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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
Seb i just wanted to comment and say that it's been a pleasure getting to know you over the last year. Your knowledge about the C6 Z06/LS7 platform is second to none and I sincerely appreciate the help you have given me to make my car go that much faster. Your tune alone helped my car pick up mph and driveability, not to mention the wealth of knowledge you have graciously shared to extract the most potential from my setup. I will owe both you and James (RPMEXTRA) all the credit when i am finally able to run a 9 sec pass in my car.
As a huge fan and friend Congrats sir!
Thx Rob, it's always a pleasure to work with you. We get you where you want Sir
Congrats. BTW, I'm impressed that with only 8 passes in nearly 2 years, that you managed to take a new build and get almost identical 60' times.
Oh yeah, cute kids too.
Thx Sir for great comments, Those kiddos love the racing days, they bug me all summer long !!!
Hi, like the title said, I'll create this post for those who have an interest in my personal quest with my car.
Like some already know, I purchased this car back in 2008 brand new and started my learning curve to first drive it well and secondly to modifying it.
I always want to know where the already mighty LS7 engine could go. The engineer have done great on this engine. The C6 Z06 platform are also spectacular.
Some of you already know that 2017 was a tough year. After being screwed BIG time by Livernois shop and all sort of troubles here and there I lost my 2017 drag racing season (same for my friends James.)
So after trying alot on papers to improve from my previous best 9.352 I finally made it.
Theire is alot involved to improve the car at this level with a N/A engine still 427 with almost all of the factory parts.
I would like to start this threads to thanks everyone involved in this quest. Specially friends and family who are involved. You know who you are and how important you are. THX
* Kohle from American Heritage for the work on my LS7 heads. You have done it perfect as I like !!! Thank you
* Jason at Katech for the Spintron testing. Awsome help when we do custom cam. Thank you also for phone help and it's always a pleasure to discuss with you. Very professional shop, Best I ever deal with.
* Nick at American Racing headers for the new headers combo. This is the man, he know what he are speaking of !!! Thank you
*And finally, the most important of this story I would like to thanks Howard At Arfab from Darton Est for the PERFECT LS7 block preparation with Darton sleeve. Thx Sir, you are the man and you have great skill.
The block where sleeved for a primary reason if some of you asking for it. Between the tear down who started back in july 2017 and the first try of rebuilt in December 2017, some DEX COOL stay betwen rings and some sleeve where pitted badly. So I have to took decision. Buy a new block, Bore the block ( and move on fast list category) or install better sleeve in my block. I made the choice.
After all the tear down and inspection overall the old engine parts looked good. I'll keep the rebuilt simple, stay with those great factory parts that fit well for what I'm doing with them.
That mean: Stock LS7 pistons with ceramic coating (Done by myself), Stock LS7 Ti rods, Stock LS7 crank, (Brand new: Stock LS7 rods bearing, Stock LS7 rods bolts, ARP main stud, and Stock LS7 rings pack)
The entire car get on a diet of 100 pounds vs 2016 too.
The Hoosier 335-35-17 tires are a bit harder to push on top, but they stick as hell.
I made a total of 8 passes on the new package and trying to figure out what the new setup want.
I'm still on progress to dial it. Espescially on 60' I need to play a bit on tires pressure, clutch release motion and launch RPM.
I'm a bit rusty and getting older every year !!! loll But I always enjoy pushing the car .
My best bet of this package are capable of low 9.1x with better well dialed 60' and maybe 9.09x with the help of Mother nature negative DA.
The Hoosier 335-35-17 are a bit too much tires, but I have to try to learn them. The car loose 150-200 RPM up top and this new engine combo breath way better up top than the previous.
I'm shy of a couple Hp from the 700 RWHP Dynojet dream of. 698.0 RWHP to be exact at 6750 RPM.
The car weight 2725 pounds dry no fuel in it.
Primary fuel are 91 or 94 on the street and VP for racing day
Thx for watching,
Those kids are my biggest fan ever.
BTW my wife hate me big time using the house oven for curing the ceramic coating ..... But as you see. she not killed me !!! lolll
Seb. I love the build. It's nothing crazy and it down right works. I have seriously contemplated selling all my big build stuff and doing something much more simplistic. Great work on this car!
Awesome work man. Just got my 17" welds yesterday and hope to be hitting the track with my new combo this fall with some good air. Really hoping for 9s!
Amazing results Seb!!! I know how meticulous you are, and you've literally gone over every square inch of that car in the pursuit of gaining mere fractions of a second. I also know of the unfortunate issues that forced you to sit on the sidelines last year; and I'm truly happy to see that you've been able to put that behind you and bounce back with a vengeance! Onward to 9.1xx's!!
Amazing results Seb!!! I know how meticulous you are, and you've literally gone over every square inch of that car in the pursuit of gaining mere fractions of a second. I also know of the unfortunate issues that forced you to sit on the sidelines last year; and I'm truly happy to see that you've been able to put that behind you and bounce back with a vengeance! Onward to 9.1xx's!!
Thank to you sir !!! Yup you are right, alot are involved into this build over years !!!
I'll keep you updated, and sure I shoot to close the year with a 9.1x
09-25-2018, 01:02 PM
BTW, I'm impressed that with only 8 passes in nearly 2 years, that you managed to take a new build and get almost identical 60' times.
