Perf n Restore

Z06 A8 - Will it break the tires loose..
I asked this question for the M7. Got some great responses.
The A8, slow roll without the trans down shifting will it break the tires loose like the M7?
And ... will the spin the tires on an upshift?

Thanks

Psyence

Yes.

BooSSted

Yep... Especially on the crap stock tires.

RobWilson

Are you serious?

azcanuk

But only in the first 7 gears...

feeder82

over 500 lbsft of torque at the wheels you wonder if it will break the tires loose? baahaahaa, the car is capable of incinerating the tires if you want

Pineapple Devil

I spin through 4th if it matters at all. Even getting on the interstate and merging in rolling in 3rd or 4th gear it squats and spins then goes.

lordofwar

CONMAX

you may be better off with the m7 if spinning the tires is your goal. this may impress some people who don't have to pay for new rear tires.

SharkgrayVetteZ06

haha is this a joke? Im able to break cups 2s loose easily and thats once they are warm too. Turn of traction control and you will find out real quick....

2017ZO6

Agreed. Where do these questions come from?

Dellrose

Likely best to focus more on controlling the 650hp vehicle. Yah...it'll spin tires which is counter to the goal of going fast, but if you're not keenly capable of controlling it, the tire spinning begets the ditch.

VetterFlyer

Here is 400 feet of Cup 2 tires with 75 degrees out and A8 in full traction control with two folks and 3/4 tank. Stock 2015 Z06/7 A8.

davepl

Dude, the Corvette A8 has 10.24:1 gearing in first. So you mean more like FIVE THOUSAND foot pounds at the wheels.

But there are two, so maybe only 2500 per tire? :-)

I don't get threads like this. Like it's going to turn out that only a manual trans Corvette can spin its tires, so we're all going to trade our faster A8s in for M7s?

DevilDog II

. . . only if the roads are wet.

Perf n Restore

Thanks all....I got the answers that I expected.

rbartick

The A8 is quicker off the line and will 60' quicker and easier than an M7. I've seen the A8 dig in and launch at the track while my tires just spin and I basically go nowhere. I don't believe the A8 to be faster from a roll or at speed.

davepl

It's faster to 60 and faster in the quarter, and faster on the road course, so that's about all the places that matter to me.

"From a roll" means nothing to me, that's not even a real thing as far as I'm concerned.

Either way, they're very close. But if you have to pick a winner, it's the A8.

2017ZO6

I love it

atvBob

'Roll racing' is for women ...