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1963 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray
Manufacturer:Chevrolet
Year:1963-67
Weight:N/A
Engine:396cu. V-eight
Capacity:5356-7000cc.
Horsepower:425bhp - 560 bhp
Torque:415lb/ft @ 4000rpm
Transmission:Three speed manual, two-speed auto, or four-speed manual
Powertrain Layout:Front Engine/RWD
0-60 mph:5.6 seconds
Top Speed:118-145mph
No. Produced:21,513 (1963)
Coupes Produced:10,594 (1963)
Convertibles produced:10,919 (1963)
Engine Choices:327/250; 327/300; 327/340; 327/360 (1963)


1967 Stingray

1963 Stingray


Model:1967 Stingray
Number produced:22,940
Coupe8,504
Convertible14,436
Engine Choices: 327/300; 327/350; 427/390; 427/400; 427/435; 427/"430"(560)
Major Options: Four-speed manual transmission; positraction rear axle; auxiliary hardtop for convertibles; power steering; sidemount exhausts; cast-aluminum wheels
A range of small-block 5.4 V-eight engines were offered, from a base model giving 250bhp to a 300bhp L76 with solid tappets and a higher 11.25:1 compression ratio. The latter was available with the famous Rochester fuel injection, unleashing a further 20bhp. The performance of the relatively light Corvette was electrifying, with 0-60 in 5.6 seconds. Tramissions were either three-speed manual, two-speed auto, or usually, four-speed manual.

Each year of production brought minor cosmetic and technical chagnes, but the big news for the 1965 model was the big-block 396cu in V-eight engine, packing a colossal 425bhp and 415lb/ft of torque at 4000 rpm. Now sporting four-wheel disc brakes to keep the huge performance in check, the engine went to a full seven liters adn in 1966 could be had with hydraulic tappets, lower-compression L36 form with a "soft" 390bhp or a solid-lifter, high-compression L72 with 425bhp. The small-block cars, slower but better balanced that the seven-litre machines, remained in prodcution through the fuel-injection version faded away as demand for the big-block took over.

The lasy year for Stingray was 1967. It offered with 300 adn 350bhp small-blocks and big-blocks ranging in output from 390 to 435bhp depending on carburation and compression ratio.

For racers, there was the L88 engine, giving 560 bhp on 103 octane petrol. With its sky-high 12.5:1 compression ratio, alloy heads and fancy forged crank, this car was virtually unusable on the road anyway. The catalogues rated it at "only" 430bhp to keep GM bosses, safety legislators and unworthy owners at bay. For the 1968 model year the new "Coke bottle" Stinray was announced, a worthy successor that, somehow, never recaptured the sporting spirit of the 1963-67 Stingrays.


-car requested by Brian Daley