First Driving Impression
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First Driving Impression
Yesterday I got a chance to do some driving yesterday on our 2014 C7 Corvette Stingray. It is equipped with the Z51 and 3LT packages. And this particular car is an auto.
Overall, I am impressed with the stock performance of the new Vette. I ran it down the back of our 1/4 mile dragstrip at Lonestar Motorsports Park (next to our shop in Sealy, TX). And the speedo was reading 125 mph. My 650 rwhp CTS-V Coupe runs around 135 mph on the same section of track.
Overall power delivery, shifting, intake sound and throttle response are all very good. I am guessing that a better flowing intake, tune and a set of headers are going to make the new C7 a rocket and give it similar performance to the C6 Z06.
This is a very good car. And the media hype we have all be reading for the past 6 months is not hype after all. Chevy did a great job and the 2014 Stingray is THE REAL DEAL.
We will be doing more testing this week and will get some baseline 0-60, 0-100, 0-150 and 1/4 mile ET and mph numbers on the stock car before we begin the modification process. Stay tuned.
John Hennessey
Overall, I am impressed with the stock performance of the new Vette. I ran it down the back of our 1/4 mile dragstrip at Lonestar Motorsports Park (next to our shop in Sealy, TX). And the speedo was reading 125 mph. My 650 rwhp CTS-V Coupe runs around 135 mph on the same section of track.
Overall power delivery, shifting, intake sound and throttle response are all very good. I am guessing that a better flowing intake, tune and a set of headers are going to make the new C7 a rocket and give it similar performance to the C6 Z06.
This is a very good car. And the media hype we have all be reading for the past 6 months is not hype after all. Chevy did a great job and the 2014 Stingray is THE REAL DEAL.
We will be doing more testing this week and will get some baseline 0-60, 0-100, 0-150 and 1/4 mile ET and mph numbers on the stock car before we begin the modification process. Stay tuned.
John Hennessey
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