'72 stingray

[99 RS Camaro]

so yea.....i drove my dads new '72 corvette stingray and omg i bout busted a nut...that fuhker is so badass.....god i want a v8, he's
had it for awhile i just keep forgetting to post
oh btw, its an auto, but its still a vette and
still hauls ***......so that makes 3 badass cars in my family, and one badass truck, '71 chevy shortwide with a 383 stroker, a '68 rs camaro, and now this beauty, '72 stingray vette, red, by the way....welp jus thought id post and brag a lil

[odw777]

How fast exactly? Didn't those older vettes have 190hp?

[silverV6firebird]

sounds like a nice collection.

[ThatsMeGC]

I know this won't be popular but... I think Stingrays are ugly. I know they are badass cars I just always thought they were fugly.

That said I would love to take one for a spin. But if my options are classic Stingray or new Z06 I'm taking the Z06.

[odw777]

I think stingrays are one of the best looking cars ever made. Eye of the beholder I guess.

[Question]

What motor?

[99 RS Camaro]

190hp? ha ha so your saying my v6 has more hp? right....350v8 with 350 hp.......i only got up to 80 cuz i was comin up on traffic and after all
it is my dads car and i cant afford to repair and stupid mistakes i make on/in it..but that
fuker dont take long to get to 80

[odw777]

190hp? ha ha so your saying my v6 has more hp? right....350v8 with 350 hp.......i only got up to 80 cuz i was comin up on traffic and after all
it is my dads car and i cant afford to repair and stupid mistakes i make on/in it..but that
fuker dont take long to get to 80

Yeah you think in 72 it made one hp per cubic inch by today's standards? So then it makes the same hp of a c5 vette... Those are sae gross ratings not comparable to today's standards. I'm, not a corvette expert so someone correct me but I know in 75 the base corvette made only 165hp sae net. But that was with all the emission bs, I know I asked one guy how much hp his early 70s stingray made and he told me 190hp, that's why I said that.

If you had the 454 motor it would be quite a bit faster. Don't think it can run with a 350hp c5 vette, because you would be in for a suprise. Still it's an awesome looking car.

[3.4 slow to go]

Originally posted by Question:
What motor?

I was wondering how long it would take for you to chime in ;)

[95FirebirdConvertible]

Damn, nice vette your dad has there. '72 was when GM had there engines ordered in the SAE method. So the LT1 350 V8 that year was rated at 255hp. But the true hp stayed similiar to the previous year ('71) at 330hp.

But if my options are classic Stingray or new Z06 I'm taking the classic Stingray.

[vanbibber]

Originally posted by ThatsMeGC:
I know this won't be popular but... I think Stingrays are ugly. I know they are badass cars I just always thought they were fugly.

That said I would love to take one for a spin. But if my options are classic Stingray or new Z06 I'm taking the Z06.

a vette is a vette. i dont care what year it is i'd drive it.

[99 RS Camaro]

amen bibber.......also it handles awesome for how old it is, also odw777 i wasnt tryin to start nothing with my response i was jsut thinking theirs noway a vette would only have 190hp, but like stated before by another member, im by no means a vette expert, much less an expert at any car....im still very much learning about all this ****t

[99 RS Camaro]

Originally posted by ThatsMeGC:
I know this won't be popular but... I think Stingrays are ugly. I know they are badass cars I just always thought they were fugly.


my god for someone to say that?
the curves on his are ****ing badass
i could stand in the garage and drool over
all the "sexy" lol curves. but to each his own

[kirk98]

I think Stingrays are AWESOME! I would absolutely love to have one someday! My uncle Craig has an '82. VERY classy car! Post a picture of it man! also...

Hey 99 RS Camaro- Believe it or not, there were a few years that the Corvette only had 190 horsepower. I think it was from 1977 til 1982. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong.

vandibber- I hear ya man! I'd drive any Vette, any year!

[Mighty Thor]

I love early late 60's and early 70's vette. Those are the best vette ever in my opinion. My uncle has 5 of them and a ZR1.

I wouldn't mine having one.