Corvette engineers did quite a good power team on the 1975-80 L82 350 4 speed, all things considered. R&T got 0-60 in 7.7 seconds 16 second 1/4 flat in 1979, not bad for the era and 1/2 the price of a Porsche 911 SC. Although the 911 SC took 6.7 seconds.
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