: Three Bad-to-the-Bone Corvettes Take to the Streets

Itā€™s one bad Corvette versus another bad Corvette versus another in this streetcar showdown that recently turned up on the Street Car Video YouTube page. There isnā€™t a car in the race that we wouldnā€™t fall all over ourselves to drive, and each brings its own flavor of brutality to the streets. Are any of them able to pull away as a clear leader? Or are these monsters evenly matched?

In one corner, we have a Corvette thatā€™s dubbed ā€˜Sick ZR1ā€™, and for good reason. Itā€™s a C6 ZR1 that has aftermarket cylinder heads and camshaft. Equipped with more than enough power from the factory, thanks to its supercharged 6.2L LS9 engine, the 638-horsepower this ZR1 came with was only a baseline. With the addition of heads and cam, and the assumption that itā€™s probably tuned with some exhaust work, this ZR1 likely has well over 700-horsepower as it sits, but possibly quite a bit more.

Next up, you have a striking red C7 Grand Sport that sounds like it might have a little work done but definitely has a ProCharger blower under the hood. The addition of the supercharger should bring this up to around 650-horsepower, but we hear that cam, so itā€™s got some meat behind it too.

Then we have the obvious horsepower king of the pack, a ProCharged C7Z that makes an astonishing 1,000-horsepower. Depending on exactly how much work the Grand Sport has done, this could end up being a driverā€™s race, especially since we donā€™t know the extent of the modifications to the other two cars, and the Grand Sport is the only automatic in the race.

Youā€™ll have to watch the video to find out the results (also, language warning at the beginning when they are trying to hustle each other), but weā€™ll give a little away and say the Grand Sport being an auto did not give it an advantage! Also, keep watching for a bonus CTS-V race, and lots of noisy motorcycles everywhere.

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