[Z06] Deja vu Fartpipe runs 11.53@123.50mph stock 06C6Z
06-21-2014, 08:49 AM
#1
Le Mans Master
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Deja vu Fartpipe runs 11.53@123.50mph stock 06C6Z
Well I picked up a 2006 C6Z06 DSOM thursday night and brought it home to PA. I had a few set backs and surprises with the car. I was able get home after work and fix it, wipe it down and head to the track. Its been almost a year since driving a stick vette so I was a little rusty to say the least. I took the car to Cecil County in all stock form right down to the factory run flats. Drove 1.5hours to the track let it cool for about 10minutes and I got antsy and made a pass. Air temps were at 80degrees but it was fairly low humidity.
First pass:
I remembered it was a fine... FINE line of clutch smoke and bogging or tire spin with the C6Z06 so I took it easy. I watched the lanes running down through and saw a lot of cars spinning bad. I tried to find a slick car to follow down with no luck. I pulled up and did a light tire cleaning burnout to the line. The coolant temps were at 205degrees before launch
Revved the car to about 2000rpms and got off the clutch quickly to get it to grab and did a quick roll into the throttle. The car bogged down some and lightly spun top of 1st gear, hit 2nd gear and definitely spun a few revolutions at 7000rpm, hit 3rd gear with a light chirp of the tires and ran down through. I thought for sure I was going to make it to the end without shifting to 4th gear due to the outside temps and street tires. However i tagged the rev limiter about 20feet out. I quick pushed in the clutch and popped the car in neutral. To my surprise I was still able to manage this as my first run back in a C6Z06 on street tires on a non well prepped track in warm weather. The car had 3/8tank of fuel starting off. 2006 1LZ car with added navi.
60ft: 2.029
330ft: 5.251
1/8mi: 7.789
1/8mph: 97.25
1000ft: 9.938
1/4mi: 11.744
1/4mph: 123.14
Second pass:
I let the car cool down about 45minutes. I followed a small slick tire car to the line. I stayed in the same right lane. I spun the tires decently no braking or smoking and rolled it to the line. Coolant temp was at 199* on the launch. This time I raised the RPM to 3000rpm and came off the clutch a little quicker and rolled into the throttle about the same. The tires very lightly squeaked all of 1st gear, a quick shift to 2nd gear not a lot of spin but some again, another shift to 3rd gear and curiousity got the best of me so I short shifted to 4th gear at 6500rpm. In my mind I was wondering did it spin to much and slowed down but I knew the nose stayed up decent so it could've gone either way in my head. Outside temp is down to 77* at this point and still fairly low humidity.
60ft: 1.890-Best 60ft
330ft: 5.050
1/8mi: 7.789
1/8mph: 97.65
1000ft: 9.719
1/4mi: 11.530-Best ET
1/4mph: 123.50
Third pass:
I was pretty stoked after the 2nd pass. I let the car cool down for a hour and its getting cooler outside. Now down to 72*deg but the track is going away traction wise. I pull up with the coolant temp at 172* at the line which is perfection for the C6Z06 IMO. I bring the RPMs up to 3000rpm and attempt the same launch technique used on the last run. The car lightly spun the tires all of 1st gear, then hit 2nd and spun enough it kicked out a little bit to the right. shift to 3rd gear and get another revolution of the tires a quick shift to 4th gear at 7000rpm and I could tell I had a bit more MPH on that run through the traps.
60ft: 2.049
330ft: 5.223
1/8mi: 7.718
1/8mph: 98.94-best mph
1000ft: 9.840
1/4mi: 11.628
1/4mph: 125.85-best mph
I thought that run was toast and wasn't hateful. It definitely showed the car had potential to run a low 11.4x or better on that pass type of pass with some traction. Overall I was pretty pleased with the car first time back in the saddle on street tires behind the powerful C6Z06 in stock form.
Funny or not notes: I purchased the car Thursday night 4hours away from home. I let my friend drive the car home minus the last 30minutes. I got the car home by 1:13am friday. I went to change the clutch fluid out as it was tar in the reservoir and the clutch felt troubled. I tried to pump the clutch pretty hard/fast once home in the garage checking things. POP!!!! Clutch pedal fell to the floor and wouldnt build pressure. The clutch master cylinder blew out its guts FML! I picked up a master cylinder at Chevy Friday over lunch. I cut out of work a hour early. I ran home swapped out the mastercylinder and pumped the pedal a bunch of times all appeared well. I wiped the car down quick and we took off to the track we went. So a total of 2hours of normal driving behind the wheel before taking it down the track. I thought for sure I was going to be running 12's in the heat, street tires and just to get accustomed to everything. My friend asked "now was that more fun running the C6Z06 that took a lot more skill and work to go fast than running your 9.4X at 150mph GTR?" I regrettfully had to reply the GTR was definitely more fun due to how fast it was LOL. Not the answer he was expecting but the truth.
I also must note I have no plans of doing all kinds of mods to the car or going for any records with the car. I'm just looking to have some fun at the track with friends and enjoy racing for a little while to help relieve some of lifes stresses. Happy to be back with all of you... but did I really ever leave???
<LOSER!
First pass:
I remembered it was a fine... FINE line of clutch smoke and bogging or tire spin with the C6Z06 so I took it easy. I watched the lanes running down through and saw a lot of cars spinning bad. I tried to find a slick car to follow down with no luck. I pulled up and did a light tire cleaning burnout to the line. The coolant temps were at 205degrees before launch
Revved the car to about 2000rpms and got off the clutch quickly to get it to grab and did a quick roll into the throttle. The car bogged down some and lightly spun top of 1st gear, hit 2nd gear and definitely spun a few revolutions at 7000rpm, hit 3rd gear with a light chirp of the tires and ran down through. I thought for sure I was going to make it to the end without shifting to 4th gear due to the outside temps and street tires. However i tagged the rev limiter about 20feet out. I quick pushed in the clutch and popped the car in neutral. To my surprise I was still able to manage this as my first run back in a C6Z06 on street tires on a non well prepped track in warm weather. The car had 3/8tank of fuel starting off. 2006 1LZ car with added navi.60ft: 2.029
330ft: 5.251
1/8mi: 7.789
1/8mph: 97.25
1000ft: 9.938
1/4mi: 11.744
1/4mph: 123.14
Second pass:
I let the car cool down about 45minutes. I followed a small slick tire car to the line. I stayed in the same right lane. I spun the tires decently no braking or smoking and rolled it to the line. Coolant temp was at 199* on the launch. This time I raised the RPM to 3000rpm and came off the clutch a little quicker and rolled into the throttle about the same. The tires very lightly squeaked all of 1st gear, a quick shift to 2nd gear not a lot of spin but some again, another shift to 3rd gear and curiousity got the best of me so I short shifted to 4th gear at 6500rpm. In my mind I was wondering did it spin to much and slowed down but I knew the nose stayed up decent so it could've gone either way in my head. Outside temp is down to 77* at this point and still fairly low humidity.
60ft: 1.890-Best 60ft
330ft: 5.050
1/8mi: 7.789
1/8mph: 97.65
1000ft: 9.719
1/4mi: 11.530-Best ET
1/4mph: 123.50
Third pass:
I was pretty stoked after the 2nd pass. I let the car cool down for a hour and its getting cooler outside. Now down to 72*deg but the track is going away traction wise. I pull up with the coolant temp at 172* at the line which is perfection for the C6Z06 IMO. I bring the RPMs up to 3000rpm and attempt the same launch technique used on the last run. The car lightly spun the tires all of 1st gear, then hit 2nd and spun enough it kicked out a little bit to the right. shift to 3rd gear and get another revolution of the tires a quick shift to 4th gear at 7000rpm and I could tell I had a bit more MPH on that run through the traps.
60ft: 2.049
330ft: 5.223
1/8mi: 7.718
1/8mph: 98.94-best mph
1000ft: 9.840
1/4mi: 11.628
1/4mph: 125.85-best mph
I thought that run was toast and wasn't hateful. It definitely showed the car had potential to run a low 11.4x or better on that pass type of pass with some traction. Overall I was pretty pleased with the car first time back in the saddle on street tires behind the powerful C6Z06 in stock form.
Funny or not notes: I purchased the car Thursday night 4hours away from home. I let my friend drive the car home minus the last 30minutes. I got the car home by 1:13am friday. I went to change the clutch fluid out as it was tar in the reservoir and the clutch felt troubled. I tried to pump the clutch pretty hard/fast once home in the garage checking things. POP!!!! Clutch pedal fell to the floor and wouldnt build pressure. The clutch master cylinder blew out its guts FML! I picked up a master cylinder at Chevy Friday over lunch. I cut out of work a hour early. I ran home swapped out the mastercylinder and pumped the pedal a bunch of times all appeared well. I wiped the car down quick and we took off to the track we went. So a total of 2hours of normal driving behind the wheel before taking it down the track. I thought for sure I was going to be running 12's in the heat, street tires and just to get accustomed to everything. My friend asked "now was that more fun running the C6Z06 that took a lot more skill and work to go fast than running your 9.4X at 150mph GTR?" I regrettfully had to reply the GTR was definitely more fun due to how fast it was LOL. Not the answer he was expecting but the truth.
I also must note I have no plans of doing all kinds of mods to the car or going for any records with the car. I'm just looking to have some fun at the track with friends and enjoy racing for a little while to help relieve some of lifes stresses. Happy to be back with all of you... but did I really ever leave???
<LOSER!
Last edited by Fartpipe; 06-21-2014 at 09:11 AM.
06-21-2014, 10:31 AM
#2
Team Owner
Very nice man! It didn't take you long at all to hit up the track.
06-21-2014, 10:54 AM
#4
Melting Slicks
Nicely done 
WELL DONE !
06-21-2014, 12:06 PM
#6
Drifting
What tires are on it? You're getting better times stock than I can with 510whp!
06-21-2014, 01:29 PM
#9
Le Mans Master
Thread Starter
With the tall 1st gear, weak clutch, big 427ci torque its a razor edge of fine line to get the car to launch. Trust me... its far from my first time out in a C6Z06 at the track. Just been over a year since I've been inside one but it comes back to me fairly well.
I do feel if the track would've been prepped for a good day and I was able to hot lap the car the times could've came down pretty far. IMO anything sub 11.30ET on stock tires in a stock C6Z06 is really impressive to me.
06-21-2014, 02:23 PM
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Le Mans Master
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06-21-2014, 04:08 PM
#12
Le Mans Master
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Come to Atco next Sunday for the Stick Shift Race. Perhaps Fran can come and play too.
Glad to see you back in a car that has three pedals.
Nice passes.
Bon chance mon ami.
Oh wait, wrong language. 
Glad to see you back in a car that has three pedals.
Nice passes.
Bon chance mon ami.
Oh wait, wrong language.
06-21-2014, 04:20 PM
#13
Le Mans Master
I'm on the factory Goodyear runflats front/rear. They are horrible With the tall 1st gear, weak clutch, big 427ci torque its a razor edge of fine line to get the car to launch.
Trust me... its far from my first time out in a C6Z06 at the track. Just been over a year since I've been inside one but it comes back to me fairly well.
I do feel if the track would've been prepped for a good day and I was able to hot lap the car the times could've came down pretty far. IMO anything sub 11.30ET on stock tires in a stock C6Z06 is really impressive to me.
With the tall 1st gear, weak clutch, big 427ci torque its a razor edge of fine line to get the car to launch. Trust me... its far from my first time out in a C6Z06 at the track. Just been over a year since I've been inside one but it comes back to me fairly well.
I do feel if the track would've been prepped for a good day and I was able to hot lap the car the times could've came down pretty far. IMO anything sub 11.30ET on stock tires in a stock C6Z06 is really impressive to me.
06-21-2014, 04:51 PM
#14
Le Mans Master
Thread Starter
I think I already made plans with C5kid from the forum for next sunday. 30,00x miles at this point. I took notice the filter is very dirty possibly the original, and the oil is pretty dark. Clutch fluid is really dark aswell which slows down the engagement of the clutch on shifts. It shocks the tires more so as you can get more rpm flare up on the shift than you want. Going to change those most likely and watch some weather and see what i come up with ET wise. Trying to do this with the stock clutch on street tires is hard. I think its almost easier on drag radials to find the give point of the clutch before tire spin or bog.
06-21-2014, 09:36 PM
#16
Le Mans Master
30,00x miles at this point. I took notice the filter is very dirty possibly the original, and the oil is pretty dark. Clutch fluid is really dark aswell which slows down the engagement of the clutch on shifts. It shocks the tires more so as you can get more rpm flare up on the shift than you want. .
Have lots of fun with your new toy. I am sure you will keep us posted on any 'wiggle' tests.
