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C6 Corvette ZR1 & Z06General info about GM’s Corvette Supercar, LS9 Corvette Technical Info, Performance Upgrades, Suspension Setup for Street or Track
This is exactly what I'm looking at doing with a Z06 maybe although a tire trailer to tow to the track. I have 2 vintage race Vette's but the cars and trailer are in Highland Village and I'm in Dallas so a car I can get into and head out is next on my list. Your mods are exactly the starting point info I was looking for.
What about sway bars, any change with the coilovers?
This is exactly what I'm looking at doing with a Z06 maybe although a tire trailer to tow to the track. I have 2 vintage race Vette's but the cars and trailer are in Highland Village and I'm in Dallas so a car I can get into and head out is next on my list. Your mods are exactly the starting point info I was looking for.
What about sway bars, any change with the coilovers?
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So i saw a huge change in the car from the factory leafs to coilover. Sway bars are in the immediate future for the car. I will most likely be done with all the major car mods after i do the heads and sway bars. I have wheels and tires on order also. The way i look at it, 600whp motorsports quality shocks and stick tires is they way to go!
I did not see anything about the engine oil system and am wondering what you may have done to address the known issues in extended left hand turns at high G? LPE oil sump tank? ARE system? Also I did not see an answer to the question about your heads (specifically the valve guide issue).
What CarboTech brake pad compounds are you using and have you found it necessary to improve the air cooling to the front disks? Has this problem been addressed?
Originally Posted by 08Z
The car came with ported intake manifold, lg headers with cats and x pipe, gt20 cam, vararam intake and a tune
I did not see anything about the engine oil system and am wondering what you may have done to address the known issues in extended left hand turns at high G? LPE oil sump tank? ARE system? Also I did not see an answer to the question about your heads (specifically the valve guide issue).
What CarboTech brake pad compounds are you using and have you found it necessary to improve the air cooling to the front disks? Has this problem been addressed?
I have done noting to address oil issues only because i haven noticed any issues. When on the track I am constantly looking at oil pressure and temps. If or when I do notice a problem i will not hesitate to correct it.
As far as heads I have not addressed the issue yet. It will be addressed next month.
But at the same time it kinda has me thinking since the previous owner did get a cam package from 21st century i would think when they were changing out springs they would check to see if anything was out of spec.
But I cannot assume anything which is why next month i will be swapping out heads.
I have done noting to address oil issues only because i haven noticed any issues. When on the track I am constantly looking at oil pressure and temps. If or when I do notice a problem i will not hesitate to correct it.
As far as heads I have not addressed the issue yet. It will be addressed next month.
But at the same time it kinda has me thinking since the previous owner did get a cam package from 21st century i would think when they were changing out springs they would check to see if anything was out of spec.
But I cannot assume anything which is why next month i will be swapping out heads.
Strongly recommend you look at older threads by Dreamin on this issue. He instrumented his Z06 with a piezoelectric pressure transmitter and a datalogger to do the definitive work. You can watch your gauges all day long, but it has been shown that the bandwidth of the OEM transducer/gauge will not let you know that the oil pressure dips are happening.
If you run on TWS, watch out for the Turn 1-2 complex and the Turn 5-6 complex in particular. If you run on COTA, this track may not put as much stress on the situation.
I will be at TWS on March 24-25 for an HDPE. PM me if you are planning to be there.
Strongly recommend you look at older threads by Dreamin on this issue. He instrumented his Z06 with a piezoelectric pressure transmitter and a datalogger to do the definitive work. You can watch your gauges all day long, but it has been shown that the bandwidth of the OEM transducer/gauge will not let you know that the oil pressure dips are happening.
If you run on TWS, watch out for the Turn 1-2 complex and the Turn 5-6 complex in particular. If you run on COTA, this track may not put as much stress on the situation.
I will be at TWS on March 24-25 for an HDPE. PM me if you are planning to be there.
Thanks for the info! What kinda times do you run at TWS? Do you run street tires or hoosiers?
So I got the new heads on over the weekend and man what a chore it was. Passenger side was cake but drivers side... Well it was a little frustrating. Anyway here are a few pictures from the swap. The last picture was my sons work on the old heads lol
Nice! How did you clean the deck surface? i am leaning towards 400 grit sandpaper and some wd40. Already removed heavy carbon deposits with a razor blade
Nice! How did you clean the deck surface? i am leaning towards 400 grit sandpaper and some wd40. Already removed heavy carbon deposits with a razor blade
So i forgot to take pictures after i cleaned it these were before pictures of the deck. I just used a razor blade as it took everything off in the first pass
Nice! How did you clean the deck surface? i am leaning towards 400 grit sandpaper and some wd40. Already removed heavy carbon deposits with a razor blade
After using a razor blade to remove the bigger pieces of gasket I bought some "Oops!" from Autozone to remove the rest. Pour some on a microfiber towel and scrub away. It worked amazing! I tried wd-40 as well and it wasn't working as good. Goof Off should work as well.
wow ya thats crazy mine just has like what felt like rtv or silicon no hard deposits or gasket left on mine and the razor took it right off. I was prepared to start sanding i had to when i did heads on my ly6 but was shocked when i pulled these.
02-14-2017, 05:36 PM
