My supercharged C7 is shockingly light
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You're mods sound like what I'm planning to do to mine if I don't get the new Z06. Im looking to purchase a Procharger kit, AR headers, and LMR catch can with a tune. Possibly HRE Wheels later… My question is, would you recommend this setup for a daily driven car? I love the gas milage now so I drive my car daily to work. With these mods I don't want to ruin the drivability of my car. Never taken it to a track but with these mods maybe I will get out there. Its more of brag gin rights and for show when I pop my hood at local carshow events. Thanks!
For those not put off about the weight lets examine the issue a bit further. Motor trend z51 car weigh's 3444. Okay the car might be full of gas but it does not have a supercharge, intercooler, meth kit, control module, Breather kit, and much wider tires and rims. It does not have all the fancy carbon parts a z06 will have an no carbon drive shaft and that car will be at least 75 pound heavier. Seem pretty light in my book.
Ill go back next month to Atco and give you guy a couple solid 10 second runs so that there is nothing to argue about
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No debate with me......your trap speed says it all. I went down two tenths from my slowest pass and went into the 11's with a bone stock C7. Only three runs first time at the track with the new C7. M7's just may be a little tougher to get into the ten's.
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I drive the car every single day to work. It has 9,400 miles on it and 3,400 with the mods. The car is super stock feeling and only changes character at high rpm. When it is in touring mode it is about as loud as my wifes Audi. In fact my wife drove the car after it was modded and she was like "It feel the same are you sure they did work to it". And off course I responded by saying they hardly did anything so don't worry about it. If you don't go deep into the gas it does not seem that different.
For those not put off about the weight lets examine the issue a bit further. Motor trend z51 car weigh's 3444. Okay the car might be full of gas but it does not have a supercharge, intercooler, meth kit, control module, Breather kit, and much wider tires and rims. It does not have all the fancy carbon parts a z06 will have an no carbon drive shaft and that car will be at least 75 pound heavier. Seem pretty light in my book.
Ill go back next month to Atco and give you guy a couple solid 10 second runs so that there is nothing to argue about
For those not put off about the weight lets examine the issue a bit further. Motor trend z51 car weigh's 3444. Okay the car might be full of gas but it does not have a supercharge, intercooler, meth kit, control module, Breather kit, and much wider tires and rims. It does not have all the fancy carbon parts a z06 will have an no carbon drive shaft and that car will be at least 75 pound heavier. Seem pretty light in my book.
Ill go back next month to Atco and give you guy a couple solid 10 second runs so that there is nothing to argue about
Atco is the place to do it, too. The finish line is lower elevation than the starting line. And you get some negative DA there....totally jealous of that.
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Actually Atco's elevation is 95' at the starting line and 95' at the finish.
However Cecil's elevation is 336' at the starting line and 319' at the finish, a downhill grade of 1.29%!
I've always thought Cecil was the fastest track, but not prepped as well as MIR during a "Corvette rental". Atco is really good too, and all three can get great air.
S.
However Cecil's elevation is 336' at the starting line and 319' at the finish, a downhill grade of 1.29%!
I've always thought Cecil was the fastest track, but not prepped as well as MIR during a "Corvette rental". Atco is really good too, and all three can get great air.
S.
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Actually Atco's elevation is 95' at the starting line and 95' at the finish.
However Cecil's elevation is 336' at the starting line and 319' at the finish, a downhill grade of 1.29%!
I've always thought Cecil was the fastest track, but not prepped as well as MIR during a "Corvette rental". Atco is really good too, and all three can get great air.
S.
However Cecil's elevation is 336' at the starting line and 319' at the finish, a downhill grade of 1.29%!
I've always thought Cecil was the fastest track, but not prepped as well as MIR during a "Corvette rental". Atco is really good too, and all three can get great air.
S.
guess I was thinking of Cecil.
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lol. yeah, nothing at all.....
http://youtu.be/VPhNk6J0tEg
I am well aware of how tires can affect ET.....except if you want to claim that ET, you better run those tires. A motor isn't the only component in a race car. It takes the whole combination.
Here's my 2001 Z06 with headers and a 100 shot or 150 shot, can't remember:
http://www.streetfire.net/video/2001...gto_139156.htm
http://youtu.be/VPhNk6J0tEg
I am well aware of how tires can affect ET.....except if you want to claim that ET, you better run those tires. A motor isn't the only component in a race car. It takes the whole combination.
Here's my 2001 Z06 with headers and a 100 shot or 150 shot, can't remember:
http://www.streetfire.net/video/2001...gto_139156.htm
I'm going to go ahead and guess you're weren't still running an Olds motor spinning that thing to 8k. Correct?
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That thing moves pretty good for a LC motor. I bet she would love to be around 10.5:1.
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Actually Atco's elevation is 95' at the starting line and 95' at the finish.
However Cecil's elevation is 336' at the starting line and 319' at the finish, a downhill grade of 1.29%!
I've always thought Cecil was the fastest track, but not prepped as well as MIR during a "Corvette rental". Atco is really good too, and all three can get great air.
S.
However Cecil's elevation is 336' at the starting line and 319' at the finish, a downhill grade of 1.29%!
I've always thought Cecil was the fastest track, but not prepped as well as MIR during a "Corvette rental". Atco is really good too, and all three can get great air.
S.
Funny how most say Atco is some super human race track, but I live right by it and most of my PB's were at other tracks.
IMO Truth of it is that for many years the N.E. was were the envelopes were pushed and records were set most often. Most being at Atco rentals so the track got a rep for being an "unfair track". Simple truth is, that's where the heavy hitter shops duked it out for the early years of LS racing.
(back it when it was really the fun days of LS racing)
