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The Corvette Stingray was a privately funded concept car that formed a basis for the second (C2) generation Corvette Sting Ray. The Stingray racer-concept car was designed by Pete Brock, the youngest designer to work at GM at that time, Bill Mitchell, GM Vice President of styling, and Larry Shinoda in 1957. The basis of the Stingray was the 1957 Corvette SS, a stillborn racing project. The Stingray exists today with a 327-cubic-inch (5.4 L), fuel-injected V-8 of 375 hp (280 kW).

Corvette Stingray History
Corvette Stingray Design and development
The Stingray used elements of the still-born Q-Corvette design study as well as the SS underpinnings, featuring a 92-inch (2,337 mm) wheelbase. The new car was exceptionally light, with a dry weight of 2,200 pounds, nearly 1,000 lb (450 kg) lighter than a 1960 production car. Its fuel-injected small-block 283-cubic-inch (4.6 L) V-8 engine produced 315 horsepower (235 kW) at 6,200 rpm. The Stingray body design strongly influenced the styling of the next generation Corvette, which saw production as a 1963 model. It also was a test bed for many technical developments, including the four-speed manual transmission, extensive use of aluminum and a de Dion rear suspension.

Corvette Stingray Operational history
Billed as a car "built to test handling ease and performance," Bill Mitchell arranged to race the car quite extensively. In the hands of Dr. Dick Thompson, it made its debut at Maryland's Marlboro Raceway on 18 April 1959, finishing in fourth place. It went on to win an SCCA National Championship in 1960. The Stingray was then retired from racing and modified by Mitchell with, among other things, a passenger seat added. The modified vehicle was exhibited as an experimental show car even while Mitchell regularly drove it personally on weekends. After its career as a concept car was finished, it was retained by the GM Design Studio as a historically significant vehicle.

Corvette Stingray Specifications
1957 Stingray Racer
Frame:Space frame
Body: Fiberglass
Engine location: Front
Drive type: Rear wheel
Weight: 2,200 lb (1,000 kg)
Engine
Engine configuration: V
Cylinders: 8
Aspiration/Induction: Normal
Displacement: 283.00 in³ | 4638 cc
Valvetrain: OHV
Power: 315 hp (235 kW) @ 6200 rpm
Torque: 295.00 ft·lbf (400 N·m) @ 4700 rpm
Power-to-weight ratio: 7.0 lb/hp
Power-to-volume ratio: 68.5 bhp/L
Bore: 3.87 in | 98.3 mm
Stroke: 3.00 in | 76.2 mm
Compression Ratio: 11.0:1

Image Courtesy : The motart journal

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