3 Z06ZR1

Big cube engines are done with GM anyways!

jvp

The GG tax on the C6 ZR1 is reduced due to CAGS, but not eliminated completely. Sans CAGS, the GG tax would be higher on the ZR1. Probably double, if I had to wager a guess.

GG tax is one thing, CAFE penalties are another entirely. And it's CAFE that the AFM system is primarily attempting to deal with.

ChucksZ06

My z06 weighs 2950 lbs...a couple of lbs is a big deal.

88BlackZ-51

The C6 Z will probably beat it in real world fuel economy but thats it.....

Robert R1

75+ HP
Lighter than C6 Z07. More of a C5Z in terms of a track car
No carbon rotor vibration issues
Steering feel of C5Z which is much better than the C6Z

That would just about do it for me.

sublime1996525

One of the few ways the C6Z might out perform the C7Z is gas mileage. I could be wrong though.

Jasil

I actually agree with them. ZR1 ugly hood, same interior, and 30k more. I'll pass and buy a modded Z06 each and everyday!!

The C7 is so badass the C6 even the ZR1 looks bleh in comparison boring imo. I can't wait January cannot come soon enough!

Supermassive

The Z06 will be more capable than the C5Z and C6Z...of course the C7 Z51 is already trumping C5Z times quite handily, and no one that has driven one has reminisced about the C5Z's handling characteristics, so I'm willing to be that the C7 Z06 will be more in line with the Z51 in how it approaches handling, which is being neutral, not tail happy. It will pull 1.2+g on the skid pad of course that should be easy with the tires in the pics, i mean they're practically slicks. Of course braking will fall under the Z51, quite possibly hitting 60-0 in the 80-90ft range.

I don't know what people are thinking about when trying to extrapolate data concerning the new car by using data from the old cars. The C7 already proved that all the hemming and hawing over the weight, the skinny tires, etc. that you can't judge a new car based on the old because technology has such a profound effect on cars that trying to base predictions on a 10 year old platform is about as meaningful as just pulling figures out of the air at this point.

Use the new C7 as the starting point in your thought process. Throw hopes and dreams out the window. Grasp reality and then do the math. The C7 Z51 is a car that is better than the last gen in every conceivable metric. Expect that the Z06 will be the same, as in everything the past Z06's could do, it will do better.

The one thing that really should be taken away from GM regarding this Z06...didn't they just outright say that this car is the most track capable Corvette ever produced? If that is the case, that includes the mighty ZR1...maybe you should be looking at those numbers instead.

skank

I also think the 7.0 version of the LT1 will be it. That's what I heard from my source. NA for track use and approximately 600hp. The leaked photo of the LT4 is just a diversion to keep us guessing. In Jalopniks recent interview with Tadge, he said there is a 100 percent possibility of a ZR1. Two motors to be built at the new Engine Build facility in BG, one the 7.0 NA called the L88 and the new supercharged LT4.

JockItch

I would absolutely love for this to be true but I've come to terms with what is now the obvious to me... the Z06 will have a forced induction LT4.

If GM somehow planned this as a diversion and throws us a curveball I would be in near disbelief.

Supermassive

Ugh...why all this clingyness to NA? It's not like Corvette engines are super exotic tuned instruments of aural delight. Superchargers allow GM to produce an engine that provides the power we want, while still maintaining some civility while taking fuel economy into consideration. The days of the high displacement all motor from the factory engine are all but over. You can thank all the enviro-whackos for that.

The LS7 is a dinosaur, sorry but that's the way of it. GM has to compete on a world stage where turbo chargers and superchargers reign supreme because they allow more power, less displacement, and good fuel economy. Sure most sound terrible but thats the way of the future. Hell, in 20 years everything will be hybrid so don't get so stuck on old tech.

ChucksZ06

Wow...clueless would be generous.
Yeah, and we will be in flying cars soon...oh and bezo's says amazon will deliver with drones (until a 5 year old has his face cut with rotors). If you are going to make predictions you need to look at reality not the crap you hear on the news every day 'cause that is what the eggheads want to happen, not what will happen...big difference.

1985 Corvette

We like what we like. I'm indifferent on the hood window and not too sure how it will age now that this new FI Vette may not showcase the supercharger. Honestly, I'm hoping they DON'T do a window again for the fact that forced induction is nothing foreign to Corvettes for a long time even before the C6. Your viewpoint seems more subjective and completely reasonable versus some rather delusional posts I have seen in the past just because it was the LS7 vs a ZR1. But yes, I could wrap myself around a light pole with an LS7 just as quick as I would an LS9.

Edit: Speaking of LT4, I actually only have one gripe about the C7 and that's the vastly underwhelming engine bay....not a single thing inspiring about it at all. I look at the pieces engineered to create the LT1 and they are beautifully done but then it's all put together and wrapped up in plastic covers and composite manifolds. I'm so tired of these plastic engine covers. Not a fan of them when they started using them on the C4 LT-1 and have hated them ever since. At the very least with the LT4 and keeping with the tradition of that engine code, paint the intake red to give the engine bay some pop. I know the old LT5 weighs a ton and is archaic by today's standards but still to this day the most beautiful Corvette engine, just opening the hood was a conversation piece without even turning a key.

ATC399

Its supposed too its called progress...OP

Paulchristian

This should make you feel better...

If you have not seen this yet, brace for shock:

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Isn't it beautiful?

I do agree with you though. They have looked really REALLY boring since the C5. I would rather it look similar to the Shelby GT500 engine bay

Dave Schotz

LT-4 will be Z-06 and they'll bring back the LT-5 for he ZR-1 is my guess.

Will be interesting to see how they make this car quicker around Laguna Seca & the Ring... if 100HP more than Z-06 and 200lbs heavier... it can probably make it up... but if still down 30 or 40 HP on the ZR1... and 100LBS or more Heavier... not sure how they will do it, but can't wait!

Dave

bikeriderga

I would guess that the C7 Z06 will have 650 HP, current ZR1 territory.

May weigh a tad more than the curent C6 Z06 and offer more handling inprovements.

Over-Rev

The one thing that really kills me if I upgraded to a C7 will be the hideous engine bay. Plastic everywhere, cables everywhere, offset intake plumbing (I know they had to make room for the airflow diversion box, or whatever it's called, but still there has to be a different and more symmetrical way), and no room for anything other than stickers.

The C5 and C6 not only had more space under the hood, but the aftermarket was able to make some really cool pieces to add a really classic and unique look to the engine bay. It seems the C7 will be much more limited in that respect (I hope I'm wrong). In the end it's small potatoes compared to how overall amazing the C7 is, and like you said, we still have it much better than the Porsche guys in the engine compartment!!

PEETYZ

IMO C7 Z06 will outperform C6 Z06. It will be right on par with ZR1 or may beat it also.

Excited to see! The C7 is impressive and the widebody will definitely make it more aggressive.

I suspect blown 6.2 with about 600-650 hp for Z06.

ChucksZ06

I agree about all the plastic, phony, engine covers. This is how I changed my z06's underhood look...but then I am an old guy who dislikes fake stuff.