Callaway Cars Debuts 2022 Corvette B2K 35th Anniversary Package
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Well-known GM tuning company Callaway Cars released its new 35th Anniversary Package for the C8 Corvette Stingray this week, which is now available to order from Callaway-authorized Chevy dealerships in the United States.
The 35th Anniversary Package for the C8 Corvette Stingray was developed by Callaway to commemorate the 35-year anniversary of its “RPO B2K” tuning program for the iconic American sports car, which launched in 1987 and concluded in 1991.
The B2K was the Connecticut-based company’s first major Corvette tuning program and saw it fit the stock V8 engine with two turbochargers and a long list of other upgrade parts, boosting output to over 380 horsepower and 580 pound-feet of torque. Just like modern-day Callaway vehicles, this tuning package was available to order from authorized Chevy dealers through GM’s “Regular Production Order” or “RPO” process. More than 500 examples of the C4 Corvette were fitted with the RPO B2K package before it wound down toward the end of 1991.
Callaway’s new B2K package pays homage to the original, which helped establish Callaway as the well-known and widely respected GM tuner that it is today. Available through authorized Chevy dealers and carrying RPO code PCY, this package includes a full carbon aero kit with a front splitter, rocker extensions, a rear diffuser and a unique “Slot Gap” rear spoiler, along with lightweight nine-spoke forged alloy wheels, Callaway sill panels and floor mats, an interior build plaque, billet pedals, Callaway exterior badging, a Callaway car cover and a Callaway-branded Mothers detailing kit. The package also includes Callaway’s ‘Double D’ exhaust, which is a significant 40 pounds lighter than the factory performance exhaust and is also 50-state emissions compliant.
Callaway offers some optional equipment with the RPO PCY package, including black chrome exhaust tips, chrome/carbon flash painted emblem sets, locking lug nuts and premium wheel finishes. Customers can also choose to have their vehicle delivered to the dealership, the National Corvette Museum, the Callaway Factory in Old Lyme, CT, or at Thompson Speedway in nearby Thompson, CT.
As this is a dealer-ordered tuning program, customers must ensure their order form contains the correct RPO codes to ensure the application is not denied by GM. RPO codes that must be included on the order form include RPO Z51 (Z51 Performance Package), RPO ZF1 (aero delete) and RPO Q8P (Open-5-Spoke Bright Silver-Painted Aluminum wheels). The order will be rejected if it contains any of the RPOs: 5DF, 5V5, 5V7, 5VM, 5W8, 5ZC, 5ZD, 5ZU, 5ZZ, CFY, PDV, Q8Q, Q8S, Q8T, QE5, RIK, RIN, RNX, RWH, RWJ, RXH, RXJ, S6S, SB7, SFE, SJI, SL1, SL8, SPY, SPZ, SQU, STI, VQK, VWD, VYW, WKQ, WKR, WL0 and ZCR.
This tuning program does not raise the output of the factory 6.2L LT2 V8 engine, which is rated at 495 horsepower and 470 pound-feet of torque with the optional factory performance exhaust equipped. The eight-speed dual-clutch transmission also remains untouched.
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The package costs ~$35k and there is absolutely no hint of performance upgrades, other than a lighter exhaust system.
I’ll pass.
Must have missed it. What does it cost. Doesn’t improve engine performance ???? So it’s all cosmetic ?? Must say these are the first set of wheels I like – sharp, simple, easy to clean. But the exhaust is starting to look like my wife’s Porsche 718.
Think I would rather put that money in a Z06 upgrade and probably even save a little.
A Callaway car….and no Twin Turbos? They didn’t even touch the engine?? In this world we live in, where even the lowliest of SUVs and family cars have turbocharged engines….. what the heck? make it happen! put some screws on this beast~
And I agree, as someone said yesterday – All Hat, No Cattle.
Maybe the Corvette C8 is so good, no one can add anything to the performance.
I know I like mine.
I believe the issue as to why there are no engine upgrades is Global B which prevents tuning. Callaway won’t use piggy back ECM/PCM solution like others have been using.
Honestly I don’t see what tuners like callaway can do unless they remove the Global B system and replace it with something else.
The wheels and exhaust is similar to what they’ve sold for C6 and C7. I guess they are trying to stay relevant.
Holy cow, anyone check out all the “disqualifying options”? After that list, what’s left? The splitter and rockers look very nice, clean and strait. I guess the Ten spokes on a five stud hub makes more sense than the seven spokes on the Z06. Seems that five would offer the simplest structure with the lightest weight and be easier to clean to boot though.