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Will it run in the GTLM class or GTD?
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Hay Duke>Article reads GT3R for customer racers. I think I got the year wrong. It reads for the IMSA 2024 Season which means
it should be made/sold in the 2023 year, This is the last year for the GTLM class. (Last race this coming week end)Next year the official Corvette factory team will race in the GTD-Pro class. Corvette will also send a single car to race in the FIA World Endurance Championship overseas.
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interesting deal is when they sell this I assume all the convenient items will be gone. eg.>radio/AC/Heater/Mufflers and etc.>
Should be interesting to see the "Final Shipping Weight" for this "Bad Boy". LarryLarry
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Thanks for the info. I did a little research and the following link is GM press release.
Road racing has had it ups and downs over the years, and the constant changes in class structures and differences in FIA and SCCA, IMSA and other sanctioning bodies doesn't help, but the idea of a turn key GT race car, especially a Corvette, is terrific!
If I was young guy with a trust fund I know what I'd be doing in 2024... a modern version of Lance Reventlow.
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That's not the first thought that entered my mind. (And yes, I do remember those Camaros.)
My first reaction was this announcement harks back to and is reminiscent of the days of RPO 579D and RPO684.
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For those interested, and those willing to recognize the importance of the C4, I have attached a copy of this official GM letter that is 35 years old today. Along with what Jim mentions there were also order codes B9P, R7F, and R9G which are not shown in your Corvette Black Book, but were available in 1988, 1989, and 1990 respectively. This letter and these order codes are another step towards Chevrolet's intent and commitment to making the Corvette a world-class Sports Car. At this point the Corvette was quickly evolving into what would be the C5-C8 generations, and especially the performance options by utilizing advanced Engineering analysis tools and simulation models. There is no doubt the great C1-C3 cars under Zora paved the way, but here is where the computer aided Design basically took over. Driving a C4 LT4-6 speed, a 1990-1995 ZR1, or one of these Option Code Challenge Cars hard down a nice country road, and then getting into a C8 quickly makes you realize how we got to this latest version of America's only Sports Car. Long live the Corvette....
Cheers to Dave McLellan and David Hill!Comment
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Oops, I guess that is only 34 years!Comment
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Some more info:
Chevrolet revealed the 2022 COPO Camaro on Friday with a new 572-cubic-inch big-block V-8 base engine.
The big-block features aluminum heads on a cast-iron block with four-bolt main caps, a forged steel crankshaft, forged steel connecting rods, and forged aluminum pistons. Despite the size, the big block is the COPO Camaro base engine with 430 hp and it costs $105,500. All COPO Camaros are ready-made drag racers that customers can buy from GM's Central Office Production Order system like a Chevrolet Performance part.
Also available are COPO Camaros with LSX small-block V-8s. The version with the supercharged 350-cubic-inch V-8 making 580 hp costs $130,000, and the version with the 470-hp 427-cubic-inch V-8 runs $117,500. All models run their power through an ATI Racing Products TH400 3-speed automatic transmission.
2020 Chevrolet COPO Camaro
These drag cars are set up for use in the NHRA's Stock and Super Stock classes and aren't legal for the street. Each comes with a two-piece carbon-fiber hood, wheelie bars, COPO badges, COPO gauges, COPO embroidery on the seat back, a COPO license plate, gold front and rear Chevrolet bowties, darkened taillights, clear side marker lamps, an external battery charger hook-up, Hoosier drag racing tires, and Bogart race wheels. The supercharged model also gets a standard parachute package.
Available colors consist of Black, Summit White, Satin Steel Gray Metallic, and Red Hot. Any other color from GM's palette costs $18,000, and buyers can also get graphics packages, black bowties, and different wheels.
Two Racer's Packages are offered. The version for the naturally aspirated cars adds a trunk-mounted weight box, dual batteries, a carbon-fiber air intake, and the parachute package. The version for the supercharged model substitutes an intercooler quick change coupling for the parachute package.
Each COPO Camaro is hand built by Chevrolet at the COPO Build Facility in Oxford, Michigan.
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