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 Callaway Sledgehammer Twin Turbo history by Callaway

 

 :: Callaway Sledgehammer Twin Turbo General Info ::

 Produced in  1988
 Curb Weight  1589kg / 3503 lbs
 Length  4483 mm / 176.5 in
 Width  1803 mm / 70.9 in
 Height  1186 mm / 46.7 in
 Wheelbase  2443 mm / 96.2 in
 Layout  Front Engine RWD
 
 :: Drivetrain ::
 Engine  L98 tuned port motor
 Displacement  5.7 Liters 2733 cc / 348.8 cu in
 Valvetrain  xxx
 Fuel Fed  Dual Bosh fuel pumps feed the system
 Aspiration  Twin Turbo
 Gearbox  6 speed manual
 
 :: Callaway Sledgehammer Twin Turbo performance stats ::
 Horsepower  898 hp / 669.5 kW @ 6200 rpm
 Torque  772.2 ft/lbs / 1047.0 @ 6200 rpm
 Redline  Unknown
 Power to weight ratio  0.56 hp/kg
 0-100 km/h | 0-60 mph  Roughly 3.9 to 4.0 seconds
 0-160 km/h | 0-100 mph  Unknown
 400 m | 1/4 mile  10.6 seconds
 Top Speed  254.8 mph / 409.9 km/h
 
  :: Callaway Sledgehammer Twin Turbo Additional Info ::
 
 SledgeHammer
 Text of Article by D. Randy Riggs, Vette
 Magazine, 1989

 When the call came last October, I was
 ready. It was time to jump in the car,
 make a banzai run to the airport and hop
 a plane bound for Columbus, Ohio. As
 the lone journalist invited to what is
 normally a top-secret Callaway test
 session, I felt a tremendous sense of
 anticipation. I was about to witness a top-
 speed attempt in a streetable Corvette
 that stretched the limits of my
 imagination .
 
 In the Columbus Airport, I met Tim Good,
 Callaway's chief engineer, and together we
 drove off in a rental car up Route 33 to
 Bellefontaine, just a short distance from
 East Liberty and one of the finest high-
 speed facilities in the world, the

 Transportation Research Center, recently purchased from the state by Honda. Just imagine a 7.5
 mile oval with steeply banked turns and straightaways so long it's difficult to see where they end.

 At TRC, the Callaway group was about to make the first test of a project car that had consumed
 their time for the better part of six months and had occupied their thoughts and note pads since
 August of 1987, when the Callaway Top Gun Corvette blew away everybody in a Car and Driver
 shootout known as the Gathering of Eagles.

 The Top Gun Callaway Corvette had run 231 mph on a hot August day, spectacular to say the
 least,but the car was not nice to drive. The No Smoking light hadn't even gone out on the return
 flight from the Gathering of Eagles when Reeves Callaway began making a laundry list of things
 he was unhappy with on Top Gun. Things such as absence of low-speed drivability and A/C and
 un-Callawaylike rough mannerisms. Reeves found himself asking no one in particular, "Can I
 build a real version of that car?"

 During a meeting with Corvette chief engineer Dave McClellan, Reeves was discussing the cover
 of an automotive publication that featured his Callaway, with the cover line, "Des Is Der Hammer."
 In German, the word hammer is a neat way of implying significant power. McClellan joked to
 Reeves,"Das Is Der Sledgehammer!" The name stuck.

 And over dinner, just before Christmas last year, Reeves told me he thought it was possible to
 build a Callaway Corvette with all the creature comforts of his standard twin-turbo beauty, yet one
 that would have the speed of a fast private aircraft, 250 mph. And he drew out a formula on a
 napkin that showed just how much power would be required to push a slippery vehicle through the
 air at those speeds, nearly 1,000 horsepower!

 Then along came the impetus to build such a vehicle. The German magazine Auto Motor und
 Sport invited Callaway to the Nardo highspeed track in Italy to run a top-speed contest against a
 Porsche 959 and a Ferrari F40, supplied by their respective factories. The only problem was the
 deadline; Callaway, a small company, couldn't finish the car in time to meet it, since a project of
 this magnitude stretches both personnel and financial reserves.

 In Italy, the run went off with driver supreme Walter Roehrl piloting the factory Ferrari and
 Porsche. The tricked-out Ferrari actually ran slower than a stocker, at 198 mph and the tweaked
 959 went 210 mph.

 As it turned out, Ferrari and Porsche were extremely pleased that Callaway was a no-show.

 By the time Callaway went to TRC in the middle of October last year, the trip to Italy had been
 canceled but the lofty goals still loomed on the horizon. Reeves was going to build a Corvette with
 250-mph capability, stable and comfortable at all speeds, avoiding the nickel-rocket syndrome of
 hard-to operate clutches, high interior noise, high driver-compartment temperatures and fumes in
 the cockpit.

 Because of the Callaway performance image, Reeves feels that the company needs to
 demonstrate its capability time and time again, to let people know it is here. A rolling laboratory,
 such as this 250-mph car, would certainly drive home an image of Callaway as the supreme
 performance vehicle.

 In June of '88, things got serious at Callaway. Most important the financial aspect of the project
 was approved. Chief engineer Tim Good then produced a project outline, and he began putting
 together the team for the project, now officially codenamed Sledgehammer.

 In addition to Tim Good and Reeves Callaway, Elmer Coy was assigned as project engineer, a
 person Good describes as "remarkable", because he's a mechanical engineer who knows how
 electrons flow." Dave Hendricks became the project technician, while Talbot Hack provided
 additional engineering assistance, all from within the company.

 Two people outside the organization had impressed Reeves during the year. One was
 Lingenfelter, an NHRA drag racing champion Reeves had met during the Gathering of Eagles.
 "When John's engine broke during a run, he went back to his shop that night and next morning
 he was ready to go again," says Reeves." I like that kind of dedication." John was selected not
 only to share the driving chores with Reeves but to build the engine to Callaway's exacting
 specifications as well. Lingenfelter Racing is located in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and is known for
 excellence in this realm.

 Because Reeves wanted a serious aerodynamic restyle, he sought the services of stylist Paul
 Deutschman from Montreal, whose work he'd seen in several automotive publications. Paul came
 through with an absolutely stunning package. Tony Cicale of the Carl Haas Team, which 
 constructed Mario Andretti's Indy effort, was consulted as an aerodynamicist.
 And, finally, Carroll Smith, a road racing professional who helped manage Shelby's GT-40s to
 LeMans victories back in the '60s and is author of Tune to Win, was contracted for chassis
 engineering.

 The team used an '88 production Callaway as a base, car No. 51, to be exact, and work began in
 earnest. As Tim Good sums it up, "You can really do anything when you put together the right
 people."

 To prove their point about street capability, the Sledgehammer had been driven from Callaway
 headquarters in sleepy Old Lyme, Connecticut, to the TRC facility in Ohio. It was then driven
 home after the tests were completed.

 I first spotted the Sledgehammer in the hotel parking lot at sunrise, the morning after I'd arrived.
 Hard to believe a vehicle with such potential can be driven to the hardware store. Yet there it was,
 parked next to a Dodge van. And the styling was far better in the flesh than anyone had
 conveyed to me.

 Even though the group had arrived in the wee hours, it was off to TRC early on the morning of
 October 20, for there was much to be done. Once at the facility, the Sledgehammer got a going-
 over from one end to the other, and it was here that one could begin to appreciate the incredible
 effort that had gone into the car.

 The team began with a Bowtie block with four-bolt caps and a Cosworth SIGMA finished crank,
 cross-drilled to facilitate rod oiling for high loads. Clevite 77 bearings were fitted. A Houdaille fluid
 damper was used, in standard Corvette diameter, to clear discharge pipes. Crower rods were also
 fitted, along with Jesel roller rockers with a Jesel stud girdle. Crane supplied the roller lifters.

 Oiling is via an in-pan-style Barnes dry-sump system, which holds l0 quarts of Mobil l synthetic,
 the brand specified in production Callaway cars. The tank fits in the spot normally occupied by the
 HVAC (heating/ventilation/air conditioning) system, now moved to the right rear storage
 compartment in a custom-built arrangement. Oil cooling is provided by coolers mounted in the
 nose on each side of the car.

 Cosworth pistons were specially made for Sledgehammer. Jeff Roper, experienced in running
 Turbo Buick V6 motors at Indy, designed them, with Buick Indy motor skirts. Speed Pro plasma
 moly rings were fitted.

 Cam Techniques supplied the camshaft. which was designed by Dave Generous. Surprisingly, the
 cam is not that aggressive, but very special to aid highway performance. Brodix supplied the No.
 12 heads, which were drilled and tapped to accept standard Callaway front engine dress. The
 heads were O ringed, copper gaskets were fitted, and studs, instead of bolts, were used for
 retention.

 898 horsepower; 6200 rpm in fifth Overdrive equals 254.76 mph!

 Callaway Corvettes are famous for their twin-turbo design, and that concept carries through to the
 Sledgehammer. Originally, they had planned to use a mirror image of their current system, but
 they dropped that plan in favor of a design that they could package on the upcoming ZR1 (yes,
 gang, a twin-turbo ZR1 will be coming from Callaway!).

 Huge Turbonetics T04B-series turbos were used with R. Lee stainless steel wastegates. The
 wastegates can be controlled electronically, through an electronic pressure regulator, or manually,
 through a boost knob in the cockpit. Boost is set at 1.5 bar, or 22 psi. Individual stainless
 exhaust headers were built at Callaway.

 The turbos' location is ingenious; they nestle just behind the front gill panels, rearward of the
 front wheels, one on each side of the vehicle. This location required some amazingly clever
 plumbing work, which runs through 4-inch holes cut in the frame rails. Braces restore the structural
 integrity of the frame. Callaway also fitted the largest-possible intercoolers, which are fed by four
 inlet openings in the restyled nose. Air exits the hood from two rear, stylized outlets.

 Callaway built their own distributor, as well as the fuel pressure regulator, from billet aluminum.
 Dual Bosch fuel pumps feed the system. They went with an English Zytec engine-management
 system, while Rochester Products custom-built special injectors with sequential timing. Fuel rails
 were Callaway's own. An MSD (Multiple Spark Discharge) ignition system provides spark. Its claim
 to fame is high power and proper spark under extremely high cylinder-gas-loading conditions.
 The module is located in the left rear storage compartment. As with all Callaway Corvettes,
 Champion Spark Plugs were used.

 The Zytec is capable of controlling ignition and injector timing, and a Toshiba laptop computer
 was adapted to the system to allow adjustment of fuel and ignition on the fly. It then records the
 information and plays it all back after the car is parked. And here's the best part. The engine
 produces a conservative 898 horsepower on the dyno, more can be had if necessary!

 To keep everything cool, Hack engineered a huge copper/brass radiator with a G&O core
 mounted on a steep angle and fed through ample openings in the nose. It's also supplemented
 by two electric fans mounted on a fabricated bracket.

 Because of the anticipated power delivery, Callaway left nothing to chance on the chassis.
 Goodyear was instrumental in supplying tires for the occasion: ZR40 Gatorbacks from the
 standard production molds, but constructed more like a racing tire. Treads were then shaved to 
 prevent heat buildup and chunking, while mounting was on standard Callaway Dymag magnesium
 rims. Goodyear even sent along tire engineer Reed Kryder, who monitored temperatures and
 pressures.
 
 Koni supplied special shocks of standard Corvette design, but valved and constructed for the task
 at hand. Ride height is about one inch lower than stock, with 44 pounds of air in the tires. Carroll
 Smith then repositioned the lower control arms to control bump steer, something a driver wants to
 avoid while traveling over 200 mph.

 Power delivery goes through a Doug Nash 5-speed built to GTO racing specs and fitted to a
 special overdrive unit through a special adapter. The output shaft is shortened, along with the
 drive shaft. The yokes, axles and Spicer/Dana rear axle unit are specially constructed for strength
 and durability. Behind the left rear fender grille are coolers for both the axle and overdrive unit.
 The right rear fender houses the A/C evaporator. Headers dump into a huge-diameter system
 that presently exits out the rear center of the car. Mufflers are by SuperTrapp.

 At TKC, the rear styling of the Sledgehammer wasn't completed and is being finished at press
 time. Because the car was hampered by a persistent misfire on the drive out to TRC, the crew
 checked a number of items before the car ventured out on the first shakedown runs. And we're
 talking superfast here, just imagine 135-mph warm-ups, speeds faster than most cars are
 capable of. Reeves was doing the driving, while Elmer Coy, strapped in with helmet in place,
 fiddled with the laptop computer. Elmer probably never dreamed an engineering job would put
 him in a 200-mph-plus seat!

 There's tremendous pressure on the team when runs are scheduled. Top speed sessions are
 limited to costly half-hour segments, when TRC personnel clear the track, put timing and
 ambulance crews in place and put many people on hold until the passes are made. And the
 scheduling is done well in advance, so if problems develop you can't cancel out just prior to the
 session. Because of this, the crew worked hard and fast between runs, like a well-orchestrated
 Indy crew. And the pressure was on.

 So just what is the Sledgehammer like to live with? Inside, the car is a bit noisier than a standard
 Corvette, but it's all there, stereo cassette, power windows, A/C and additions include a leather-
 covered roll bar and fire-suppression system cleverly concealed in the storage area. Five point
 restraints are in place for both passengers. Serious stuff.

 Even the digital speedometer read to 255 mph, the highest number you can generate with an 8-
 bit microprocessor. (Ironically, when the car reached its ultimate top speed, the speedo pegged
 and began counting down!)

 Smith, to see how the car was tracking at speed, had placed a piece of tape on the top center of
 the wheel. Because it was straight as an arrow, it was time to step down on that pedal with a little
 more authority.

 Up to 198.6 mph and suddenly smoke appeared from under the car. An oil leak began surfacing,
 and at about the same time the misfire returned. The leak was minor, traced to an oil adapter
 housing in the drysump system. But the misfire was another story, so Sledgehammer returned to
 the garage.

 New spark plug wires were made up, the ground wire was replaced, and a small puncture was
 discovered in a tire. Reeves had parked it just in time. It was also discovered that one of the
 rear axle output shafts was loose in the housing, so a spare rear was bolted in place. Think it's
 easy to go very fast? Think again.

 The day had not gone well, and when we awoke to a driving rainstorm on Friday morning, a sense
 of gloom came over the group. The day would be spent working on the car, which had again
 misfired during a 130-mph run in the rain. Nothing would be proved on that bleak Ohio autumn
 day. To cap it all off, some of the team was coming down with the flu.

 On Saturday, the weather broke, but it was cold and windy, and the car continued to misfire. They
 changed Zytec units, MSD units and virtually every component in the ignition system. Reeves had
 to fly to England, so Sunday would be a time to regroup. But the weather forecast for the following
 week was grim, and Monday graced the team with snow flurries and general misery.

 When Reeves returned from England with a severe cold, he handed over the driving chores to
 Lingenfelter. Tuesday came the breakthrough. The misfire had been traced to three
 contaminated A/C Rochester fuel injectors. One could feel promise return to the air and the mood 
 became decidedly upbeat.

 On Wednesday, a long hard week after arrival, it was time to turn Lingenfelter and the now strong
 running Sledgehammer loose. The first runs registered around the 220 mph mark. Then Tim
 Good noticed the dirt pattern around the front intake gills was flowing out, instead of in.
 Obviously, a low-pressure area had developed at speed, so the engine was starving for air. Small
 scoops were fitted to the gills, and out went Sledgehammer to the concrete oval once again.

 One can't imagine what a streaking 200-mph-plus car sounds like as it flies by, just 100 feet
 away. It's a giant whoosh, more noise coming from the air being displaced than from the engine,
 and this time it was some kind of whoosh.

 The Sledgehammer disappeared into the distance and the walkie-talkie crackled with the answer
 to the question everyone had burned into their mind. How fast? 254.76 mph.

 Das is der Sledgehammer. And how!


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 SledgeHammer!
 text of article in Sport Auto, Germany 1989, Klaus Rosshuber:

 The ultimate sports car is 880 hp, is over 400 km/hr fast and costs $400,000 U.S. These figures
 are impressive by themselves. Now, Sport Auto drives Reeves Callaway's Sledgehammer on the
 streets and measures the sobering numbers this car achieves, overwhelmingly an impressive
 experience.

 "If the Callaway Twin Turbo is a hammer then this car is a sledgehammer." In this manner, Dave
 McClellan concisely described the most ambitious development of the Chevrolet Corvette, the 880
 hp Sledgehammer from Callaway. Coming up with these names, the head engineer of the
 Corvette program was comparing this new Sledgehammer with the standard Callaway Corvette,
 which, with 390 hp, is also no wimp. The nickname stuck.

 Reeves Callaway has defined, in a dominant manner, the final and ultimate expression of the
 legendary American sports car. He says, "of course the Sledgehammer is not a production car, but
 it shows in a spectacular manner our technical capabilities and proves an 880 hp sports car may
 be used in a day-to-day manner, similar to any other Corvette." Callaway's entry into the market,
 dominated by the Ferrari F40, Porsche 959 and Lamborghini Diablo etc., appears in a relatively
 discrete manner as far as this only U.S. sports car, is of itself, discrete in a country where
 toothpaste can only be had in tubes of giant proportion. This seems to exactly fit the bill for what
 is wanted.

 Reeves Callaway, Corvette Tuner Enhancer, has good reason to smile. His Twin Turbo Corvette
 will blow off the collective European supercar field. The wind- tunnel tested developed spoiler set 
 for the Sledgehammer should help minimize lift up to the 400 kilometers per hour top speed.

 Subtlety is the nice part of this package. The Sledgehammer has the dimensions of an entirely
 stock 88 Corvette. It is clad in a specially cut spoiler suit which the Callaway organization will have
 available off the self to other owners. Wheel style is the same as on the normal Twin Turbo
 Corvette, the only distinctive visiting card of the Sledgehammer is on the end of the car that
 people see most, the rear end. Four arm-thick special muffler pipes stick out of the center of the
 rear and for he who doesn't know what he is driving behind, he will hear it. Driving behind this car
 sounds like driving behind a race motor equipped Group C Mercedes, but which race car will sit
 idling comfortably at 800 rpms per minute? As promised, this, the most powerful of sports cars,
 may be driven at the national speed limit with composure and grace.

 Driving like this, the driver can only guess what calamity can be let loose once the right foot is
 depressed. But who could be satisfied with just contemplating this idea? To let loose this
 horrendous reserve of horsepower there is a bit of highway in Old Lyme, long forgotten by the
 local sheriffs, upon the concrete slabs of which one can probe the potential of the Sledgehammer.
 The dash gauges confirm results achieved in previous road tests. "Be extremely careful about
 spinning the wheels and snapping the drive-lane," warned Tim Good as he double-checked the
 Simpson 6-point seat belt strapping him in. Good is Chief Engineer at Callaway and the technical
 father of project Sledgehammer.

 Objects in the rearview mirror diminish as the coupe, with your sincere writer behind the steering
 wheel, endlessly accelerates. The merry burble of the Twin Turbo V8 changes as the rpms
 increase to the sound of an orchestra of 100 hammer smiths accompanied with a chorus of twin  
 turbos. What the tires can translate into forward motion results in an acceleration experience 
 realized till now only by drag racers. The shot of energy transforms the car into a bullet. A curb
 weight of 1589 kilograms yields weight to horsepower ratio of 1.8 kilograms to each horsepower.
 Instead of pulling wheelies, the car would rather perform a power slide of sorts when this power is
 applied. Howling like a guard dog, the first section of the concert is ended as the wastegate
 opens if the pressure is allowed to build up to 1.5 bar. With a deep click, the shifter finds 2nd
 gear and the process repeats itself 3 times with an unadulterated roar. Most unfortunately, the
 couple of miles of Old Lyme highway just aren't enough to repeat the process for the 5th and 6th
 gear of this beautiful ZF transmission. The speedometer eases down . We finish our road test
 having had the good fortune of not encountering the Men in Black. Fortunately their handcuffs
 are still rattling empty.
 
 This road test revealed the extremely civilized manners of the Sledgehammer.

 A beefy roll cage protects its passengers . The package looses very little of the comfort provided
 by the production brethren. No wonder: Tim Good and his men have retained the stock 3 stage
 adjustable Delco (built under license from Bilstein) shock absorbers. The springs for the car have
 been made somewhat harder and the car's bodywork has been lowered 25 millimeters. The
 philosophy seems to be, "if its good, use it and don't change it." This bearishly powerful engine,
 with its ship-motor-like 1047 NMS of torque runs with unusual evenness and yields a very relaxing
 and easy cruise for traveling. A 2 speed transmission would be totally sufficient as long as one is
 conservative with the gas pedal.

 This Corvette handles with admirable neutrality in the curves and the rear end has been beefed
 up to cope with this copious torque. Nonetheless, a full stomp on the gas pedal will put the car
 into a definite drift . The precise steering and long wheel base allow this to be a predictable and
 handlebar phenomenon. Thoughtless applications of full throttle should be strictly forbidden
 such maneuvers will change this classy, refined dressage horse into an unwieldy rodeo beast. In
 this situation the whole road just isn't enough width to keep this bucking Mustang in line. Yet in
 such situations, the good design of the car proves its worth as one can reign in on the car and
 bring it back under control.

 Credit for the sound handling of this power in the rear end, and suspension in general, goes to
 Carroll Smith who set the car up using special uniball linkage. In his 60 years, Smith has gained
 experience in such successful ventures as Carrol Shelby GT 40 LeMans entry. Back at home base
 in the immaculate high tech factory of Reeves Callaway, the underhood workings of the
 Sledgehammer were revealed to your authors. The underhood area is packed with all the neat
 stuff that makes the Sledgehammer what it is.

 Tim Good said, "the biggest problem we encountered was packaging all the necessary materials
 to develop this amount of power." A tour of the underhood topography reveals what makes this
 the super Corvette. The location of the 5.7 Chevy V8 block just about nothing is in it's regular
 place. In the normal location of the radiator one finds two huge intercoolers, hand made from
 aluminum. Fed by four openings in the front of the bodywork, the compressed air looses 50°C as
 it passes through these intercoolers. The homemade custom built radiator lies horizontally
 underneath the intercoolers, ducts feed outside air to this. In the front left and right wheel wells,
 one can find the two oiler coolers. Along the side, gill panels form the entry for the induction air
 just behind the wheel wells. The heavy duty ducting piping between the two turbos is all hand
 welded. Having passed through the hand made exhaust manifolds, the exhaust gas encounters
 Garrett TO4 Turbochargers which the Callaway team joined with compressor from Turbonetics, a
 TO4 B. Tim Good says, "only this way could we achieve the desired characteristics of the engine
 performance." Turbochargers are fitted with integral waste gates. The exhaust system is all made
 from stainless steel and uses no catalytic converters. In the rear of the system one finds a
 quartet of SuperTrapp mufflers. The underside of the car is heavily protected with materials
 against heat build up and subsequent damage; these are made with polyester and aluminum.
 The temperatures developed in the engine dictate a drysump design which carries 9.5 liters of oil
 through a homemade in-house designed and manufactured oil pump. The sump tank is also
 made in house. The engine long block itself has little in common with the stock version. The block
 is a NASCAR series Chevrolet special product. Cylinder heads are made by Brodix. connecting rods
 are hand balanced. The rods carry special Mahle pistons. The Camshaft is made by Cam
 Techniques with full roller gear.

 "Thanks to the size of the turbo chargers, we experience no lag; the secret lies in the contouring
 of the camshaft," says Callaway Engineer Dave Auerbach. He's also involved in the R&D of the
 Aston Martin Group C Engine, and entrusted to the Old Lyme team by their counterparts in Great
 Britain. The engine is masterfully controlled by English manufactured Zytech, whose ECM controls
 ignition and fuel injection. For excellent performance using this system, AVGAS is recommended.
 MSD ultra high performance ignition system provides a big spark to each cylinder. Tim Good says,
 "using the MSD system we achieve complete combustion even in this very pumped up
 atmosphere." Favorable ignition conditions and turbo generated pressure of 1.5 bar, allow this
 sort of power to be achieved.

 The culmination of this power and engineering development, at which this car proved itself to be
 faster and superior to the European sports car collector, was tested in Columbus Ohio at the
 Technical Research Center (TRC). As in the glorious days of speed testing at Brooklands,
 Callaway continued the tradition of driving the car to and from the test facility. Once they got
 there, the car was equipped with specially made Goodyear racing tires on its Dymag rims. The
 "sneakers" on the car made drag specialist and Sledgehammer record driver John Lingenfelter a
 little safer at speed. The record was set in October 1989, 254.76 mph which figures to exactly
 410 km/h. Now we can report that it would be possible to confirm these achieved numbers in the
 Vaterland itself.

 Arrangements could be made through Callaway importer Ernst Woehr from Leingarten, making
 some German man some $400,000 poorer, and bringing this, the fastest street sports car in the
 world, to Germany.

 Callaway Official Site
 


 

 

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