Hot Rod Corvette Hack - The Long Version
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- This is the video version of the Corvette Hack story that appeared in the Nov. '10 issue of Hot Rod magazine. You'll see the Hot Rod staff shred an '85 Corvette, cutting off parts until it was nearly a bare frame. The point? To see how much the car's performance improved as it dropped weight (into the Dumpster).
Really hard to watch that as I am a proud C4 owner. However, the car looked to be in bad shape before it got butchered so I guess it's alright.
Originally looked cool after also looked cool
literally, yes. I agree.
It’s not like they’re whistling diesel and destroying something that could be brought back around. Plus it became the “vet cart” which was pretty awesome to look at lol so it’s not like they destroyed the whole chassis
Anyone watching this because they were watching the c4 go kart video??
yeah I am 😅
+Christian Garofalo Yeah!! lol
Yes most certainly due to that.....Ariel Atom made easier...I gotta C4 conv so it's halfway there!
me
Yeessssss
I still cant believe that someone actually threatened to kill them with a pipe bomb over this.
+Samual Iam Yeah those 80's and 90's vetted were ugly lol
Me too, the Vettecart is the best Roadkill car ever!!!
Probably a close second is the mayhem
Then Rotsun
Then that buick they're working on.
Because Corvette guys are either old as fuck or autistic children...its a worthless 4th gen..who cares.
Not necessarily... I grew up with old Vettes and I love the Vette Kart. I love Vettes but I'm probably not a "Corvette Guy" though because I love lots of other stuff too. I've met plenty of douchebags who would put my '72 down because unlike them I actually drove mine every day and it hadn't been restored within an inch of it's life (by someone else). The guys I've known who actually drove them, modded them and raced them were pretty cool-in other words gearheads like us. The numbers matching resto show car crowd, not so much...
That Corvette had been completely ratted out by the previous owner anyway, these guys managed to make it from junker to something awesome and unique. Then Roadkill made it into a *fucking sweet* buggy in (the most recent as of this writing) Episode 35.
. . . . Is that the same Corvette that Mythbusters used?
[NKH] Plymouth Haefeli I wouldn't be shocked if it were, but Mythbusters *did* sell the engine and trans out of theirs.
Samniss Arandeen They sold the whole deal back then, not just the engine.
[NKH] Plymouth Haefeli i went back and looked and the one from mythbusters had a leather interior and was auto. this one appears to be cloth and its a 4 speed
andrew mac tx for saving me some time in checking myself i was curious
Okay this corvette was left in the desert and flooded l. the interior and exterior were complete junk. Everyone stop bitching and saying they destroyed a corvette because. it was already crap.
Which is it? Desert or flooded??
@@williswhatchutalkinbout4367 Both
For all of the people saying that they destroyed a good corvette. Just remember that buick, the people who make slow cars, made a faster car than the c4's with a v6.
Yes but that was back when emissions took over, and they were experimenting with turbo chargers and shit. GM is still GM, chevy or buick. Vette ran 14 sec quartermile stock with 230 hp, not bad for 230HP - 1990 Zr1 c4 (300hp) would most likely smoke a regal gnx.
ShadowGrave The zr1 wouldn't smoke a gnx, they both run the 1/4 mile in about 13.5.
dragkid185 nice, didnt know for sure. thanks.
TwoWheelJockey most Honda Civic models can easily beat a C4 while stock. Hell, a Toyota Sienna minivan can walk a C4. Still, C4 is a good platform for building a dirt cheap hotrod that doesn't suck. Stock motor is meh, but it doesn't have to be...
Acura TL GTLM No fucking way a Sienna could walk a C4. C4s still have almost 400 pound-feet of torque, and between 250-300+ horsepower. That’s not bad. Not to mention they handle sublimely.
I could tell everyone to stop bitching about them cutting up that old Vette, because they're worthless to me, but I love and restore 70s motorhomes, so who am I to talk? Lol!
You guys should sponsor a different fire/rescue company for every episode. A rescue engine or squad has all the tools to do everything in this video, such as removing doors and cutting vehicle glass, just to name a few tricks. They would be able to showcase their abilities, tools and skills as a part of demonstrating their way of keeping people safe in the event of an emergency on public roads and educate folks by means of a different practical sense. It would also be a great way to support local emergency response companies and raise awareness, while still having fun in a professional setting.
Good idea
Cut it up, there is no harm no foul. Realistically if every one was still around the would never become collectable. Have fun with it then use the engine for some vintage iron. C4 vettes aren't exactly rare by any means.
im a chevy guy but those vettes were ugly as shit so who cares.
Disagree
I want a corvette go-cart now....
C4's can be had for under $3000. And if you're careful when removing the parts you could make some of that back
i read the article. car was abandoned in a desert.
Some people need to chill out and put things in perspective. First off the car was completely clapped out to begin with. Want a complete money pit? Start fixing this thing up. It wouldn't be worth that much fixed up anyway. Yes I understand I don't like trashing stuff either. It would be one thing if they just drove it off a cliff (which honestly would've been pretty funny too) but they made something really cool out of it and proved their point in the process. I love Corvettes, grew up with them (was almost born in one), and was sitting in the passenger seat banging gears for my dad while he was driving since I was old enough to walk. When I was old enough to drive years later, my dad and I fixed it up and I daily drove that very same '72 I grew up in through high school, college, and for years after that with a suit on haha and no AC in Florida, and I STILL have it. Makes me a lot more of a "Vette guy" than some obnoxious douche bag who paid for someone else to restore or outright bought a restored car and now thinks he's hot shit and is now an authority on the subject. Kinda like the annoying all of a sudden weekend warrior Harley crowd who buys the bike and all the clothing to go along with it. REAL Vette guys love the Vette Kart.
I know this was just an experiment, but it still pissed me off. A sweet paint job could have been a sweet ride. :/ - Prolly cuz I own an 86 in good condition.
The inside of that car looked like it was trashed. I would of sooner pulled everything from the inside of that junker if I had plans on driving it, frankly I like what they did with it.
***** LOL dude that story is hilarious! HAHAHAHA. Spray on tan 80's guy with a crackwhore? Hey bro the car was a gift to me. I don't go around hot rodding. The car is 220hp and does like a 13s quarter mile. LOL, trust me it's not an ego thing. BUT it's very fun to cruise with the top off in the mountains and IMO it looks good stylistically. True, it lacks in power but I think it still has lots of torque off the line.
ShadowGrave
Honestly the only good thing about these ld smogged v8's is for a dirt cheap amount of cash and a little bit of work and you can have them pushing 300 hp without any issues. All in what you get for it and how you do it.
jr540123 Ya I was thinking about that, opening up the intake, few other stuff. These cars look good with the top off and windows down. Very fun to cruise after a carwash. People think they are like worth 20k LOL..
new paint would not fix the amount of problems it had
goes to show that colin chapman was always right. 2.3 seconds on such a short track is a massive improvement. and all simply by pulling off useless stuff and some slight setup adjustments. imagine if this thing had a better weight distribution. like if you'd make it mid-engined. it would be a weapon. and basically a slightly overweight lotus 2-eleven
Is this the car that became the Vette Cart? Frankly, it was much cooler as the Cart, this was a junker before they cut it up.
+Jane Roxanne Beamon Yeah, it's the Vette Kart.
Very cool.
Frankly, I don't see why people were upset, that thing would have cost far more to fix up than it was worth.
Vette guys are strange, I guess.
Not just the Vette Kart, it's Finnegan very first story on Hot Rod Magazine.
It was a junker when it left the factory
Hm, I've got an idea. Short body Corvette, with the fuel tank frame off and with fuel tank in the former boot. Gonna look maaad.
I own a 94 LT1 to see the carnage involved to shed weight reminds me of the divorce I just went thru and how much I lost it hurt to watch both but change is good I WANNA GO FAST!
I just got an '84 for $300 and I already have the Sawzall, sooooo I'll be using this video as my in/destruction manual. Oh, I'm going with twin turbos because some already took the intake manifold off that had twin Crossfire injection. I'm going to put it back on except I'll be adding the hairdryers to 'blow through.' IDK if it will work because this is an eBay twin turbo kit so I'll just be "wingin' it." Anyone wanna buy some Vette body parts? LoL
What a great way to make a cheap Exocet! I bet the market on trashed C4s has been vastly improved due to this video and there will be guys looking to make track cars like this. To the nay sayers clill out we are not talking about a C1 here and there are still plenty of the 225,000 C4s in the world for you to love. Props to HotRod on this!!!
Ahh Finn's first Hot Rod story!
#finnsnumber1fan
#dfnumber1fan
Much ado about nothing from the "Vette crowd since Vettes, especially mid-80's Vettes suck anyway. And always have.
Great to see these improvements! I feel the same way about corvettes!
Somehow I got it in my head that the Vette kart was the C4 the mythbusters let 2 pigs decompose in for 3 months....
That's all these cars are good for!!
The boys at the body shop can buff this right out.
Oh boy, that is so funny and original! I have never heard that before, did you come up with that all by yourself!?.... Dork!
Kenny DeMartini Dickweed
Am I the only one that was bugged by the ac compressor sitting on the front of that motor?
The birth of vette cart
of course you losing control. your ruining the rigidity of the car.
make a dune buggy out of it
ahhh little do you know
i think they should make it into a awsome v8 go kart.... oh wait
normally i like roadkill, but seeing rippin this thing apart really hurts
honestly that looks like a great base for a whole new car XD
yeah you could almost make a hill climber out of it
AM GONNA DO THIS TO MY CAR p.s its ok because 93 crown Vic derby car
Looks like it was flood damaged
This was mentioned in the latest FWF episode. I’ve been following these guys since 2013-2014 and have never seen this video and the beginnings of the Vette Cart till now.
Weld a model A cab to that thing and you would have one badass "ratrod"
It's great to see that ROADKILL revived this project to make it into a killer project. I am sure that old corvettes are going to be SO expensive on craigslist now, even junky ones if people want to make vette-karts.
Oh cool, that's the Vette that was slower than a Buick right?
Is this where cleetus mcfarland got his idea for Leroy
He actually bought Leroy all cut up
This is the essence of what hot rodding is. Taking a factory vehicle that was already engineered and making it faster for as little money as possible with form following function (for worse most of the time) in the tireless pursuit of speed. I am glad Hot Rod isn't all about diaper polished billet rods that cost 6 figures and never see rain. I want Hot Rod to be a man's magazine with humor, ingenuity and fun. Thanks guys this really entertained me.
Chad Reynolds involved with an ultra-light car and Mike Finnegan involved with removing a hood, this is prophetic of their futures.
its a corvette, who cares.............
elle fait parti de la série corvette et je trouve dommage de casser cette corvette :(
awwwwww lol
I think what it was (at the end) is that the suspension was too stiff for how light the car was, they should have softened it up a bunch.
you should do a road kill with this car
im a c4 fan 96 lt4 , and i want to tear one apart, When tearing one apart save the parts, you might want them later, when making mods always save the stock stuff your removing. , they have value and you might wanna put them back on after your mod don't work out.. that clam hood costs 1100 bucks at least. some c4 parts cannot be found anymore. obviously these guys don't have a vested interest in the car.
the vette cart is one of the most awesome vehicles of all time!
Vette cart pre puberty
well, maybe I wanted that car
Watch roadkill ep. 35
this is the long version because they made a story about this one
they made a really afordable ariel atom.
doing this with a newer model corvette like a c6 z06 with the aluminum frame would be light weight morso
So, I hate to be that import-guy that watches Hot Rod Magazine's videos (even though I am.) But I have to point out that to get similar weight figures to Japanese Imports of the vintage, they had to remove literally everything. LITERALLY everything. At which point, even the performance was ruined. Now, if an import (an S13, for instance) had similar power figures, which is wholly possible, you get into true sports car territory.
HAHA , I would pay money to see them butcher a Vette a day !!! This was most satisfying . Only topped by the kid driving wearing a big ass Blue Oval on his driving suit.... Priceless guys.... Priceless !!
I love the Tech stuff the Hot Rod Magazine guys do but, hacking up a Vette! That is Kind of showing us what rich douche bags do when they get bored. Where did that optima yellow top battery end up? That 200 dollar Battery is the first thing that should have been taken for weight savings.
I wonder how this would work with my 96 Buick Roadmaster sedan. The LT1 has power, but not enough to make this 4200 pound car move well. I wonder how light I can get it? I might have to try 🤔
stock 3,243 lbs thats still very light !!! need more h.p !!!! because the victory corvette won't sell it only 350 v8 and 383 and 427 and 454 until u buy it then they can be very faster ! but most stock 305 v8 only 235 h.p think I'm not sure .
Love it. No matter what you do, you are going to piss off a few people. An 85 is not a great Vette, although an 84 would have been even better, with the misfire injection.
love that passenger seat wiring harness lol
I like how your test pilot went and put his flame suit on once you hacked the back off and left the fuel tank hanging out the ass.
Who's here because they just watched Faster with Finnegan?
And of course all the previous roadkill episodes with vette cart.
Little did they know that 4 years later, they would make the Vette buggy outta that sucker. and it would be AWESOME.
I remember the Caddy hack. I guess that makes me old. It did a great job of demonstrating power to weight ratios.
You are so right. It's all about power to weight ratio. Not more.
Still watching this 6 years later
As the proud owner of a ruby 95 it's sad to see a Vette this trashed. But kind of funny to see one that's headed for the bone yard anyway stripped down and hammered. Still ran OK lol
Even though it was hard to watch it get cut up (I have an '85 and love it). That car was trashed. If i got it it would probably be a parts car or I would do the same thing. I wish I could have got the speakers from them tho. Someone pulled the stock stereo in mine.
I have an 85 too, metallic silver.
I have a non working radio im about to toss if your by indiana
interesting to see frieburger just casually mention Finnegan around 4:00 lol since this is before Finnegan really got introduced, i think this was actually his first story? correct me if im wrong
You saw the chopped up Corvette on the pic for the video, you saw the title saying "Hot Rod Corvette Hack - The Long Version". Yet you still click on the video only to complain. Everyone else in the comments seems to enjoy the video but you. You also said it didn't make sense to you, let me explain.. This was a junk car they was having fun with and making an example of weight reduction. Simple enough?
I'm not a corvette fan and i sure don't like american cars so much as to consider them priceless but taking a car that is in decent condition and cutting it up for pointless fun is stupid. There is no point whatsoever. None. This is stupid people fun. Only a moron gets fun factor from destroying things. Cheap fun for cheap people. And for all the text "protect old stock" etc all i can read here it's "stick with the old soul on the front because it makes the bucks".
My question is, what was the fucking point of this exercise? Yeah, you hacked it all to fuck (which was dumb to begin with), so what were you trying to prove, exactly? When a car weighs less it makes it faster, or when suspension/rigidity is compromised, it doesn't go as fast in corners? Who didn't know that? What will you do w it now? Drive it? Hah! Sell it? You trashed most of the valuable parts you could have had "beer money" with. For a car mag to do this, it's just fucking ignorant.
I just read the Magazine with this article in it...
i really enjoyed listening to the whiners on the Corvette Forum bitch and moan...
one comment was that HOT ROD destroyed a Piece of C4 history.... UM HELLOOOO the C4 is a dark moment in Corvette History.. i think its one of those things that GM wishes they could forget.. up until they went to the convex tail- lights... plus this Vette was a POS when they started with it
I enjoyed this
Owning a C4, its cool to see this haha
Their kinda ugly tho
Aww that's cute. I've parted out, cut up, and thrown more corvettes in the trash than you will probably ever drive. You learn real fast how overrated and terribly built corvettes are, especially C4's. My family has had a corvette restoration shop for 32 years so I spent many summers parting out cars. Get over yourself.
The car was junk as I said. They are in Cali, they have very high smog laws on cars there. The car failed and was no longer street legal. They had fun with it. You don't need to have an argument to show an example, make a point, or have fun! Fun isn't always logical, if it is, then you're doing it wrong! Do you see how it works?
its a mid 80s corvette, it wasn't the best time for corvettes. it didnt look good and it didnt handle very well. the dash was all electronic, they thought that this was the future for cars but it was just shitty. I love corvettes but the c4 was bad, it was when a lot of cars went to shit like the camaro and the mustang.
that corvette was pretty fucked up by the time they got it...with a standard 350 in it, and a manual trans (that they most likely saved) it wasn't all that valuable. it looked like it had had an interior fire, and had been vandalized. it was going to be scrapped, but they proved a point and had fun doing it. fuck the haters, I enjoyed this video.
the only risc i see with doing this is that you loose some of the structural integrity so the chassis ends up flexing in the corners. Other than that, softer spring rates and low tire pressure with the correct suspension geometry on that car should be really fun
Seriously people?? This 'Vette was roached. The interior was.. GONE. The Paint was... FADED all to hell, and it didn't even have the correct fuel/air intake system! It was carbed!
That car was ready to be scrapped, and because it was a C4 gives it all the more reason. Stop bitching.
Does anybody know what "AMF" means? I've seen that a few places as well as on the rear of this Corvette.
Because 1974-1986 Vettes where shit, just like all American cars were during the Emissions years. There is a reason you see a lot of love for pre 1974 and post 1986 when EFI and newer technologies finally let cars have power and performance again.
So.. basically you are saying you either leave positive comments on cars that is up to your standards, you leave vulgar/nasty comments towards women you think is attractive, or you complain and tear down everything that doesn't make sense to you?
put those chinese turbos on it
put those chinese turbos on it
put those chinese turbos on it
put those chinese turbos on it
put those chinese turbos on it
put those chinese turbos on it
put those chinese turbos on it
put those chinese turbos on it
it just seems like a waste to gain about 5-6 seconds off a ride for no reason. That looked like it might of been a great father/ son project to redo, but it is true it isnt anybody place to say what to do to a car that isnt yours
it looks like a cool way to destroy a car. dont want to be a complainer but( i know the but) you should show the use of jackstands or bracing to support the car so kids dont try the same thing in the future. cool hack cant wait for next installment
Is Chad Reynolds the same person as Kowboy on History Channel's American Restoration show?
should have probably kept the windscreen for the aerodynamics, maybe tilted it back more
No one wants these corvettes. Trust me. They can be worth 5-10 grand and they sometimes ARE worth it but no one wants to spend that kind of money on bla 80's taste and the same interior quality/styling as a 1990 chevy pick up.
This isn't hot rodding. This is a side-show, a sad attempt to attract attention at any costs. Guess what, this isn't how you will be a successful publication in the 21st century. Make great cars. That will keep you going.
why not just unbolt the body and race the friggin chassis around with the guy in a wicker seat after he's had a dodgey curry the night before.
I know that 80's Corvettes aren't desirable YET, but someday they will be. The drivetrain and body looked fine from the video, it just looked like the interior was trashed. Even if it didn't pass emissions in super-restrictive California, it would be legal in areas without DEQ requirements. Seems like a waste to me. Just my opinion, as a Corvette enthusiast.
Man I'll give you guys my 2004 mustang gt you can do whatever you want to it as long as you guys throw a blower on their for me ;) and you can use it for your show for free lol.. it's a win/win haha.
That's the dead pig car from "Myth-Busters". They put two dead pigs in it and sealed it up then put it in a steal box for a few months. that is why the thing is no longer worth driving on the road!
Yeah that's basically all I was trying to get through to that guy.. He couldn't understand the car was no good anymore and they was just having fun while showing how much difference weight can make.
i found this looking up what a naked corvette would perform like. it would be nice if this car ended up in the hands of a hobbyist track racer and was finished properly. i'd love to see that.
You had fun wrecking a car. Why not just put some corvette running gear in a small tube chassis to prove that "light is right ": Simple get one of those factory five super car kits....too easy. ha ha ha
I just love the Hot Rod videos for better or worse the are cool.! How much fun would it be to get paid to do all that crap !!!!!!
We got a Chevy corvette and we are going to cut it up where should we do this oooo I know TOYOTA raceway
Thanks for sharing this, much appreciated.
@HotRodMagazine are you guys ever gonna bring this back with the sticky tires, better suspension, and other goodies. You hinted at that but I've yet to see it.
I don't know man, I mean, they're fun to drive, but they're so damn small inside. I'm 5'10 155 pounds and I don't fit in a C4 comfortably... I'm thinking that might negatively effect their collectability.
should have given it a quick paint and a clean first. make it look like you were cutting up a good one. that would have brought the haters out.