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Performance data posted in performance section
Take a look it seems official

https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...me-anyway.html

C8Jake

ChevyChad

Awesome! So 0-60 for the non-Z51 is 3.0 (only .1 quicker than the Z51). Bad ***!

MrSchn3ll

Can’t ask for much more from the base model... now imagine the 1/4 mile for the Z, I’m thinking low 10’s easy.

fasttoys

Great info good job, I wonder who let these pictures be taken. Nice!
This is GM times and not car magazine which tends to be better. DCT trans are more consistent when testing.
Data on past generations corvette times.

9157

Can we assume that the base performance numbers are without NPP?

keagan

Awesome! She is also a bit lighter than previously assumed by C&D. Their guess lined up closely to the vert!

yell03

Nice find!

Very nice specs, nobody can really complain about 0-60 in 2.9 and a 1/4 a 11.3@121 with a top of 193 out of 500hp.

Sure, 10.9@130 and 200mph for numbers would look great, but that is where the new Z will come in, probably much better.

For fun I researched GMs published specs on the C7 Z06 with A8 and it was 0-60 2.95 1/4 at 10.95@127 with Z07 package.

I don't have time, but the 2019 ZR1 specs I found are 212 mph top speed and 0-60 in 2.85.

Halewafa

Interesting... kind of tempted to just pass on the Z51 if it is really only 0.1 seconds different. I would rarely track the car, and autocross courses are only hard driving for around 1-2 minutes then a long break, so probably wouldn’t need the extra cooling (better brakes would be nice).

gthal

This is how GM has absolutely positioned Z51... it's a track focused option package with cooling, brakes and aero to ensure the C8 can handle the demands of lapping. If someone never goes to the track, Z51 is definitely not "needed".

SkyBlueVette

So if I skip the Z51 package and just get the NPP exhaust do I get the 490 HP or 495 HP?

jim2527

What’s most impressive to me is the 1/10s difference in 0-60. Z51 cars shift twice in the 0-60 run. Z51 cars lose ~150ms because of the extra shift yet come out 100ms ahead!! That’s serious acceleration!!!

(~150ms to shift is rough guesstimate on my part)

gthal

Yes but does the 5hp matter? I highly doubt anyone could possibly feel it.

george vee

I like the Magnetic ride so I'm forced to get the Z51 package

Race Prepared

Thanks for posting the information we’ve all been waiting for, and it’s good news!

JadeRaven

Really solid numbers.

11.3 in the 1/4 is huge. From a base vette.

The wait is only going to get harder.

jackfrostpdx

Are the 1/4 mile times the same for Z51? Hard to tell if it's that or just missing data.

fasttoys

Z51 will be worth it in the long run. Not a fan of the spoiler but still worth it.

C82LT

It says 0-60mph/100kph. Which is it? 100kph is more like 63mph. A lot of cars are geared for 0-60mph and then take a few more tenths to get to100kph due to gear changes.

usrodeo4

Nice data. Though I thought the Z51 rear axle ratio had been documented as 3.86:1? As for the performance numbers, those are obviously Chevy numbers so if history proves a good indication I would expect the Test numbers to be a few tenths slower...as a point of reference Chevy said the C7 Z06 was a 2.95 sec 0-60 and Motor Trends best number was 3.0...the Porsche Turbo S MT number is 2.5 seconds and 10.43 in the 1/4 mile. There is a youtube video of a '16 Z06 A8 bone stock with only 500 miles running back to back 11.03 and 11.06 1/4 mile runs...so looks like C7 Z06 owners will still have the advantage when a C8 base pulls up next to them at a stop light next year.