Autocrossing
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I wouldn't worry about it at all. I would be comfortable autocrossing any car; manufacturers do hellacious durability testing on new cars in far worse conditions than any autocross course will cause.
Drifting
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Totally agree. A run at the average autocross is typically what, maybe 2 minutes? The transmission not going to overheat in that amount of time. And there is almost always plenty of cool down time between runs.
Burning Brakes
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From: The Woodlands TX
I've seen people Autocross econo rentals.... So you should be fine. As others have mentioned, an average Autocross lap isn't much more than a minute. No new production car should overheat under any conditions in that short of time...
Now a road course with 30+ minute sessions... You may run into problems.
Now a road course with 30+ minute sessions... You may run into problems.
Burning Brakes
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Burning Brakes
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From: The Woodlands TX
Actually, I may be mistaken. I believe I was thinking about the Convertible which does not have the cooling ducts and GM noted that cooling issues could arise when tracking the convertible.
Although I did search for issues with the Auto Tranny and came across this.
Quoted from this thread
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c7-g...ng-issues.html
"Tadge commented in a session last week at Sebring that they would be doing a lot of engineering to get the cooling on the new A8 in the Z06 to allow it to survive in a track environment. To use his words he called it "Track certified". If they are having to do that much work on a new design with external pumps and valves I'd say this it's quite likely the A6 is not track certified. if it was I wouldn't expect it would need a cool down after 5 laps."
Although I did search for issues with the Auto Tranny and came across this.
Quoted from this thread
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c7-g...ng-issues.html
"Tadge commented in a session last week at Sebring that they would be doing a lot of engineering to get the cooling on the new A8 in the Z06 to allow it to survive in a track environment. To use his words he called it "Track certified". If they are having to do that much work on a new design with external pumps and valves I'd say this it's quite likely the A6 is not track certified. if it was I wouldn't expect it would need a cool down after 5 laps."
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