Video of the Week: The Corsica Q-ShipBy Brian Lohnes Posted 05/07/09
Most call cars like this lowly looking Chevy Corsica a sleeper. We like the older school Q-Ship terminology.
Q-Ships were essentially decoy ships used by the British and US Navies during WWI and WWII. They were heavily armed warships dressed up to look like merchant vessels. The trick came with the Japanese subs or German U-boats came up to make a surface attack and were then blown to smithereens by the harmless looking steamer in front of them.
That brings up right back to the Corsica, yes, the Chevy Corsica in the video below. This little killer has a 3.4 liter V6, four doors, junk paint, and, oh yeah, a turbo. It goes 13’s easy, has seen the 12’s and has probably humiliated hundreds of unsuspecting Japanese subs and U-Boats, err, we mean Mustangs and Camaros. It has several neat tricks up its sleeve using factory parts as well.
Dare to be different!
Corsica goes 12.9 %40 106
Not your average Corsica Pt. 2
More Corsica fun
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Written by ftlindust Sep 13 2009
HE AIN"T THE ONLY ONE!!!! 14.56 in the 1/4, N/A, no dope! And it's not a 3800!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiklcSXgobE
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Written by realsteelfreak
May 08 2009
That car brings back some memories, poor me bought one brand new back in '94 ,maroon ,had hubcaps and air, it ate brakes and tires,but... it had a 3.1 SFI and AOD and boy would it move out, pretty spirited ,I think it was about 160/170hp , surprised many cars who thought they had something, but that car had a little more.
Written by Matt Cramer May 08 2009
Very impressive buildup!
And I've been wondering where the term Q-ship came from. Sounds like we may need to revive the idea for Somalia...
Written by dieselgeek May 07 2009
that is so awesome!!! props to that guy for originality! and holy crap, what a sleeper!
Written by Gary 351C May 07 2009
I'm surprised you don't see more cars like that, there's got to be millions of them around and very cheap to buy. Years ago a co-worker had an '88 Cavalier wagon with the 3.1 V6, I was surprised how fast it was considering it was bone stock.
Written by Rustang May 07 2009
You can call that Corsica by it's name..........Moneymaker.
Written by oldsman71 May 07 2009
:D turbos
Written by NMCA_Ron
May 07 2009
I'll see you your Q-boat Corsica and raise you a Caravan that is sleeping so hard it is comatose:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haPCQKOyMTo&feature=PlayList&p=DE7A94D6D217A01D&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=18
This looks like the perfect soccer mom ride!
Ron
Written by dagenesta
May 07 2009
Nice. An acquaintance cut his turbo teeth on a 1989 Z24 with a 2.8. I witnessed the car making high 13-second passes. He has a couple stories of surprising 5.0 Mustangs.
Learned about turbos with that car, now has a TT 383 in a 3rd-gen Camaro.
I had a 92 Beretta GTZ w/ the 190hp H.O. quad 4 and 5spd.
That was a little screamer, I must say. :)