The Experimental Factory Turbo C3 Corvettes!!!

In this video, we take a closer look at an article from MotorTrend about Chevrolet's Experimental C3 Turbo Corvettes.

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The C3 Turbo Corvette was an experimental answer to the issues of CAFE standards, inflation, and the EPA. Some ideas that came from the testing would go on to become a part of other legendary GM vehicles such as the Buick Grand National, but the ultimate "What if" is the experiment of using forced induction before the development of many of the sophisticated systems used in the Small Block family of engines such as fuel injection (introduced in the 1980's) and coil over wire ignition systems that we know from the LS and on. One could argue this would have set the bar higher for each generation later, and the standards of around 500HP on the showroom floor we know today would have been hit in the 90's-2000's.