[Z06] To those who think the C7Z is a slouch
03-25-2015, 02:36 PM
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Bill
03-25-2015, 03:02 PM
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Melting Slicks
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03-25-2015, 03:03 PM
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Melting Slicks
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Wrong consideration. Heat soak isn't the problem. Overheating is. Two different things. Heat soak may cause timing to be pulled for a small (who cares) power reduction. Overheating causes engine to go into limp home mode with drastic power reduction to about 50 HP. Just barely enough to move the car at slow speeds.
Bill
Bill
Limp mode sucks. My C63 goes into limp mode on the road course. Its not fun.
03-25-2015, 03:48 PM
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Melting Slicks
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Sure as hell is. I mean sure.. Its MIR. It was also done in -1800DA. But so was Rangers time at the same track and it didn't make it any less amazing.
I am looking forward to getting one and having some fun this fall. Black or White. That is the question.
03-25-2015, 04:06 PM
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Drifting
No, I mean yes it's fast, but i'm not impressed with auto transmissions. Ranger is impressive. Automatics are not.
Last edited by erichg1000; 03-25-2015 at 04:32 PM.
03-25-2015, 04:13 PM
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Melting Slicks
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I hear ya. Manuals are tougher.
I agree the auto is more of a point and shoot weapon. I'm on the fence myself if I want the M or the A. The M in the Z06 is tough to launch but when you get it right you get some amazing 60' and times. Bragging rights and doing something not everyone can do is nice too.
03-25-2015, 05:39 PM
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He ran at MIR so I am not impressed at all with that time and mph. They are seeing negative DA's on a regular basis up to -1600ft. That car will not run that time or mph anywhere here in CA. At Fontana it will be lucky to see 122mph given the typical DA even now is north of 2000ft and in the summer it is above 5000ft. There are tracks up north that have better air and elevation but not as good as MIR. WE simply do not see conditions like they do.
If someone out here runs those times and mph then I wills ay it is doing well but it wont. MIR is the same track Ranger set those crazy fast times in his stock C6 Z with -1500ft DA's. Out here typical stock Z's struggle to break 122 unless the weather is really good. Carlsbad raceway was the only local one that had the potential for great times and it closed a long time ago. I live in an area that is 1300-1700ft above sea level and I notice a massive difference in my car going down to west side near Santa Monica and I have never seen negative DA's there either.
So basically to those of you who are impressed with this you need understand what is going on here before you snap to judgment.
If someone out here runs those times and mph then I wills ay it is doing well but it wont. MIR is the same track Ranger set those crazy fast times in his stock C6 Z with -1500ft DA's. Out here typical stock Z's struggle to break 122 unless the weather is really good. Carlsbad raceway was the only local one that had the potential for great times and it closed a long time ago. I live in an area that is 1300-1700ft above sea level and I notice a massive difference in my car going down to west side near Santa Monica and I have never seen negative DA's there either.
So basically to those of you who are impressed with this you need understand what is going on here before you snap to judgment.
Last edited by Twistedpixels; 03-25-2015 at 05:45 PM.
03-26-2015, 12:27 AM
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Team Owner
Wrong consideration. Heat soak isn't the problem. Overheating is. Two different things. Heat soak may cause timing to be pulled for a small (who cares) power reduction. Overheating causes engine to go into limp home mode with drastic power reduction to about 50 HP. Just barely enough to move the car at slow speeds.
Bill
Bill
Especially after reading about 320* oil temps after 1 lap on a 70* ambient temp day. 
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...re-upgrad.html
03-26-2015, 07:37 AM
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He ran at MIR so I am not impressed at all with that time and mph. They are seeing negative DA's on a regular basis up to -1600ft. That car will not run that time or mph anywhere here in CA. At Fontana it will be lucky to see 122mph given the typical DA even now is north of 2000ft and in the summer it is above 5000ft.There are tracks up north that have better air and elevation but not as good as MIR. WE simply do not see conditions like they do.
If someone out here runs those times and mph then I wills ay it is doing well but it wont. MIR is the same track Ranger set those crazy fast times in his stock C6 Z with -1500ft DA's. Out here typical stock Z's struggle to break 122 unless the weather is really good. Carlsbad raceway was the only local one that had the potential for great times and it closed a long time ago. I live in an area that is 1300-1700ft above sea level and I notice a massive difference in my car going down to west side near Santa Monica and I have never seen negative DA's there either.
So basically to those of you who are impressed with this you need understand what is going on here before you snap to judgment.
If someone out here runs those times and mph then I wills ay it is doing well but it wont. MIR is the same track Ranger set those crazy fast times in his stock C6 Z with -1500ft DA's. Out here typical stock Z's struggle to break 122 unless the weather is really good. Carlsbad raceway was the only local one that had the potential for great times and it closed a long time ago. I live in an area that is 1300-1700ft above sea level and I notice a massive difference in my car going down to west side near Santa Monica and I have never seen negative DA's there either.
So basically to those of you who are impressed with this you need understand what is going on here before you snap to judgment.
So yeah, we get it. It won't post a time like that in the heat of summer in Denver either.
What do other cars in the C7 Z06's price range run in your neck of the woods?
Last edited by '06 Quicksilver Z06; 03-26-2015 at 07:48 AM.
03-26-2015, 09:40 AM
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Pretty much....LLMMFAO
03-26-2015, 09:48 AM
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Melting Slicks
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Lol. Tough croud. This is an 80k car that put down a 10.7 stock on stock tires. In what world is that not impressive... when I put down 10.8@128 in my stock C6Z I was impressed that it could do it. It took lots of practice and many runs to get it.
This guy made 2 runs. Both in the 10s on stock tires on a car with only 500 miles on it. Impressive is indeed the word your looking for.
Cant wait to get my hands on it. Give me a private track rental and some DA like that on drags and ill show you impressive too.
This guy made 2 runs. Both in the 10s on stock tires on a car with only 500 miles on it. Impressive is indeed the word your looking for.
Cant wait to get my hands on it. Give me a private track rental and some DA like that on drags and ill show you impressive too.
03-26-2015, 10:34 AM
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Drifting
Lol. Tough croud. This is an 80k car that put down a 10.7 stock on stock tires. In what world is that not impressive... when I put down 10.8@128 in my stock C6Z I was impressed that it could do it. It took lots of practice and many runs to get it.
This guy made 2 runs. Both in the 10s on stock tires on a car with only 500 miles on it. Impressive is indeed the word your looking for.
Cant wait to get my hands on it. Give me a private track rental and some DA like that on drags and ill show you impressive too.
This guy made 2 runs. Both in the 10s on stock tires on a car with only 500 miles on it. Impressive is indeed the word your looking for.
Cant wait to get my hands on it. Give me a private track rental and some DA like that on drags and ill show you impressive too.
"This guy made 2 runs. Both in the 10s on stock tires on a car with only 500 miles on it. " - NOT impressed. Not impressed at all. GHEY AUTOMATIC LOL!!! Might as well hire google to drive the car for you!!!
It took lots of practice and many runs to get it. - Impressive.
2 runs, mash the pedal - Not impressive.
03-26-2015, 10:44 AM
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Melting Slicks
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Dude - "10.8@128 in my stock C6Z I was impressed" - NOW I'm impressed! That is awesome!!!
"This guy made 2 runs. Both in the 10s on stock tires on a car with only 500 miles on it. " - NOT impressed. Not impressed at all. GHEY AUTOMATIC LOL!!! Might as well hire google to drive the car for you!!!
It took lots of practice and many runs to get it. - Impressive.
2 runs, mash the pedal - Not impressive.
"This guy made 2 runs. Both in the 10s on stock tires on a car with only 500 miles on it. " - NOT impressed. Not impressed at all. GHEY AUTOMATIC LOL!!! Might as well hire google to drive the car for you!!!
It took lots of practice and many runs to get it. - Impressive.
2 runs, mash the pedal - Not impressive.
As to the 2nd. I hear you. Its an auto. Its not about driver skill its about what the car can do in this case. If you put the A8 in the Z06 I wonder how it would do. Do you think at the power output of the LS7 it will beat that time? The manual on drags is a big advantage. Once you put drags on the C7 the Auto will be a disadvantage.
Ill put it this way. Are you impressed with the bugatti veyron?
03-26-2015, 12:31 PM
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