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Hello GTPlanet!
I was just wondering what you guys know about and think of Callaway.
You see, I live in a relatively small town (population 7,000 in the summer)
And one of their main headquarters where they build and engineer the cars is here in my hometown.
Being 14, I need to start thinking about my career so I can plan high school accordingly. I thought that it might be a good opportunity for me to apply for an internship there in the coming years.
But the truth is that I know absolutely nothing about them. Whether there just a tuner company or recognized as a manufacturer I've no idea. I know that they're owned by chevy (I think) but thats about it.
I haven't even driven the C12S in GT5 even though I bought it the minute I saw it in the UCD.

So what you say GTPlanet?
 
I know that they made bad Corvettes good until a few years ago when Chevy put them out of business by building a Corvette that was already good.
 
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I know that they made bad Corvettes good until a few years ago when Chevy put them out of business by building a Corvette that was already good.
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lol
Maybe I can bring them back in business lol. :) :dopey:
 
They also developed the C4B LS1 engine for the HSV VT GTS. The stock LS1 in all other commodores/HSV's at the time was not bad, but the Callaway unit featured a low restriction exhaust, ported heads, revised valves and cam, uprated valve springs and titanium retainers. It was a pretty special engine.

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I'm a bit of a fan of the C12 too...

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I'd be waaay impressed if you landed a job of any sort at Callaway. I think that's an awesome goal if you choose to pursue it! One bit of advice; get friendly with them ahead of time!:yuck:

Some people catch all the breaks; I have nothing around my hometown!
 
Don't Callaway also build the Corvettes that compete in the FIA GT3 championship?
 
They also built this monster...




254mph in 1989 in a street legal car...
 
gogatrs
Hello GTPlanet!
I was just wondering what you guys know about and think of Callaway.
You see, I live in a relatively small town (population 7,000 in the summer)
And one of their main headquarters where they build and engineer the cars is here in my hometown.
Being 14, I need to start thinking about my career so I can plan high school accordingly. I thought that it might be a good opportunity for me to apply for an internship there in the coming years.
But the truth is that I know absolutely nothing about them. Whether there just a tuner company or recognized as a manufacturer I've no idea. I know that they're owned by chevy (I think) but thats about it.
I haven't even driven the C12S in GT5 even though I bought it the minute I saw it in the UCD.

So what you say GTPlanet?
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Don't worry about planning your classes in HS. If you'd like to get into the engineering field after college, obviously major in engineering. If you can pick your classes in HS, take all the math classes you can. Calculus & trig will help you a bunch in your first years in an engineering program.

Past that, you learn a bit in college...but you'll graduate will ZERO skills. I've seen this all the time; good kid, great grades, bright mind, and he can't even use a hammer. That's bad...

When you're out of high school; take some summer classes at the community college. Learn to weld, do body work, and get to know your way around a machine shop. Those are skills you will not learn in an engineering program. I'd also suggest joining, or even forming, a Formula SAE team. Use Google to figure out what that is if you don't know.

Coming out of college, you may get recruited to work a desk-jockey engineering job. Some like it...some don't. But the real neat stuff out there in the automotive field requires you to wear different hats; engineer, cook, welder, machinist, etc and get your hands dirty. Gain as many skills as you can and put that on your resume.

At the very worst; you'll be able to fabricate some cool stuff for yourself. You do not want to be one of those engineers (usually they're part of academia) who brag about being able to change their toilet. An engineer that isn't creative is nothing more than a poor mathematician. If you have some creativity and some basic fabrication skills, you'll be on a path to do great things.

Good luck.
 

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