Teal Indy Beretta
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im pretty sure the pace car was that fast...its not like stock LQ1 or anything...that motor was originally built to make 300hp...if it was with a manual it prolly had 300hp...the only reason GM rebuilt to the motor to only 210hp was the fact the auto trannies couldnt hold the power no matter what they did...all this is under the assumption that it is the LQ1(no pictures to confirm it) but it is known that wbodies that weigh 3400lbs have gone 15.0-15.3 with the stock LQ1 and a 5spd...
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PSiedTSi wrote:
im pretty sure the pace car was that fast...its not like stock LQ1 or anything...that motor was originally built to make 300hp...if it was with a manual it prolly had 300hp...the only reason GM rebuilt to the motor to only 210hp was the fact the auto trannies couldnt hold the power no matter what they did...all this is under the assumption that it is the LQ1(no pictures to confirm it) but it is known that wbodies that weigh 3400lbs have gone 15.0-15.3 with the stock LQ1 and a 5spd...15 is totaly realistic but not the 13 that someone else had posted earlyer
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If you re-read the damn thing you will understand that the replicas did not have that much horse power, but the pace cars did. And as it states in the first sentence there were 75 produced. No one was arguing that a replica did, I was stating the pace car did.
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The 1990 Indy Beretta Pace Car is truly unique. Only 75 of these cars were
ever produced...one paced race, and two were on pit row during the Indy 500.
The Beretta convertables were built by and converted by Cars & Concepts. These
cars were actually Beretta GT's, which had been throughly modified. The roof
was cut, the chasis modified, and the tops were powered and had real glass with
a window defogger. The cars were fitted with modified 206-cid ohv V-6 (3.4L V-6)
engines which yielded 225 (SAE net) horspower. The Indy Pace car (according to
Chevrolet) could do 0-60 in 5.8 seconds; a 1/4 mile in 13.8 seconds@105mph.
Hydramatic 4T60-E transmissions were also added. Chevrolet invested an enormous
amount of money into the berettaindy program. Unfortunanlty, the Indy convertible
didn't meet the standards thatGM had set forth. For example, the fiberglass
three piece boot made the car alittle difficult to handle. The company flew a
technician in to refit the front and rear suspension with many new components
before race day. Contrary to common belief, 7500 pace car replicas were produced
in order to celebrate the Beretta's Indy 500 appearence. *So yes LIKE I SAID before 13.8 from a n/a fwd conv, pace car yes, the replica no, is still quite impressive for the time.
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