Update & Photos: Corvette w/ Stude Champion 170!

I spotted this oddball over on the Studebaker forum. I reckon its one step from a diesel corvette.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

cool....

Points for creativity if not for anything else.

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1982 300SD " Wotan" ..On the road as of Jan 8, 2007 with Historic Tags

Perfect example of having a car which needs a motor and a motor that needs a car.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

I wonder what that engine weighs compared to small and big-block Chevy engines.

As far as power plant quality goes, taking out an SBC and replacing it with a studebaker six is an upgrade.

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2001 SLK 320 six speed manual
2014 Porsche Cayenne six speed manual

Annoy a Liberal, Read the Constitution

Different. I'd rather see a Duramax in a Vette. That would be pretty cool.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.

The little champion six is pretty small. 170 CI I believe and I bet it doesn't weigh 400#.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

My guess is a bare 5.7L GM block weighs just under 200#

People living in the past are sad.

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I'd like to build a Cobra kit car with a 617 motor and the 240 4 spd. At least that car would be pretty light. The Corvette of that year is around 3500 lbs. Every Corvette I sat in gave me claustrophobia. I felt better in a Lotus Europa than in a Corvette.

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1986 300SDL, 362K
1984 300D, 138K

The human head weighs 8 pounds!

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

The female celebrity ones from Hollywood weigh less.

They are full of air.

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

Its certainly interesting, but the idea that he did it for fuel economy I struggle to believe. 90hp and 4.56 gears in a 3500lb car, not so much.

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68 280SL - 70 280SL - 70 300SEL 3.5 - 72 350SL - 72 280SEL 4.5 - 72 220 - 72 220D - 73 450SL - 84 230GE - 87 200TD - 90 190E 2.0 - 03 G500

Nissan GTR - Nissan Skyline GTS25T - Toyota GTFour - Rover Mini - Toyota Land Cruiser HJ60 - Cadillac Eldorado - BMW E30 - BMW 135i

He says he gets 23 highway. I imagine that car with its original engine would have gotten less than 20 depending on transmission and rear diff.

Other than that though, he may love simplicity which a flathead six has in spades, and serviceability.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.