C7 makes C6 obsolete
Race Director
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From: Bergen county NJ
If any of you guys train or haver personal trainers.....consider this as you pack on muscle ...as you get stronger ...you may gain a few pounds yet it's the right kind of weight....
Think of the c7 as adding muscle not fat..
Read the description of where the weight increase is landing and you ll agree.....it's the good kind of increase...
All muscle no fat.
Think of the c7 as adding muscle not fat..
Read the description of where the weight increase is landing and you ll agree.....it's the good kind of increase...
All muscle no fat.
Le Mans Master
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From: Ventura CA
If any of you guys train or haver personal trainers.....consider this as you pack on muscle ...as you get stronger ...you may gain a few pounds yet it's the right kind of weight....
Think of the c7 as adding muscle not fat..
Read the description of where the weight increase is landing and you ll agree.....it's the good kind of increase...
All muscle no fat.
Think of the c7 as adding muscle not fat..
Read the description of where the weight increase is landing and you ll agree.....it's the good kind of increase...
All muscle no fat.
Drifting
Joined: Oct 2012
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From: Austin TX
For a car: Muscle is horsepower and torque. Weight is weight.
Your analogy to a human body doesn't translate.
I have modded many cars and often had to add weight when adding stronger drive drain components, sub frame connectors, roll cages, etc. but I'm still agreeing with sam90lx: Weak spin job on that one.
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Race Director
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From: Bergen county NJ
Take a look at the items are heavier and you will better understand the analogy...it's not spin ..I dig my c6... I enjoyed my 485 hp cam headers gears c5 z06..
This is my perspective of the new c7..
I'm not running out to buy one yet I can admire and acknowledge the advances...
Take a look at where the weight is besides the 3160 dry weight
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This is my perspective of the new c7..
I'm not running out to buy one yet I can admire and acknowledge the advances...
Take a look at where the weight is besides the 3160 dry weight
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Agreed if that were the only measurement criteria
Unfortunately, there are hundreds of things that influence ultimate performance but let's not worry about that
. It makes it easier to dump on the C7 if we ignore everything else and focus on the 3,298 weight . Not that it matters but, IMO, it is still very respectable for a modern car with all of the modern features one would expect.
Unfortunately, there are hundreds of things that influence ultimate performance but let's not worry about that
. It makes it easier to dump on the C7 if we ignore everything else and focus on the 3,298 weight . Not that it matters but, IMO, it is still very respectable for a modern car with all of the modern features one would expect.
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Seems to me life is one big compromise... hopefully the C7 is a well thought out and balanced compromise... looks to me like it is
Yes, it is too bad they couldn't have had the car weigh 3,150lbs, have all of the features and options folks expect and want, and have it cost $65,000 well equiped... yeah, that wouldn't happen. 
Race Director
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From: Bergen county NJ
That's my opinion..the end result will be track and street performance
If we look at where the weight is ....it's choices that we each can determine for ourselves.....was this a smart design move?
My opinion would be these have been smart choices..
Last edited by JerriVette; Apr 27, 2013 at 12:03 PM.
Drifting
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If that were true the L88 C2 would still be the performance king at it's 3100 and change curb weight.
In reality an 84 C4 will take a L88 C2 out back and beat it so hard around a road course that the C2 owner will go "Oh yeah well, well mine's a classic!" as a defense.
In reality an 84 C4 will take a L88 C2 out back and beat it so hard around a road course that the C2 owner will go "Oh yeah well, well mine's a classic!" as a defense.
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I'm not disputing the importance of weight either... it is important... but it is but one thing to consider and the C7 weight is completely reasonable in its performance category. The key will be how well GM put together the car as a whole to extract ultimate performance.