NCM Bash - 2011 Features
Drifting
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 1,648
Likes: 268
From: Cape Canaveral Florida
St. Jude Donor '07 thru '26
NCM Lifetime Member
Thanks Paul! Great info ... did anybody at the bash mention if the new base wheels are cast (like most C6 wheels) or forged (like the Gumby's)?? I am apparently in the minority but I think they look decent, but like forged wheels (and run polished Gumby's at the moment).
Race Director
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 16,684
Likes: 1,193
From: La Center WA
No engine changes. Magnetic Selective Ride Control is now available on the Z06 as part of thr Z07 Performance Package; it's standard on the Z06 Carbon. Drilled rotors are available as a stand-alone option on base coupes and convertibles with standard suspension. (They're still part of F55.)
Thread Starter
Team Owner
Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 35,617
Likes: 167
Tech Contributor
Cruise-In 11 Veteran
NCM Ambassador
St. Jude Donor '05-'06-'07-'10
Greetings everyone. Thanks again for the kind words. Back from another busy day. We have so many thunder storms going on around us I'm headed off line but I promise I'll try to get to all the unanswered questions tomorrow.
Paul
Paul
Burning Brakes
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 874
Likes: 18
From: Texas
No engine changes. Magnetic Selective Ride Control is now available on the Z06 as part of thr Z07 Performance Package; it's standard on the Z06 Carbon. Drilled rotors are available as a stand-alone option on base coupes and convertibles with standard suspension. (They're still part of F55.)
I think it's a real shame, because the C7 will likely be smaller with skinnier rubber - and a 450+ HP Grand Sport convertible would have been a hell of a collector as the last great big engine vette - but not at only 436HP...
Last edited by VETTEMANN; May 1, 2010 at 10:34 PM.
Race Director
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 16,684
Likes: 1,193
From: La Center WA
That makes the C7 next summer as a 2012 an absolute/confirmed - the C6 needs a power boost BAD (Mustang GT now at 412HP for under 35K), so they must be saving a HP boost for the C7 (like when the C6 came out a prior Z06 performance levels).
I think it's a real shame, because the C7 will likely be smaller with skinnier rubber - and 450+ HP Grand Sport convertible would have been a hell of a collector as the last great big engine vette - but not at only 436HP...
I think it's a real shame, because the C7 will likely be smaller with skinnier rubber - and 450+ HP Grand Sport convertible would have been a hell of a collector as the last great big engine vette - but not at only 436HP...
Melting Slicks
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 2,874
Likes: 0
From: Tn.
St. Jude Donor '10-'11
2011 gs
Paul, Thanks for the information and the pics of the 2011's. I wish I could of made it there this year to see everyone and the new vettes. What do you think of the Inferno Orange color on the vette? I really love the DSOM on the 2005/2006 but I sure am thinking about the IO 2011 Vette (prefer GS).
Thanks again for all the info!!!
Tim
Thanks again for all the info!!!
Tim
Corvette Stories
The Best of Corvette for Corvette Enthusiasts
Top 10 Most Explosive Corvettes Ever Made: Power-to-Weight Ratio Ranked!
Joe Kucinski
150 hp to 1,250 hp: Every Corvette Generation Compared by the Specs That Matter
Joe Kucinski
8 Coolest Corvette Pace Cars (and Replicas) of All Time
Verdad Gallardo
Top 10 Corvette Engines RANKED by Peak Torque (70+ Years of Muscle!)
Joe Kucinski
Corvette ZR1X Will Be Pacing the Indy 500, And Could Probably Race, Too!
Verdad Gallardo
Top 10 Corvettes Coming to Mecum Indy 2026!
Brett Foote
Top 10 C9 Corvette MUST-HAVES to Fix These C8 Generation Flaws!
Michael S. Palmer
10 Revolutionary 'Corvette Firsts' Most People Don't Know
Joe Kucinski
5 Reasons to Upgrade to an LS6-Powered Corvette; 5 Reasons to Stay LT2
Michael S. Palmer
Moderator
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 40,888
Likes: 4,342
From: Lakewood Ranch, FL
Paul, Thanks for the information and the pics of the 2011's. I wish I could of made it there this year to see everyone and the new vettes. What do you think of the Inferno Orange color on the vette? I really love the DSOM on the 2005/2006 but I sure am thinking about the IO 2011 Vette (prefer GS).
Thanks again for all the info!!!
Tim
Thanks again for all the info!!!
Tim
Burning Brakes
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 874
Likes: 18
From: Texas
[QUOTE=mpuzach;1573941704]The word from the GM guys yesterday was that while they're diligently working on the C7, it's still at least several years away.[QUOTE]
Sure they said that - what else are they gonna say?
...or true to their word, they could just skip a year, like in 1983, as there will be so many unsold 2010s and 2011s around for a while...
Sure they said that - what else are they gonna say?
...or true to their word, they could just skip a year, like in 1983, as there will be so many unsold 2010s and 2011s around for a while...
Team Owner
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 72,430
Likes: 32
St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10
Excellent post.
I also don't have a lot of love for "The Star of David" wheels. They look like a Christmas tree ornament.
Makin' me like my chrome gumby's a little more. Although I really want black or gray wheels.
I also don't have a lot of love for "The Star of David" wheels. They look like a Christmas tree ornament.
Makin' me like my chrome gumby's a little more. Although I really want black or gray wheels.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 894
Likes: 0
From: Decatur, Alabama-Bowling Green, Kentucky
CI 8-9-10 Veteran
St. Jude Donor '07-'08-'09
NCM Lifetime Member
The new orange is Fantastic!! Wow!
I also love the new wheels- especially on that gray vert. Nice.
I also love the new wheels- especially on that gray vert. Nice.
Race Director
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 14,081
Likes: 1,592
From: Edmond Oklahoma
Thanks very much for posting. I really appreciate the advanced info in the 2011.The more I looked the more apparent it become to me the general is paying attention to what we are doing here on the Forum and the most popular mods we do. 
.
.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 911
Likes: 1
That makes the C7 next summer as a 2012 an absolute/confirmed - the C6 needs a power boost BAD (Mustang GT now at 412HP for under 35K), so they must be saving a HP boost for the C7 (like when the C6 came out at prior Z06 performance levels).
I think it's a real shame, because the C7 will likely be smaller with skinnier rubber - and a 450+ HP Grand Sport convertible would have been a hell of a collector as the last great big engine vette - but not at only 436HP...
I think it's a real shame, because the C7 will likely be smaller with skinnier rubber - and a 450+ HP Grand Sport convertible would have been a hell of a collector as the last great big engine vette - but not at only 436HP...
Race Director
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 16,684
Likes: 1,193
From: La Center WA
...or true to their word, they could just skip a year, like in 1983, as there will be so many unsold 2010s and 2011s around for a while...I have no idea how you came to that conclusion. Do you care to enlighten us? The word from the GM guys yesterday was that while they're diligently working on the C7, it's still at least several years away. Though one can never be absolutely certain, I didn't get the sense that they were just blowing smoke. FWIW.
Race Director
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 16,684
Likes: 1,193
From: La Center WA
Le Mans Master
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 5,188
Likes: 4
From: S.F. Bay Area CA.
Hey Paul, were you sitting about 2/3rds of the way up, right in the middle of the theater? I think I was sttting next to you. Did you take a photo of the slide showing the 2010 production numbers, and breakdown of the models?
Team Owner
Joined: Sep 1999
Posts: 20,054
Likes: 44
From: Swansea IL
Paul, I'm surprised there has been no mention of how much the CF Z06 weighs?
With all the CF the CF Z06 has to weigh less than 3100 pounds. Maybe closer to 3000 pounds. That alone is one of the best "performance enhancing" improvements any manufacture could implement.
Tom
With all the CF the CF Z06 has to weigh less than 3100 pounds. Maybe closer to 3000 pounds. That alone is one of the best "performance enhancing" improvements any manufacture could implement.
Tom