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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sakuraguy" data-source="post: 2414236" data-attributes="member: 6441">0–200: 26.5 secondshttp://img406.imageshack.us/img406/2869/rufaj4.jpgFor their size, Corvettes are light. And when you fit one of Chevrolet's 3290-lb. sports cars with an especially powerful engine — say, a twin-turbo Lingenfelter Performance Engineering 7.0-liter V-8 with 880 bhp — these cars fly. And that's exactly what this Lingenfelter C6 Corvette does, blasting to 200 mph in 26.5 sec. at a distance of 4894 ft., nearly 2500 ft. less than the Ruf.With the second-best power-to-weight ratio in the group, the Lingenfelter Corvette, a customer-owned car that has been fitted with LPE's Mini Tub Kit to accommodate the wide 345/30ZR-19 rear tires, doesn't surprise us with its speed. But unfortunately, we know it can go faster. On its first run — when it's fair to state that Millen was still getting used to launching this incredibly powerful car, and the LPE folks had yet to fit the car with their DOT-legal BFGoodrich drag slicks — the Corvette shoots past our ambulance crew and photographers at a wicked-quick pace, but trailing wisps of white smoke.Seemingly worse, when the Corvette — the loudest car in our group by far, and the most like a race car — pulls back into our temporary paddock, it leaves a small but ominous pool of oil on the runway. Not good, and when the LPE folks can't pinpoint the leak, they decide — for safety and to avoid risking any mechanical trouble — to retire the car, which was running about 17 lb. of boost during its run.Millen is nevertheless impressed: "It's amazing. This thing has so much torque. So much power. A lot more pull than I expected. I went through the mile marker at about 201. The biggest problem is getting traction, trying to get it hooked up. Even in 3rd and 4th gears, it just wants to break the wheels free. And it wasn't until halfway through 3rd gear that I could actually go flat. It just has that much torque and power."Upon further inspection back at the shop in Decatur, Indiana, LPE learns more about the oil leak: An O-ring valve cover gasket on one of the engine's LS7 heads had come askew, letting out a surprisingly large amount of oil. This was the first time anybody from LPE had seen this happen, and although we're frustrated that it likely could have been fixed at Lemoore that day, we're happy it wasn't more serious. All the more reason for Lingenfelter to come back to Lemoore again, we say, and perhaps challenge the two cars you'll read about next.</blockquote>

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