Labels:bulletin board | daily | monitor | sky OCR: The 1957 Corvette marked Chevrolet's first attempts to put the Corvette on the map as serious performance car rather than the sports, 'tourer the car started out as in 1953 For the 57 'Vetts, Chevrolet bored the 265 V-8 out to 283 and added fuel injection for better performance The Corvette could now make nearly 300 horse- power and was an undisputed champ in straight line acceleration but the primitive suspension kept the Corvette off the podium in road racing competition. Their lack of success diminished GM' assistance of Corvette racing program but many privateers continued to race the Corvettes with reasonable success throughout the 50s. rorvette straighi tbroushour
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