VGLNTE1

And rip the blower off to make it a track car like it should be.....,

Rip z06

JRL

I Heard 620HP- 650TQ

Han Solo

Maybe for the first lap. Knock about 50 off each number each lap for heat soak till it's back down around 400 and spewing steam.

LFZ

As long as it's not a cheesed up joke with glittery black paint accents, chrome emblems, chrome grill, and/or automatic trans. I will have one and keep the blower on it.

RedLS1GTO

I can't believe they are actually going to bolt a blower on the "track" version of the C7. Seriously...


W. T. F.

dvandentop

Sad to hear to be supercharged will have to see what they have for innovation to keep it cool

VGLNTE1

katech has already said the track junkies will get a fix. prob be 50k, but i guess a fix is a fix.
no wonder they made the base model so good. it IS the new Z

1991Z07

Holy crap...it hasn't even been unveiled OR track tested yet and you're whining?

You honestly believe GM would go BACKWARDS in the Z06's track prowess? Spend all that R&D money and make something that will puke fluids after a dozen laps and be spanked by their direct competition?

Really?

I guess you don't know about their engineering prowess...their cutting edge innovations and the fact that they co-developed the Z06 and the C7.R side by side.

Yeah...GM doesn't know WTF they're doing.

VGLNTE1

you mean like the 130k ZR1 that was supposed to be a track star? the one the C6R is named after? oh that one...ya, the one that cant hang with a NA motor in 110 degrees as ive seen for myself. OH! how about every GT car in all the most professional racing around the world? yup...all NA.

so yes, im whining

RedLS1GTO

Yea... because the C6 with the LS2/LS3 was a HUGE improvement in reliability and performance over the LS6.

Lawdogg

It likely will be the fastest production Vette ever built around a road course for a lap or two. Set records, look like a superstar. Run 30 minute sessions in some heat and fade away.

l98tpi

ZedO6

If the new C7Z is really going to sport a blower...should we start the "my C7Z blew up at the track" thread now?

After the LS7 BS...they need to provide a solid, track capable platform that sets a new reliability standard for the Z06 or at least equals the LS6 in reliability.

Kinda sad when the pinnacle of GM street/track "out of the box" performance AND reliability is 2001 engineering..

1991Z07

I think you'll find that the GT cars are either turbo or N/A because of the rules they race under...

I think you'll also find that some pretty awesome supercharged cars have done remarkably well in endurance racing. Although it was a few years back, Bentley's smoked their competition in just about every endurance race in the world.

Not to mention the Stutz Bearcats and Deusenburg's of the day. Kicked a$$ and took names...and LOTS of trophies.

The lesson here is when it is designed to do it, they CAN do it. The ZR1 was NEVER intended to compete head to head in a racing environment with the Z06. EVER! It was DESIGNED as a GT cruiser with some pretty awesome capabilities.

That some owners TRY to make the ZR1 what it wasn't intended isn't the fault of the GM engineering staff. If they had DESIGNED the ZR1 to best the Z06 for endurance events...then that's exactly what it would be doing.

The Z06 is their bragging rights...I give GM a little more credit than you (obviously) do. They wouldn't introduce it as their TRACK-ready car if it wasn't capable of beating every benchmark of the previous generations.

And I'm sure in the next month we will see after the magazines get their hands on some and flog them around for a bit.

0Randy@DRM

Guys we haven't heard what the ZR1 will be yet. I like to keep positive and maybe it's a 500 cubic engine stump puller that spins to 7500 rpm. Ok maybe I'm dreaming a bit

Randy

RedLS1GTO

Sweet. Maybe GM can take some more of this cutting edge supercar technology and offer up a wood spoke wheel package as well.

LFZ

LOL! You have no idea about anything the new C7Z has to offer. With the blower added to the LT4, it should not need to spin to 7000rpms like the LS7, which definitely keeps the motor safer. BTW...Forced Induction in a track car is nothing new anymore...welcome to 2014.

brkntrxn

So how many of the "supercharged track car" and "GM can do no wrong" fans in this thread have ACTUALLY raced a car on a road course? How many have with a forced induction car?

1991Z07

I should have known the troll would show up...

How about something a little more modern then, shall we?

Vortech Supercharged Scion Wins WERC Opener

Yep...those supercharged track cars ARE dinosaurs.

The more things change...the more they stay the same, eh?

P.S. Henri Zogaib ran a supercharged Chevy motor in his No. 2 "KidsFinishFirst.org" Pontiac-Riley Daytona Prototype car...not sure who else has, but that would be a pretty "modern" race car using old-school technology, right?

brkntrxn

That is not an OEM-built car.