A Gathering of Eagles 1987

a 1988 Car&Driver magazine contest to establish the Fastest in the Land. Callaway brought Top Gun and a standard '88 Callaway Twin Turbo B2K and ran for top speed. Top Gun won with 231 mph. This set the stage for building the SledgeHammer for the next year's contest.

[@bretnickerson8555]

This video is amazing! Thank god for someone filming this.

[@kendaullary4102]

Who is the wise cracking lead machanic for Reeves. He’s GOLD

[@SSFormula-iz7wc]

The precursor of the Sledgehammer!

[@atomicorang]

Still very amazing these years later.

[@ANON-yj9lm]

Isn’t it?! Pure gold.

[@lycossurfer8851]

Nice to see a magazine come to life as well as all the background needed to make the numbers possible.

[@VettemanLT5]

DANG.....and back then the Vette had the crazy 4+3 Nash transmission and they still wrung out those numbers. And to realize this was probably the beginning of the Sledgehammer.....good grief

[@varmastiko2908]

And the Sledgehammer still had the Nash gearbox though they did some work on it for the 880 hp.

[@leonlawrencez28]

Why haven't I seen this before!!!!?????? Awesome!!!! I have the magazine issue!!!!

[@christopherrobin1505]

My dream is to own a Callaway Vette !! I owned a stock, LS3 corvette. She was quick, I couldn't imagine a blower and good brakes on it.

[@kalcine]

15:47 jeez these cars in one place ! Thanks for making history and still provide footages of these era for younger generations like me. In love with the C4 and of course the callaway twin turbo and almost with every car shown in this video. Lovely years I guess.

[@salvatoregiovanni8967]

I enjoy Reeves’ enunciation and clarity when he speaks. He appears to be well bred, and from good stock 🤌🏼

[@ercthree]

Grazie!

[@TheCptTrenchfoot]

Why don't you marry him

[@salvatoregiovanni8967]

He died this past year unfortunately

[@TheCptTrenchfoot]

@salvatoregiovanni8967 I guess you missed your chance

[@thomasfarley6052]

The little Camaro tried but kept blowing up lol. Awesome video

[@ChadF455]

It did more than try. It went 216.86 mph.

[@alkey7266]

Carburetor no turbos on pump gas🔥

[@SolamenteVees]

Is that the Keith Black Camaro?

[@thomasfarley6052]

I have just seen your response and apologize for my wording. I drove new IROC Camaros for many years and am a big fan of them.

[@corvettez06ss]

Love this

[@TTOP350]

Beautifully engineered automobiles

[@jbtOO7]

🪴I'm telling ya, I'm going to build a 1992 Z28 T Top Camaro L98 TPI B2K Callaway Twin Turbo with Sledgehammer in mind so 200 plus mph top speed.With magnesium oem Z28 Wheels.After seeing the GTD and remembering Callaways decision to use magnesium wheels I changed my mind from carbon fiber and I think using exotic metals is a cool thing to do when you can and especially that this decision can be seen.🇺🇲

[@jessicaczyzewski4198]

That would be hard though with a Camaro I would imagine

[@jbtOO7]

​​​​​​@@jessicaczyzewski4198appreciate the comment it's what I'm going to do. Magnesium wheels are going to be expensive if affordable that is my interest.I have already found a tonnage of places where I can greatly improve the car. The intake design wider and shorter and the ram horn for the two turbos.I have so much info for this car it is going to be incredible.For a for instance the 3rd brake light I'm going to introduce a 4 blinks intermittently to identify the 3rd brake light better brighter LEDs. You see on the Ford Mustang do this with the brake lights and Audi too.But this effect is going to be safer but keep the heart racing and make everyone around the car feel as if the car is going faster than it is and an excitement of speed and even identify the Z28 Camaro in traffic as a sports car.

[@jbtOO7]

​​​@@jessicaczyzewski4198I almost forgot it gets even better this car is going to be able to switch from gas to hydrogen for zero emissions 700 mile range and I can make my own hydrogen too. So I am a gas monkey the smell of the gas emissions coming from the set temp turbos is going to be addictive but I can improve the car better than imagined.

[@1988mcclain]

Love it car guys at the highest level

[@johnnyhunt9447]

Very Cool just now seeing wand even knowing about In 1982 I got one of the 3rd generation Z28’s had driven a 1976 455 4 speed Trans Am and in 82 getting that first year of 3rd generation Z28 I would Always say dream that someone somehow will put a real engine and transmission in a car like mine and it will work but no I had a 305 supposed to be a V8 I had a 5 hp go cart with more power and metric 200 transmission plastic but the handling was Good

[@gkan1042]

Is that 288gto real or just a 308?

[@BenFilley]

There’s a red 87 callaway 7miles from me for sale right now. Needs a bunch of work though.

[@corvettez06ss]

[@hendrixlp1970]

@26:32 The Caprice pulling the 308 lol

[@Michael_Lorenson]

We don't care how the hell they do it in Europe. A,FY!