Hennessey-Tuned Chevrolet SS Churns Out 1,000 HP, Has 6-Speed Manual >MCF, What do you think of 'it ?
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By Jeff Perez 17 hours ago

If there’s one sports sedan on the market that catches our attention more than most, it’s the Chevrolet SS. Australian-born, and American-bred, this sedan knows how to have a good time. But the folks at Hennessey felt this fun and fashionable four-door needed an upgrade.

1,000 horsepower — that’s how much power Hennessey’s twin-turbo upgrade adds to the already powerful SS. The 6.3-liter V8 gets a plethora of updates including new intakes, headers, a high-flow catalytic converter, and a new ECU.
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Even better, Hennessey offers a six-speed manual conversion to handle all that power. But if you want to keep it simple (and expensive), you can upgrade the standard automatic with paddle shifters, though it would require a performance build and torque converter upgrade.
At 1,000 horsepower, that easily makes it one of the baddest sports sedans on the planet. But if you want to go tamer with it, Hennessey also offers an HPE475, HPE550, HPE600, HPE650, and an HPE800. All of which, still show enough of an increase over the SS’ standard 415 horsepower to keep things interesting.
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Putting on the final touches, Hennessey added some minor aesthetic modifications like an individually-numbered dash plaque, an Alcantara-wrapped steering wheel, new wheels, and custom carbon fiber aero features, just to name a few.
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So far, we’ve yet to really see too many tuning houses take the new C7 Corvette and customize it to their own liking. But Florida-based Supervettes thinks the new Stingray needs some enhancing. And a widebody kit.

Announcing the arrival of its new SV7 on Facebook, Supervettes gave us a small sampling of what we could expect from the new tuned Stingray. Along with a revised hood line and a widebody kit, the SV7 will come with “well beyond” 625 horsepower and will “rival of the looks of the new Corvette Z06,” says founder Jason Hunkler.
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Your Ride: 1960 Chevrolet Corvette Roadster

Posted on 26 April 2014 by Jeff Perez

When one of our readers, Bob, decided to take his wife Mary Ellen on a special Valentine’s day trip to the Pacific Northwest, little did Mary Ellen know, it would be a trip she wouldn’t soon forget. Read their full story:

How did you acquire your ride?
I want you to meet our Gracie B. My Husband Bob surprised me with her for Valentines Day. He told me to pack an overnight bag for our Valentines date, I was intrigued. We drove to the airport and as soon we were in the air on our way to the Pacific Northwest. A nice guy picked us up and took us to see Gracie B.
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It was pouring outside which it does in Renton, Washington. They opened a garage door and there she was. Best valentines gift ever! Bob bought my car on Ebay and we were going to drive her back home to California. They begged us to ship her saying she hasn’t been in the rain for 20 years. Sat in an old barn and came out to drive the homecoming queen around the football stadium. Nope we were going to see how she did on the road.

Well the ragtop leaked at the windshield and we were soaked in ten minutes. Bob got some free newspapers at the minimart and put them on top of the windshield and clamped the top down tight. Problem solved. She had on old nylon tires and kinda drifted where she pleased. You have to drive these cars and we sure paid attention. I had told Bob if he ever wanted to get me a classic he could get me a 1960 Corvette because it had the most chrome of any classic corvette. I loved the Horizon blue and white best of all.
Does it have a name?
She is named after my parents, Ethel Grace and Bob. My dad loved classics and I sure wish he could have lived to get in gracieB and take a bold ride.
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What do you feel like when you drive it?
I feel like Queen of the road when we take her out for a drive.
What would you change about your car, if anything?
Youngsters always want to know what kind of car she is. I wouldn’t change one thing about her, she is a stock car and why mess with perfection.

Dream accessory for it and why?
We bought a hard top for her and that was my dream accessory. So I’m good.
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April 30, 2014 6:33 PM

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Lotsa baddass there! Very impressive SS! Its kinda funny and timely, as yesterday at work my co-workers and I were discussing Mugen Honda's. Our delivery drivers think the world of Honda - like they build the greatest cars on earth. I think Honda is okay for people who are not so passionate about cars. They were just discovering the Mugen's, which are after market built Hondas like Hennessey. They were so impressed and telling me they could keep up with any Chevrolets. I laughed and mentioned Hennesey. Mugen builds Honda to keep up with stock GM's. That SS above would eat a Mugen...

 

That ss is pretty impressive and would be quite a sleeper car if it has that much horsepower and looks stock with 4 doors. It would surprise a lot of people when you pull away from them with ease.
The diesel super car would be one badass ride. You could make a smoke path doing 190 miles per hour like what the diesel trucks do.

 

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