Regardless of whether or not you're looking for a rare Corvette, Andrew lists two things that will come in handy when you go looking for your first-or next-Corvette. "Patience and luck, without a doubt." He says. "I was patient when I was looking. I did see a couple of Corvettes in that year-range ('95-'96) with that coupe body style, and I knew that I liked that body style. I was just in the right place at the right time."
| DATA FILE ::: '96 CHEVROLET CORVETTE GRAND SPORT COUPE |
| Owned by: Andrew Mancuso Jr., West Babylon, New York Original Mileage: 18,200 |
| BODY |
| Original 1996 Corvette Grand Sport coupe body |
| PAINT |
Original Admiral Blue/Arctic White basecoat/clearcoat with red hash marks on left front fender; painting/paint prep by GM Bowling Green Assembly Plant, Bowling Green, Kentucky |
| CHASSIS |
| Original 1996 C4 Corvette, with original frame |
| SUSPENSION |
Original Grand Sport unequal-length upper/lower A-arms, transverse fiberglass leaf spring, tubular hydraulic shock absorbers, antiroll bar and RPO F45 Electronic Selective Real-Time Damping shock absorbers (front); upper/lower trailing arms, lateral arms, tie rods, halfshafts, transverse composite leaf spring, antiroll bar and RPO F45 Electronic Selective Real-Time Damping shock absorbers (rear) |
| STEERING |
Original GM/Saginaw rack-and-pinion, power-assisted |
| BRAKES |
Original GM/Delco vented four-wheel disc brakes with 13-inch rotors (front), 12-inch rotors (rear), anti-lock braking system (ABS), power-assisted |
| WHEELS |
Original five-spoke RPO Z16 Grand Sport 17x9 (front), 17x11 (rear), black finished. |
| TIRES |
Original Goodyear Eagle GSC, P275/40ZR17 (front), P315/35ZR17 (rear) |
| ENGINE |
| Chevrolet Gen III overhead valve small-block V-8, RPO LT4 |
| DISPLACEMENT |
350 cubic inches (5.7 L) |
| COMPRESSION RATIO |
10.8:1 |
| CYLINDER HEADS |
Original LT4 aluminum heads |
| IGNITION |
Original GM/Delco OptiSpark electronic ignition |
| INDUCTION |
Original Bosch electronic sequential port fuel injection |
| CAMSHAFT |
Original RPO LT4 |
| EXHAUST |
Original '96 Corvette Grand Sport |
| COOLING |
Original GM/Harrison aluminum cross-flow radiator |
| HORSEPOWER |
330 @ 5,800 rpm (advertised) |
| TORQUE |
340 lb-ft @ 4,500 rpm (advertised) |
| TRANSMISSION |
| Original RPO MN6 six-speed manual with console-mounted shifter |
| REAREND |
Original '96 Corvette with Positraction and 3.45:1 gears |
| INTERIOR |
| Original '96 Corvette with RPO Z16 |
| SEATS |
Original '96 Corvette sport seats, upholstered in perforated black leather with red embroidered "Grand Sport" lettering on the headrests |
| CARPETS |
Original '96 Corvette black nylon cut-pile |
| INSTRUMENTATION |
Original '96 Corvette Grand Sport (0-200 mph speedometer, 0-8,000 rpm tach, plus voltmeter and oil pressure, coolant temperature, fuel level, and oil temperature gauges) |
| SOUND SYSTEM |
Original '96 Corvette RPO U1F Delco/Bose AM/FM/CD changer |
| HVAC |
Original GM/Harrison heater/defroster/ventilation/air conditioning system |
Andrew Mancuso Jr. got his...
Andrew Mancuso Jr. got his first look at the C4 Grand Sport in the video game Gran Turismo. Now he's got the real thing.
The hash marks on the Grand...
The hash marks on the Grand Sport's left front fender date from the days when the original C2 Grand Sport Vettes raced. Pit crews used the markings to tell them apart at speed.