Chevrolet Corvette (C2) Grand Sport Race Car 1963

[RandomCarGuy17]

This Corvette technically was in Gran Turismo 2 as a racing modification for the C2 Corvette in that GT title. I honestly want this back, I would rather have this than the standard C2 Z06 race car we have in GT6 right now.

Anyway, I really liked the liveries given to the Grand Sports and the performance they managed to be capable of since they were dyno'd 550hp & were 1350-1900lbs lighter than a normal Corvette. There's more to be said about them, but you can find out more with the links I leave at the bottom that lead to websites talking about the Vette.

Specs:
Engine - 6.2L V8
Drivetrain - Front Engine, RWD
Transmission - 4-Speed MT
Power - 550 hp (when dyno'd) @6,400 rpm
Weight - 1,900lbs (890 Kg)

Link(s) for information about this car:
http://www.grandsportregistry.com/63_history.htm
http://www.grandsportvettes.com/63history.htm
http://www.supercars.net/cars/4284.html

Photo and details borrowed from Wikipedia:

In 1962 Corvette chief engineer Zora Arkus-Duntov initiated a program to produce a lightweight version based on a prototype that mirrored the new 1963 Corvette.[15] Concerned about Ford and what they were doing with the Shelby Cobra, Duntov's program included plans to build 125 Grand Sport Corvettes to make them eligible for international Grand Touring races. After the GM executives learned of the secret project, the program was stopped, and only five cars were built. All five cars have survived and are in private collections. They are among the most coveted and valuable Corvettes ever built, not because of what they accomplished, but because of what might have been.[16]

The cars were driven by famed contemporary race drivers such as Roger Penske, A.J. Foyt, Jim Hall, and Dick Guldstrand among others. Dick Thompson was the first driver to win a race in the Grand Sport. He won a 1963 Sports Car Club of America race at Watkins Glen on August 24, 1963 driving Grand Sport 004.[17]

The Corvette Grand Sports were raced with several different engines, but the most serious factory engine actually used was a 377 cubic inch displacement, all-aluminum, small block with four Weber side-draft carburetors, rated 550 hp (410 kW) at 6400 rpm. Body panels were made of thinner fiberglass to reduce weight and the inner body structure 'birdcage' was aluminum rather than steel. The ladder-type frame utilized large seamless steel tubular side members connected front and rear with crossmembers of about the same diameter tubes. Another crossmember was just aft of the transmission and a fourth one at the rear kick-up anchored the integral roll cage. The frame was slightly stiffer than the 1963 Corvette production frame and was 94 pounds lighter. A number of other lightweight components were utilized to reduce overall weight to about 800 pounds less that the production coupe.[18] Initially the Grand Sport project was known simply as "The Lightweight".[19]

 

[Sick Cylinder]

This is a historically very important car which simply has to be in the game and it was in response to the threat posed by the Grand Sport that Ford / Shelby developed the 7 litre Cobra.

Personally I would like to have a choice of the liveries used on the five cars built also a choice of 427 privateer spec or factory 377 spec. This would be a very popular car to race therefore it also needs changeable race numbers.

NB the torque figure you have quoted is actually the weight of the car.

 

[StarLight]

 

[RandomCarGuy17]

Personally I would like to have a choice of the liveries used on the five cars built also a choice of 427 privateer spec or factory 377 spec. This would be a very popular car to race therefore it also needs changeable race numbers.

NB the torque figure you have quoted is actually the weight of the car.

Oh yeah, oops. I fixed that error now.

Now, when you say multiple liveries, are you talking about these?

 

[Sick Cylinder]

I meant these:

I've now realised that there are two open topped cars with a choice of two liveries and three coupes with a choice of three liveries.

 

[RandomCarGuy17]

I meant these:

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I've now realised that there are two open topped cars with a choice of two liveries and three coupes with a choice of three liveries.

I had that exact picture in my OP, but it broke. :/

 

[Azure Flare]

'Dem sidepipes.

 

[Dagger311]

I'm for all corvettes, any are cool to me.

 

[RandomCarGuy17]

You know what I don't get, why didn't anyone else think of this before?!
There's no way I could be the only guy wanting to see this in GT or in Forza, or in some other racing game/sim.

 

[StarLight]

Now we have three cabriolet and three coupe cars with a choice of three liveries each.
👍

 

[CORRUPTEDDISC]

Saw this beast at Goodwood a couple of years ago.

 

[JakeC7R]

Glad somebody pointed it out for me. I'll give this one a like to be sure.

 

[400kphMarker]

I love this corvette its better then the other '63 featured in GT4/5/6 as he said its lighter slightly under powered (the other had like 625HP but i would love more oldies like this beauty in GT

 

[Sick Cylinder]

Above black and white tribute to the Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport - such a historic car and a must for any racing game to compete against the Cobra's and other great cars from the 1960's.