63 Vette: 2,400 H.p. Zero to Sixty In 1 Second on Pump Gas And Street Legal

[69NovaYenko]

For all you Vett lovers here`s a possible build project.

This thing is insane! According to an article I read this `63 Corvette puts out 2,400 H.P., turns 0-60 in 1 sec. and runs the 1/4 Mile in under 7 seconds....and is 100% street legal!!! It should also be noted that this is all accomplished on street legal tires and pump gas! At one point it was billed as the fastest `63 Vette in the world.

No doubt this is bad a** car...but fastest `63 Vette in the world? I'm not so sure. However, Rod Saboury's '63 Vette was recognized as the fastest "street legal" `63 Vette in the WORLD for a good while, Red Victor 3, a car from the UK has since taken that from him, but Rod's Vette should still be #1 in the U.S.A.. It was up for sale a few months ago, not sure if it is still for sale or if it sold.

Edited August 27, 2013 by 69NovaYenko

[Prostreet]

The fastest street car Term is so loose. Rod's car has not run under 7's on pump gas and street tires, I'm pretty sure i read somewhere he was on slicks and used race gas for those runs, I doubt his is faster than Larry larson's Nova. Either way Rod's Vette is beautiful, I have seen it in person.

[JunkPile]

Wherever it ranks it sho is nice

[Mooneyzs]

Wow... that is a beautiful Vette. Very nice. I could totally see my Brother John Teresi doing this build.... .... in1/16th scale

[slusher]

Nice vette. l saw this on in a magazine sometime ago..

[PappyD340]

Whatever the case may or may not be, that is one BAD ride!!

[Draggon]

It would be a hoot to see this one run against those "Street Outlaws". Might have to change the series name to "Rod's Rules"

[Skydime]

That car is just cool. At that kind of power, I don't think it has to be the fastest to still be dang impressive. One thing is for sure though. Unless they are the world's most unlucky person, I guarantee whoever drives it would never roll up on someone who couldn't beat it red light to red light. (Not condoning it...just sayin'. )

Edited August 27, 2013 by Skydime

[69NovaYenko]

That car is just cool. At that kind of power, I don't think it has to be the fastest to still be dang impressive. One thing is for sure though. Unless they are the world's most unlucky person, I guarantee whoever drives it would never roll up on someone who couldn't beat it red light to red light. (Not condoning it...just sayin'. )

In a second article I read Saboury is quoted saying:

"This is not a street car that you can race. It is a race car that you can drive on the street. We have designed and built this car to leave the starting line as fast as possible to get the forward momentum going."

Saboury’s Corvette utilizes a 2,400-hp twin-turbocharged Chevy engine built by Morgan Industries; the car doubles the power created by the Veyron’s quad-turbocharged W-16 engine. Power is directed to the rear wheels through a 4-speed transmission and planted to the pavement via huge 22-inch rims and tires. The Veyron, in contrast, uses a power-sapping four-wheel-drive layout that aids in traction during full- or even half-throttle acceleration. The Corvette certainly looks the part, with its massive hood bulge and intimidating hood intakes that look very similar to the round vents that can be found on the Spyker C8 Aileron.

The Bugatti Veyron is amazingly fast, ripping from standstill-to-60 mph in 2.5 seconds; so we can only imagine what zero-to-60 mph in one second must feel like, especially if it were performed on a city street. Running off pump gas and with DOT-approved tires, one would be hard press to have guessed Rod Saboury’s 1963 Corvette can not only beat one of the world’s fastest production cars to sixty but trip the quarter-mile lights in lightning-quick 6.95 seconds; leading the Veyron by a whole four seconds.

The Corvette took two years to design and five years to build; Saboury would not comment on the total cost of the car.

Super Chevy Magazine , Jan 2009:

He hit 210.54 @ 6.995 and this was after he let off the throttle (he was off throttle for a full 2 seconds!) at the 330 foot mark because he was getting tire chatter, when it settled down he got back on it...pretty amazing speed and time for a street car!

He got to the end of the 1/4 mile and only one chute opened and he ended up running off the end of the track in the gravel. No damage done to the car.

All of this insanity actually gets 11 miles per gallon on the highway in full race trim...Amazing!

You Tube Video of Rod`s `63 Vette making a 6.955 pass @ 210 MPH:

http://youtu.be/OQ4I4QFZ_5E

[69NovaYenko]

A few words for the man himself Rod Saboury about his `63 Vette:

[W-409]

No doubt this is bad a** car...but fastest `63 Vette in the world? I'm not so sure. However, Rod Saboury's '63 Vette was recognized as the fastest "street legal" `63 Vette in the WORLD for a good while, Red Victor 3, a car from the UK has since taken that from him, but Rod's Vette should still be #1 in the U.S.A.. It was up for sale a few months ago, not sure if it is still for sale or if it sold.

The fastest street car Term is so loose. Rod's car has not run under 7's on pump gas and street tires, I'm pretty sure i read somewhere he was on slicks and used race gas for those runs, I doubt his is faster than Larry larson's Nova. Either way Rod's Vette is beautiful, I have seen it in person.

Andy Frost's Red Victor runs with Drag Slicks and Methanol also, and on the street he uses huge street tires and pump gas. But it sure is fast, and street legal.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF7XYdN_CEQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sniE9GOMmKw

[69NovaYenko]

Andy Frost's Red Victor runs with Drag Slicks and Methanol also, and on the street he uses huge street tires and pump gas. But it sure is fast, and street legal.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF7XYdN_CEQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sniE9GOMmKw

W-409 thanks for sharing the Andy Frost's Red Victor clips.

And, for those who would like to attempt Rod`s `63 Corvette here are some additional reference pixs:

Chassis

[69NovaYenko]

And, for those who would like to attempt Rod`s `63 Corvette here are some additional reference pixs:

Engine

Edited August 29, 2013 by 69NovaYenko

[69NovaYenko]

And, for those who would like to attempt Rod`s `63 Corvette here are some additional reference pixs:

Interior

[69NovaYenko]

And, for those who would like to attempt Rod`s `63 Corvette here are some additional reference pixs:

Exterior