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They use stock Z51s at Spring Mountain and my understanding is they are sold as used cars with the remainder of the OEM warranty. If this is true, then using your car at a track should be covered. What am I missing?
they have to cover it. they build the cars to track they say, they put the throttle pedal in there so what do they think? gonna baby it around, lol. should work out for ya. good luck paul
I would be really surprised if this was not covered under warranty. The manual has instructions for HPDE so why would they not cover something mechanical just because it was a HPDE? This car was made to be driven hard. Hope it's a smooth process for you.
Don't know all the particulars, but if it was under warranty, which it should have been (11,000 miles), GM should take care of you. Why not? And, I would not have them salvage any parts for the new engine.
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what I don't understand is why would anyone want to use their daily driver as a track car, 70k (or whatever you paid) seems to be an awful lot of money for a "toy". Not busting your ***** OP but you said that if GM doesn't cover it you'll spend 11k on a new engine, well wouldn't you just be better off building a dedicated track demon and not have to worry about any accidents or breakdowns of your Corvette?
Perhaps you're Daddy Warbucks and have money to burn in which case all the power to you but if you're a working stiff like the rest of us then if I were you I would just buy a C5 and turn it into a racer.
Good luck either way, I hope you're back racing again soon.
OP - Sorry to hear about your engine. It's reasonable that a car advertised for track use should be able to withstand some time on the circuit. I've done it with sport bikes for years with no issues, it's just a bunch of corners...HPDE doesn't require a dedicated track car (SMH).
Given the latest statements from GM regarding track use (esp for a driving school, not "competition"), I'm hopeful your situation will be resolved.
what I don't understand is why would anyone want to use their daily driver as a track car, 70k (or whatever you paid) seems to be an awful lot of money for a "toy". Not busting your ***** OP but you said that if GM doesn't cover it you'll spend 11k on a new engine, well wouldn't you just be better off building a dedicated track demon and not have to worry about any accidents or breakdowns of your Corvette?
It's like a home made Arial Atom 500, but with 25 more hp! I can't even imagine driving that thing and not killing myself.
No kidding! Buy yourself a used Miata, a crate Vette engine (or even use the Miata engine) and a $9K kit from these guys and you really have a "track toy" and can avoid discussions of warranty voiding from GM/Chevy.
It's only Tues., he brought it in Mon. I doubt if the answer is available yet from GM. Some say the determination is made at the dealer level; every major dollar decision has been said to be made at the regional or even Detroit level. And I'd think this is major dollars.
They use stock Z51s at Spring Mountain and my understanding is they are sold as used cars with the remainder of the OEM warranty. If this is true, then using your car at a track should be covered. What am I missing?
I believe Spring Mountain obtains their cars without a GM warranty (with a generous price reduction) and when they sell them to the company that resells them to the public, they have a 3rd party warranty.
This straight of the Gen6 Camaro Forum: http://www.autoblog.com/2016/04/01/2...rack-warranty/
Al Openheiser , head of camaro development "Much as it does with the Corvette, Chevrolet has confirmed that it will honor the warranties on V8 Camaros even if the issue in question was caused by a track day or night at the drag strip. Motor Authority was told about the policy by Camaro Chief Engineer Al Oppenheiser, and Autoblog got an official confirmation from GM. There are, of course, caveats, plus some open questions about the policy.
"If you're not modifying your car and you take your production car to a track day and you have an issue with one of your parts, it's covered under warranty," Oppenheiser told Motor Authority. "That's pride of craftsmanship that we know it will stand up to track use."
As Oppenheiser says, don't expect to make sweeping modifications to your car and have GM still foot the bill for any issues that befall your car on the track.
Sorry for the repeat I just saw the above post
"We know when somebody changes their ECM calibration and we know if they changed to a cold-air intake, we can tell all that," Oppenheiser said. "But driving it as you break it in from the dealership, if you have a half-shaft or whatever, it's covered."
We're still waiting for specifics from GM regarding just how far the policy goes – for instance, are you safe if you slap on a set of stickier tires and track-focused brake pads? These are, after all, things that are meant to be replaced, not to mention some of the most affordable and impactful changes you can make to a car for track duty. We're expecting the answer to be yes, but stay tuned. Also, this policy only covers V8-powered SS models for now – sorry, turbocharged and non-1LE V6 Camaro owners. It will carry over to the higher-performing 1LE and ZL1, as well as the expected Z/28. (Chevy covered track use of ZL1 and Z/28 models in the last generation.)
But if you've got a bone-stock 2016 Camaro SS, there's no need to wait for further instructions; go hit the track. GM has your back.
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It will be covered if the car was stock and it wasn't on a DOT-R tire (OP said it was stock and stock tires).
As for those not understanding why someone would track the car? Because it's fun! It's one of the only safe and legal ways to actually use a sports car. I have been running HPDEs since '00, racing since '09, and instructing since '11.
These days they have trackday insurance policies so you're not out the full amount if you total your expensive car.
End of the day you are not out there racing. You drive as fast as you care to go. Think of it as the best back roads drive you ever went on but with no cops, no risk of getting put in jail, no trees lining the pavement, etc.
Last edited by RapidC84B; Apr 13, 2016 at 03:14 PM.
