Magnacharger VS C6 Z06
07-10-2012, 04:43 PM
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Melting Slicks
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Magnacharger VS C6 Z06
1999 Corvette, 6 speed, still stock, with a Magnacharger on it, how would it compare to a LS7 engine?
I'm guessing the LS7 would still win?
I'm guessing the LS7 would still win?
07-10-2012, 05:15 PM
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07-10-2012, 05:23 PM
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Funny you should ask. I had a 3.1 pulley on a Maggie with a forged Lingenfelter long block, headers, exhaust, Halltech filter and while I pulled out on him on the hit, I got passed every time up top. He had an air filter in the stock air box and a cat back exhaust. That's it. Nothing else. I dyno'd 520RWHP and he dyno'd something like 460. I had a passenger and he didn't, but it still shouldn't have gone down the way it did. There are dynos and then there's real life. 
07-10-2012, 05:37 PM
#4
Drifting
Funny you should ask. I had a 3.1 pulley on a Maggie with a forged Lingenfelter long block, headers, exhaust, Halltech filter and while I pulled out on him on the hit, I got passed every time up top. He had an air filter in the stock air box and a cat back exhaust. That's it. Nothing else. I dyno'd 520RWHP and he dyno'd something like 460. I had a passenger and he didn't, but it still shouldn't have gone down the way it did. There are dynos and then there's real life.
07-10-2012, 06:20 PM
#5
Melting Slicks
Funny you should ask. I had a 3.1 pulley on a Maggie with a forged Lingenfelter long block, headers, exhaust, Halltech filter and while I pulled out on him on the hit, I got passed every time up top. He had an air filter in the stock air box and a cat back exhaust. That's it. Nothing else. I dyno'd 520RWHP and he dyno'd something like 460. I had a passenger and he didn't, but it still shouldn't have gone down the way it did. There are dynos and then there's real life.
07-10-2012, 11:55 PM
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Tech Contributor
07-11-2012, 12:24 AM
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Tech Contributor
07-11-2012, 11:15 AM
#13
Team Owner
My 99 with a Maggie, cam, headers etc puts about 490 to the wheels...I still think my 07Z will take it in a race...just the way the Z is geared as opposed to the C5..
that being said the new motor in the C5 has room for more boost so maybe if I crank it up it will be close at the end...
that being said the new motor in the C5 has room for more boost so maybe if I crank it up it will be close at the end...
07-11-2012, 11:33 AM
#14
Melting Slicks
Thread Starter
Oh, you are saying the C6 Z06 has better ratios in the transmission?
Or is it not 3.42 gears in the differential?
What if, someone buys a crate LS7, and puts it into a C5, it should be neck to neck by then, right?
Or is it not 3.42 gears in the differential?
What if, someone buys a crate LS7, and puts it into a C5, it should be neck to neck by then, right?
07-11-2012, 12:00 PM
#15
It uses the same MN6 gear ratios as earlier base C5s. The c5 z06s run the same ratios as the C6 Z51s which are lower. There is a big gap on the c5z06/z51 ratios b/w 3rd and 4th though iirc.
C6Z06 1st gear - 2.66
C6Z06 2nd gear - 1.78
C6Z06 3rd gear - 1.30
C6Z06 4th gear - 1.00
C6Z06 5th gear - 0.74
C6Z06 6th gear - 0.50
Base C5 first, z06 2nd
1st Gear 2.66:1 2.97:1
2nd Gear 1.78:1 2.07:1
3rd Gear 1.30:1 1.43:1
4th Gear 1.00:1 1.00:1
5th Gear 0.74:1 0.84:1
6th Gear 0.50:1 0.56:1
07-11-2012, 12:18 PM
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Team Owner
all I know is I can run my 07Z up to about 60 in 1st gear and over 90 in 2nd..can't do that in my C5...
07-11-2012, 01:28 PM
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Melting Slicks
07-11-2012, 02:19 PM
#18
Race Director
I like my chances against a C6 Z06. Especially from a roll. M6 with intercooled Maggie with other mods. Around 490rwhp. No comparison in low end torque. But as stated, the Z06 has the upper rpm power advantage.
07-11-2012, 02:59 PM
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07-11-2012, 03:03 PM
#20
Le Mans Master
C6Z's are pretty well documented in teh 430whp range. C6Z's also weighed more, though people have debated on how much more due to weighing their cars with varying amounts of gas, mods, cargo, etc. Regardless...the C5Z is certainly lighter.
In my opinion a C5Z with more torque and more pk hp, especially approaching the 500whp range should certainly beat a C6Z. I make 578whp512wtq with my centrifugal setup and I'm not worried about stock C6Z's.
In my opinion a C5Z with more torque and more pk hp, especially approaching the 500whp range should certainly beat a C6Z. I make 578whp512wtq with my centrifugal setup and I'm not worried about stock C6Z's.