Blue devil pics

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Originally Posted by P1h3r1e3d13
Here are the relevant quotes from chikara83, who took and posted the pics:

>well speakin of the vette i think we got the "blue devil" in at my job ill post pics of the engine and tell you guys how it drives when i get off.

>[I work at] lufthansa cargo in michigan. we got a redz06 and a regular orangec6. the z06 has some black tarp on the hood and the fenders, i cant tell if its a centr. supercharger its to dark outside.

>ok its gotta be supercharged i just saw a intercooler.

>ill post em up and give test drive details as soon as i get off work.

>ok here they go....god allmighty this thing is fast!!! it had carbon ceramic brakes and you can hear the supercharger whistlin.


>Originally Posted by saleenfan
Are you sure it was factory built, and not just something some guy did to his Z06? Looks pretty cool either way.

Edit: The plates in the last picture look like Michigan plates, or am I wrong? That is bad*ss, you may be able to say you drove the Corvette SS, stingray or whatever they end up calling it years before it comes out.
NOPE it was factory, we always get in factory cars. it had GM documents from Wixom and the whole 9. camber settings tire psi supercharger boost and all.


>yep there michigan plates, I LIVE THERE!

>heres some more

>we do burnouts and things of that nature in another parking lot. i hope its still there tommorow.

>yes i know cant top the veyron but i didnt get to drive that that vette has zero traction in 1st and 2nd.

>it felt like over 600, drove c6s and z06s b4 and their more controlable.

>the blowers on the drivers side of the car, were the altenator used to be. the intake manifold is intercooled. im assuming it'll have hood scoops to feed air to the intercooler.


>Originally Posted by troybiss
so by the way. why is it you get all these rare cars at youre work?..what is youre job?

we do shipping and recieving of freight to and from germany. we get all kinds of europien cars and ship american cars out their. we get animals, dead bodies, brembo brakes, vette engines from wixom, airplane engines, just about everything under the sun.


>Originally Posted by Gatecrasher
Since we're talking about it, what'd those docs say about supercharger boost? Any notes on compression ratios or anything like that? If you're gonna post this stuff, may as well go all the way

i dunno the cars gone now. they wont notice anything up here. that cars long gone to germany now.

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Also, Brenda Priddy weighed in, saying the pics are probably both real and illegal, and a lot of other people speculated and drooled.

And, you should check the pics on pages 2 and 3 (?).

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Shipping company employee carted off to jail for Corvette SS pics

Posted Feb 22nd 2007 6:02PM by John Neff
Filed under: Sports/GTs, Etc., Supercars, Chevrolet, GM

We've just learned that EMO TRANS, the shipping company that was hired by General Motors to transport a Corvette SS mule to Germany for testing on the Nurburgring, has fired the employee who took pictures of the vehicle and posted them on the internet. In addition, the unnamed employee has been taken to jail, though we don't know what charges have been filed against him. For our part, we've removed the pics from Autoblog for fear of GM's wrath. The automaker has been reportedly approaching various sites all day requesting the images be removed, so rather than waiting for the phone to ring we've gone ahead and taken them down.

This clearly illustrates how seriously GM is taking the development of the Corvette SS, as well as how utterly embarrased and apologetic EMO TRANS must be for the actions of its employee. It's all fun and games on our side of the fence because we got to see some real, informative shots of this very special Vette, but it reminds us that there's a lot of money on the line. We're sure that GM didn't appreciate pics of this powerplant were available for every other automaker to peruse. Lesson learned, though harder for some than others.

We'll keep you updates as more concrete and verifiable info becomes available.

UPDATE: Josh over at The GM Source is reporting that the SShutterbug in question has not been placed under arrest, nor is he in police custody. GM has filed a civil complaint with the Romulus PD, and the matter remains under investigation. Whether or not the individua in questionl will be charged with a crime depends on the outcome of said investigation. Stay tuned. Full report here.

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Op zondag 21 oktober 2007 21:23 schreef BazzieK het volgende:
Wat een lelijk hok zeg. Als je snel naar de 100 wil moet je een motor kopen, wil je een echte sportauto koop je een italiaan en geen blok plastic.

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Op zondag 21 oktober 2007 21:41 schreef TR08 het volgende:
Ik vind het wel heel apart dat ze vlinderkleppen in de uitlaat ingebouwd hebben. Iemand enig idee waarom ze dat doen? Experimenteren met het tunen van de tegendruk?