That's fine. It's your opinion, and a good one that is pretty much true.

Just don't bash me too hard when I buy one someday and come here to show off what I'm so proud to finally own.

It may not be as attractive as an LT1 Camaro nose, but as far as I'm concerned, only one car from 1993 to 1997 is better looking than an LT1 Camaro, and that's the Viper GTS. The Callaway C8 is 3rd on my list as far as front ends go.

1. Viper GTS
2. Camaro
3. Callaway C8

So what I'm saying is, while it may not be as beautiful as a regular Camaro nose, it's pretty nice anyway.

 

Thats cool man. I read an article about them making a commemorative edition for 2002 but I didn't realize they only made two. I'm disappointed they didn't make one in black as that is my favorite color for the callaways. I have that article somewhere although I'm sure you already have it. I'm going to make note of your screen name for future reference on the C8s.

 

That's cool dude, yeah, keep track of me. If you have any questions or requests, send me a PM. Until I get my article ready to post on my 4th Generation Camaro History site, I'm not going to blab too much about C8s publicly on here, or there will be no reason for anybody to read the final article.

The issue you're talking about is probably Autoweek. There was also a short article in a magazine called Machine Design if I remember correctly. The Autoweek one was the longest about the Commemorative C8s.

 

Yeah that is the one. I had actually forgotten which magazine it was in but that is it.

 

I also have never liked the looks of ANY of the Callaway designs. Never understood the point of putting holes behind the rear wheels.
so no competition from me. Y'all can have them. I've been to their place in Con., really nice folks.

 

I was at G7 and have some pics of it somewhere not on this comp.
I will look for them. I think the was also a Tojan there that year as well.

 

Cool! Please post them at full size, or email them to me. My email address should be on my profile, if not, it's brangeta at gmail.com

 

A lot of air gets trapped under the car right there, and those vents let it escape. That's the theory behind it. I wasn't at the wind tunnel testing.

 

Not crazy about the Callaway cars at all. Just seems to throw the proportion of the car off.

 

97 vettes look rather sexy:fact

 

I remember reading about this car when I was a kid in 1995. The C8 exterior was designed by Paul Deutschman, a montrealer, who also designed the C16 vette.

I remember thinking how cool this car was back then and thinking to myself if I ever bought a 93-97 camaro I would transform it into a Callaway... I can think of alot of things now that I would rather do with the 35k$ in parts alone that it would cost

It's a cool car nonetheless, and if I was stupid rich I would probably do it.

 

looks like camaro plastic surgery gone horribly bad.

 

I know why they're there. I was being satirical! I think their design is ugly. And I'm not sure they're even functional?
The Jaguar nose has been done to many times, over to many years, on to many cars. It's emblematic of a lazy designer. Also don't think the nose is proportional to the rest of the car, to long.
Design/style is a very personal thing, and not many people will agree no what looks good.

 

Definitely true. I like the C8. But there are a lot of cars I don't like the looks of that are really popular. I think every Mustang ever made (up until 2005 and excluding the old Shelby Mustangs) look ridiculous. I guess the '00-'04 Saleen Mustangs looked fairly good as well. The rest... eh... don't like any of them. It's all a matter of opinion, which I'm cool with.

I love 4th generation Camaros, so I want to own one of the first 4th gen supercars. In these days of better engines, starting with the LS1, the C8 doesn't seem like much of a supercar horsepower-wise, but it still is by all accounts. Callaway started with a 275 hp '93 LT1 and made it into a 404 hp emissions compliant, easy to drive monster. (The first Callaway SuperNatural Camaro was a '93 Pace Car replica--it didn't receive the bodykit... and I am dying for pictures of this car). You could even get further work done to it to create a 450 hp emissions compliant 383. They modified the looks of the car in order to get a lower coefficient of drag, and they succeeded. They offered luxury leather interiors to replace the standard leather or cloth in the Z28 they started with (not many of the cars have this interior). Etc.

A GMMG ZL1 or Dick Harrell would be cool, but I like how sleek the C8 looks. Plus, I have a sentimental attachment to the LT1.

There are two other reasons... I can get a C8 much cheaper than a ZL1 or Dick Harrell (can't afford either of those, even a Phase 1), and I like the '93-'96 dash layout better.

 

I didn't like the C8s for a loooonnnng time, but after looking at those pics, id drive one in a heartbeat.