Callaway different than 3.0L conversion

[Gtv6owner@domain.elided]

Doug Seldon wrote:
>my two cents - much as i love callaway alfa turbo's (especially since i 
worked
>at callaway for one short year), i can't imagine paying more than $8-10k max 
for
>one of these - and that wood only be for an absolutely pristine example.  too
>easy to get the same performance (or better?) from a 3.0, for the same or 
less
>$$$, and w/a lot more reliability.
I own a Callaway and have driven 3.0L Gtv6's. They are very different beasts. 
Unless extensive mods are made (more than cams) the power difference is 
significant. They power/torque curves are also very different between these 
cars. I am aware of a few Gtv6's and even a Alfetta that actually produce 
more power but the final cost of the mods greatly exceeded the price of my 
Callaway (which was less than the 16.9K but the car is less than pristine). 
Also the Callaways have proven to be no less reliable than the regular Gtv6 
cars. Reeves Callaway is nothing if not conservative in his engineering. 

I'm glad that you like your modified Gtv6, but if you are waiting for 
Callaways to fall to 8-10k you have a long wait with only 33 cars in 
existance (I believe there were 33 plus 2 prototypes but I have been told at 
least 2 have been totaled). Don't buy the Callaway to collect it, like all 
Gtv6 cars it doesn't like to sit (ask mine as I fiddle with all kinds of 
stuff from it sitting too long).

Brian Beckham

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