454 ZL-1 Big-Block Drag Car: Craziest Corvette Story Ever?
The 10-Second Drag Vette Built For the 1969 Long Lead Press Journalists to Have Fun With! Photos by K. Scott Teeters, except where noted. This...
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The Great 454 ZL-1 1969 10-Second Monster Corvette Pumpkin!
Forty years ago it took a lot to get a car to run 10s in the quarter-mile. You needed a BIG engine, open tuned headers, a giant gas sucking Holley carb, slicks, ear plugs, and a lot of NERVE! Today, it’s no biggie for a performance car to run low 11’s. Lingenfelter Engineering has been able to get a mildly modified ZR1 to run low-to-mid 9s with ALL of the stock creature comforts. All you have to do is HOLD ON!
