2016 Z51 On Track?
Le Mans Master
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From: Texas
People keep mentioning how when they run at very high RPMs in 2nd 3rd gear the cars overheat, but if you were driving at any sort of fast level with of course traction control turned off, and exiting a turn in 2nd or 3rd gear you don't need that much power to overwhelm the rear tires so you need to go faster through the turns I guess, the whole thing sounds silly to me and frankly sounds like slow and poor quality driving to me.
Drifting
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I ran my 2015 Z51 at Circuit or the Americas on Sunday. My car is stock except for Carbotech XP10s in front and XP8s in rear, Motul 600 brake fluid, and the Z06 grill. My Z51 and my buddies C6 GS where the only two cars running in our group at speed that didn't have some sort of heat related issue. Tempature got up to 86 degrees in the afternoon. It was my first time at the circuit so I wasn't running super fast times buy not slow ones either. My average lap time was 2:48-9. With the fastest lap being 2:44.
Achmed - Personally I wouldn't mess with the cooling rings.
Achmed - Personally I wouldn't mess with the cooling rings.
Beautiful car and photo by the way!
Last edited by Achmed; Mar 18, 2016 at 06:33 PM.
Racer
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From: San Antonio Tx
Funny that you ask. When we would stage on pitlane I was the only one who pull up and not have terrible break squeal. But once I headed home I realized that they where noisy as heck. I also have the carbotech 1521 bobcats for street driving. I have had no noise out of them. Here is a short video of what the XPs sounded like when pulling up to a stop light.
Last edited by silky1; Mar 18, 2016 at 06:51 PM.
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St. Jude Donor '11,'13
They can be driven on the street but you will have some NOISE. The great thing about Carbotech compounds is they are all compatible with each other so, you can run the 1521 street compound and then for track days swap your pads to the XP series on the same rotors with no issue no re-bedding nothing just put them on and go and vice versa when you come off the track.
Last edited by Carbotech Adam; Mar 19, 2016 at 11:57 AM.
Instructor
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From: Ft Lauderdale FL
A little help please from the experienced track pilots that are running with a recent model Z51. I run fairly hard at VIR in the DE/instructor groups on R rubber with pads and good fluid. I got out of my Carrera S2 but I did like the fact that it was worry-free. Never had a problem with brakes or heat in the Porsche - but I see from this forum that overheating and brakes are a problem which was my experience in my C5 Z06 and C6 Z06 (brakes terrified me).
So, I'd like to think that Chevy has fixed Corvette track behavior but its not sounding that way. Can I track an M7 Z51 on R compound rubber with good pads and fluid and let it ride - worry-free? Or am I going to have problems with brakes and/or overheating this summer?
So, I'd like to think that Chevy has fixed Corvette track behavior but its not sounding that way. Can I track an M7 Z51 on R compound rubber with good pads and fluid and let it ride - worry-free? Or am I going to have problems with brakes and/or overheating this summer?
Hoosier's, Hawk brake pads, DBA Rotors, SRF fluid, track alignment, and ss brakelines. Everything else is stock and no heating issues. Over 3k track miles - no
issues and I live in FL and track down here in the summer too.
Last edited by bgjersey30; Mar 20, 2016 at 09:50 AM.
Racer
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From: San Antonio Tx
Here is my 2015 Z51 at VIR this past March - https://youtu.be/mVG65-06x0E
Hoosier's, Hawk brake pads, DBA Rotors, SRF fluid, track alignment, and ss brakelines. Everything else is stock and no heating issues. Over 3k track miles - no
issues and I live in FL and track down here in the summer too.
Hoosier's, Hawk brake pads, DBA Rotors, SRF fluid, track alignment, and ss brakelines. Everything else is stock and no heating issues. Over 3k track miles - no
issues and I live in FL and track down here in the summer too.
