LS7-Powered Lingenfelter C2 Corvette Is a True Beast in the Streets

Once a gasser discarded in the desert, this reborn Lingenfelter C2 Corvette is living its life on a different kind of track now.

The restomod world has been on fire for years now, producing some of the coolest Corvette builds we’ve ever laid eyes on. There’s just something truly appealing about a modernized Corvette, of course, but for the most part, those cars don’t necessarily look that much different from a stock example, which is typically a good thing. However, there’s no mistaking Greg Thurman‘s Lingenfelter C2 Corvette for anything other than a snarling, heavily-modified street beast, as we can see in this video from AutotopiaLA.

Thurman first discovered this Lingenfelter C2 Corvette sitting in the desert, where it had been for roughly 30 years following a career as a drag racing gasser. The front end was long gone, likely after the car was in an accident. The previous owner had widened the body by six total inches, but the bones were apparently solid enough for him to make the jump. From there, he gave it a total makeover with a C4 Corvette suspension, an independent rear setup, and a Dana 44 differential.

Since he actually races this car at speeds of up to 180 mph, Thurman went to great lengths to ensure that it’s stable at those speeds by crafting a custom rear diffuser and giving it a cantilevered rocker arm rear suspension. It has more than enough power to reach those speeds as well, thanks to a dry sump LS7 built by the legendary Corvette tuners at Lingenfelter that produces 630 horsepower and features forged internals that has proven to be incredibly reliable thus far after 6,000 race miles.

Banging through the gears is the only way to go in a wicked machine like this, and Thurman does exactly that via a Tremor T56 Magnum six-speed gearbox. The whole thing rolls on a set of Forgeline wheels wrapped with rather large 315-series tires at all four corners, while there is quite a bit of carbon fiber present on the interior to get the weight down.

All of this adds up to a pretty wild car to drive on the street, as one might imagine. “Man, I gotta tell you, from this seat, the car feels like a freaking go-kart,” Shawn from AutotopiaLA said. “My God, it’s nuts.” Not bad for an old, discarded and forgotten C2 that’s reliving its glory days, we’d say.

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