this 99 coupe new
and sent it to Mallet. The invoice detailed that "Mallett Cars Ltd.,
484 Geiger Street, Berea, Ohio 44017" had modified this 99 6-speed
coupe for extreme duty, starting with a "6.1-liter (372 cubic-inch) 435
HP Sequential Fuel Injection V8."
A
stock C5 might have been plenty hot for track sessions, but Mike wanted more.
"You can beat up a car pretty bad with a stock set-up and I have a need
for speed, so I had the big engine built. Its a supercharged Mallett
435 with about 600 horsepower at the flywheel."
Actually,
the 372 delivers a spine-tingling 525 horsepower to the rear wheels. To utilize
such performance, Coppola felt the need for training in equal doses to his
need