UNSUNG HEROES - #12 - The 1976 ''Spirit of Le Mans'' Corvette
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ย. 2024
- Episode twelve of Unsung Heroes, a series on HSG featuring some of the obscure cars from both the concept and mass production world which simply do not get the recognition which they deserve.
In this episode we take a look at a truly monstrous racing Corvette which was intended to dominate at Daytona, Sebring and La Sarthe...
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One of it’s tricks no other Corvette team of the era picked up on was it’s channel job. In Essence from the base of the windshield to the tip of the nose Where the air dam started it straight down decent it was channeled 4” lower on the frame than the other Vette teams. This allowed for a much smaller frontal area with normal suspension travel with much higher top speeds. The other teams who attempted the same ride height in the front had to virtually eliminate front suspension travel which negatively effected handling. Whereas the Greenwood car had more normal suspension travel, somewhere in the neighborhood of 4”. Those Brothers knew their stuff.
It’s biggest weakness was it’s transmission. It did hit 236 mph on the Daytona tri-oval track.
As a C3 owner I always loved the John Greenwood Vettes. John carried the torch for the fastest production based Corvettes. I watched John race a couple races at Laguna Seca and he was very competative with the Porsche 935s.
Yes! I saw one 6:11 at an early 80s riverside 6 hour Enduro, and the fastest cars down the long straight were the 935s and the greenwood corvette!
"9.8 Litres" this car is properly insane.
9.8 litres...I really don't think so!
@@gordonnorris7245 G.N. .............probably a 454 injected ????????
@@gordonnorris7245 Exactly. It was a 467 ZL1.
Super manly car. MORE POWAH BABY!
Those Greenwood Vettes were killer...😎🇺🇸
I LOVED that car when it first appeared. It could do well over 200mph. By the time you shifted out of 1st gear, You were already doing 96mph!!!
The blown tyre ripped the fuel cell, which spelt the end to the effort. So yes, in a way, you could say the tyre blow out killed it.
I saw the Spirit of 76 run at Sebring '76. It shook the ground when it passed. There were a couple of customer cars running as well but Greenwood was in front. From what I remember after 4 hours or so, perhaps sooner, it broke and they were out. Oh well !
Henri Greder always had pretty reliable Corvettes in Le Mans. The yellow one is prominent in almost all the contemporary footage. Just seven litres though.
I was lucky enough to see the John Greenwood Corvettes on display at the 2016 Sebring 12 hr race.
This just became my favorite video in this series. The content of this series has always been informative and entertaining. Thanks for posting.
Ey nice one, cheers
An awesome beautiful monster! =) paint is absolutely wonderful :) the car was so fast that it had big problems with brakes, especialy in Mulsanne ^^
The look of the vette from 70's to 82 is really my favorite of all other. =)
Great video my friend (^_^)
Thanks bud, glad you enjoyed it :)
This is funny. The first thing you see is my big butt... This is 2012 when we took the car to Goodwood then the following weekend the Le Mans Classic. Car wouldn't run right at Goodwood. So many people took a crack at tuning the Lucas pump and Kinsler injection. Then Jesse James , who was pitted a few cars down, comes over and says, "can I try?" Twenty minutes later he had the Greenwood running perfectly.
Mancuso may have been paid 50K but he did not make it to Le Mans. His father was uncomfortable with his son running the race. There is in car on my channel of The Spirt of Le Mans 76 running at Goodwood.
A Can Am spec big block like this would easily make 100hp per litre 😉
Nice car video. Especially in the end when we see the car driving.
Here's a suggestion. The 1980 Elfin MR9 F5000 - the only ground-effects F5000 car ever built, and built by a small Australian manufacturer rather than one of the larger British manufacturers. Unfortunately for the MR9, F5000 was on its last legs by 1980, so the MR9 never got to show its full potential.
i currently own a 2014 Corvette, the body panels unbolt unlike this 1974 Corvette which they were glued on. I have always admired Greenwood and his work. I wonder how hard would it be to convert my 2014 into a Look alike Tribute to the old Spirit of LeMans with bolt on fenders, doors, front and rear fascia?
Someone made a version of this for Assetto Corsa PC game and it is my favorite to drive. Awesome car.
Who dislikes HSG? ridiculous!
Just the haters...the jealous -_-
Bad ass period 👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I built a model of this car back in the 70's
If this did in fact only make “700” horsepower, I’d eat my toenails.
seems like it always had 30lbs of duct tape holding the aero on after losing a tire.
Maybe justifies the saying, no replacement for displacement.
Look up #57 Dave Hines/Bob Johnson rebel racer that beat greenwood so much his brother quit and drove for us
I think you made a mistake. I'm pretty sure that in 2015 the Porsche 919 hybrid got a 3:19 around the le mans. This past 2017 le mans the toyota ts050 got a 3:14.
Best GT class lap in qualifying, set by Mercedes. I misquoted on it being an LMP.
SMS - I want this car in PC2!
Thousand horsepower my friend!
With its re-hauled engine these days that's believed to be the case :P
@@HSGAutomotive to be fair, the vortec 8.8L's of the time were making over 900 in race trim
I could be wrong, but I seam to remember my dad saying this car did something like 98 mph in 1st gear. Anyone know if that tidbit is accurate?
Really hope they add this thing to Forza or GT
Def
It is!
can't wait To buy it in Forza motorsport 7. can't wait to take it on the nurburgring
Wow...
Where did you ever come up with the 9.8 liter engine. It ran a 467 ZL1. Nobody was running an engine of that size. GM now sells a 632 c.i. Big Block Chevy, but had nothing like that back then.
Maybe you’d like to tell Sotheby’s that:
rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/mo13/monterey/lots/r167-1976-chevrolet-corvette-widebody-imsa-spirit-of-le-mans/293845
Now, I don’t recall whether I mentioned it being a period engine or fitted later, but regardless a 600 is nothing new for a Corvette, either here or in the ZR-12
I have that kind of hot wheels!
Nice :)
I have a 1976 Corvette but I don't fit in it.
I'd take it
i have this car 1/64 scale from hot wheels
Nice
Naw this car is pushing WAY more then 700 it's more like 800 to 900
So what's the difference with the Greenwood vette
Its the same car with different livery for different events. And it originally had a smaller engine.
the windshield says : "Greenwood customer car" so it is A greenwood 'vette, maybe not "the" greenwoood 'vette though
Say it with me. . .
There is no replacement for displacement.
The only substitute for cubic inches is cubic money.
If some is good and more is better, then too much is just enough.
God bless America!
With two classic Lincolns now sitting pretty as my dailies and totalling 892ci and 965 lbft combined, I'd have to agree, lol
I'm first
Nissan won Le Mans in 1990
The R90ck
Nvm it was just the pole winner
Nvm I was right