Weighed my C8 today
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Weighed my C8 today
I have Z51 and Mag ride 3LT. When I deducted for the gas that was in the car ( about 8gal ) and using digital scales the weight came to 3534lbs. The power to weight ratio is 7.14 For comparison my 2010 ZR1 was 326lbs lighter and, with its 638 HP had a power to weight ratio of 5.22. Just for kicks I took the 638hp and used the weight of my C8 to get a P/W ratio of 5.57. Now many of us know how fast the ZR1 was. If the Z06 ( whenever they produce it) has 650hp or better and does not pick up any more weight it should be very fast and that is what I am ultimately looking forward to. Ps My ZR1 is manual.
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I have Z51 and Mag ride 3LT. When I deducted for the gas that was in the car ( about 8gal ) and using digital scales the weight came to 3534lbs. The power to weight ratio is 7.14 For comparison my 2010 ZR1 was 326lbs lighter and, with its 638 HP had a power to weight ratio of 5.22. Just for kicks I took the 638hp and used the weight of my C8 to get a P/W ratio of 5.57. Now many of us know how fast the ZR1 was. If the Z06 ( whenever they produce it) has 650hp or better and does not pick up any more weight it should be very fast and that is what I am ultimately looking forward to. Ps My ZR1 is manual.
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Take the weight of the car and divide it by the HP. This will indicate how much weight 1 HP has to pull. 3534:495 = 7.14 lbs per HP. My ZR1 had a low 5.22 due to its lighter weight and more HP. The lower that number the better the performance. lbs/hp
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It appears the curb weight of 3600-3650lbs is accurate. It's a shame these cars keep getting heavier...I love everything about my '19 M7 ZR1...except the weight...wish it was 3200-3300lbs. I understand weight saving like a McLaren is extremely expensive...but the extra 300-500lbs is very noticeable.
Having said all of that...I agree the C8Z06 will be a BEAST. Straight line will be impressive...but I'm most interested in it's track performance. I've said it before...but what many people will like about the C8Z06 (if it's a TT engine) is how easy/cheap they are to make power with a simple tune/exhaust. 720s are going high 8's @155-160mph with a tune and exhaust and adding 10mph in the 1/4 mi. C8Z won't be quite that quick, but it'll be a monster! Looking forward to it. Cheers!
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So that is W/P, not P/W.
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I get it's a good baseline and thank you for weighing you car...But it's all semantics...Last I checked you can't drive a car with no gas...so might as well put the gas in there...It's also kind of hard to drive car with no driver. My point is...1/4 tank vs. full tank could be 100lbs...Driver A vs. Driver B could be another 100lbs different...You could have 200lbs between the SAME car.
It appears the curb weight of 3600-3650lbs is accurate. It's a shame these cars keep getting heavier...I love everything about my '19 M7 ZR1...except the weight...wish it was 3200-3300lbs. I understand weight saving like a McLaren is extremely expensive...but the extra 300-500lbs is very noticeable.
Having said all of that...I agree the C8Z06 will be a BEAST. Straight line will be impressive...but I'm most interested in it's track performance. I've said it before...but what many people will like about the C8Z06 (if it's a TT engine) is how easy/cheap they are to make power with a simple tune/exhaust. 720s are going high 8's @155-160mph with a tune and exhaust and adding 10mph in the 1/4 mi. C8Z won't be quite that quick, but it'll be a monster! Looking forward to it. Cheers!
It appears the curb weight of 3600-3650lbs is accurate. It's a shame these cars keep getting heavier...I love everything about my '19 M7 ZR1...except the weight...wish it was 3200-3300lbs. I understand weight saving like a McLaren is extremely expensive...but the extra 300-500lbs is very noticeable.
Having said all of that...I agree the C8Z06 will be a BEAST. Straight line will be impressive...but I'm most interested in it's track performance. I've said it before...but what many people will like about the C8Z06 (if it's a TT engine) is how easy/cheap they are to make power with a simple tune/exhaust. 720s are going high 8's @155-160mph with a tune and exhaust and adding 10mph in the 1/4 mi. C8Z won't be quite that quick, but it'll be a monster! Looking forward to it. Cheers!
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I almost hate to do this, but just playing with the published curb weights and advertised horsepower of the C6 ZR1 and the C7 Z06 and further estimating that the C8 Z06 will be about 90 lbs heavier than the Z51 it turns out that the C8 Z06 will need to have between 690 and 715 advertised horsepower (assuming some sort of constant across Chevrolet advertising) to approximate the performance of the aforementioned previous generation cars. I think that's pretty much the number folks have been throwing around for a while now. So no surprises built on that analysis.
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I have Z51 and Mag ride 3LT. When I deducted for the gas that was in the car ( about 8gal ) and using digital scales the weight came to 3534lbs. The power to weight ratio is 7.14 For comparison my 2010 ZR1 was 326lbs lighter and, with its 638 HP had a power to weight ratio of 5.22. Just for kicks I took the 638hp and used the weight of my C8 to get a P/W ratio of 5.57. Now many of us know how fast the ZR1 was. If the Z06 ( whenever they produce it) has 650hp or better and does not pick up any more weight it should be very fast and that is what I am ultimately looking forward to. Ps My ZR1 is manual.
However, despite that, thank you for sharing this interesting data.
depends on how heavy a possible battery for electric hybrid might weigh
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I have Z51 and Mag ride 3LT. When I deducted for the gas that was in the car ( about 8gal ) and using digital scales the weight came to 3534lbs. The power to weight ratio is 7.14 For comparison my 2010 ZR1 was 326lbs lighter and, with its 638 HP had a power to weight ratio of 5.22. Just for kicks I took the 638hp and used the weight of my C8 to get a P/W ratio of 5.57. Now many of us know how fast the ZR1 was. If the Z06 ( whenever they produce it) has 650hp or better and does not pick up any more weight it should be very fast and that is what I am ultimately looking forward to. Ps My ZR1 is manual.
If so, I wonder how much that weighs.
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I get it's a good baseline and thank you for weighing you car...But it's all semantics...Last I checked you can't drive a car with no gas...so might as well put the gas in there...It's also kind of hard to drive car with no driver. My point is...1/4 tank vs. full tank could be 100lbs...Driver A vs. Driver B could be another 100lbs different...You could have 200lbs between the SAME car.
It appears the curb weight of 3600-3650lbs is accurate. It's a shame these cars keep getting heavier...I love everything about my '19 M7 ZR1...except the weight...wish it was 3200-3300lbs. I understand weight saving like a McLaren is extremely expensive...but the extra 300-500lbs is very noticeable.
Having said all of that...I agree the C8Z06 will be a BEAST. Straight line will be impressive...but I'm most interested in it's track performance. I've said it before...but what many people will like about the C8Z06 (if it's a TT engine) is how easy/cheap they are to make power with a simple tune/exhaust. 720s are going high 8's @155-160mph with a tune and exhaust and adding 10mph in the 1/4 mi. C8Z won't be quite that quick, but it'll be a monster! Looking forward to it. Cheers!
It appears the curb weight of 3600-3650lbs is accurate. It's a shame these cars keep getting heavier...I love everything about my '19 M7 ZR1...except the weight...wish it was 3200-3300lbs. I understand weight saving like a McLaren is extremely expensive...but the extra 300-500lbs is very noticeable.
Having said all of that...I agree the C8Z06 will be a BEAST. Straight line will be impressive...but I'm most interested in it's track performance. I've said it before...but what many people will like about the C8Z06 (if it's a TT engine) is how easy/cheap they are to make power with a simple tune/exhaust. 720s are going high 8's @155-160mph with a tune and exhaust and adding 10mph in the 1/4 mi. C8Z won't be quite that quick, but it'll be a monster! Looking forward to it. Cheers!
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I have Z51 and Mag ride 3LT. When I deducted for the gas that was in the car ( about 8gal ) and using digital scales the weight came to 3534lbs. The power to weight ratio is 7.14 For comparison my 2010 ZR1 was 326lbs lighter and, with its 638 HP had a power to weight ratio of 5.22. Just for kicks I took the 638hp and used the weight of my C8 to get a P/W ratio of 5.57. Now many of us know how fast the ZR1 was. If the Z06 ( whenever they produce it) has 650hp or better and does not pick up any more weight it should be very fast and that is what I am ultimately looking forward to. Ps My ZR1 is manual.
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I love the modern advancements that have been made, and I'd still love to get myself into a C8 one day, but man, my '02 Z28 was 3475lbs with ~1/4 - 1/2 tank of fuel!! Granted, it "only" had ~350HP, but still. I think it's kind of sad that GM hasn't been able to keep the weight down since the C5's and C6's. I'd love to see how C7's and C8's would perform if they were still in the ~3200lb range.
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Well they could keep the weight down. Just almost nobody would buy it.
a zillion way power, heated and vented leather seats, leather interiors, heated steering wheel, power folding mirrors, 14 speakers and stereo, noise insulation, stupid heavy 19 and 20" wheels and tires. Dual zone air conditioning, GPS, On Star, ...
You get the idea...
a zillion way power, heated and vented leather seats, leather interiors, heated steering wheel, power folding mirrors, 14 speakers and stereo, noise insulation, stupid heavy 19 and 20" wheels and tires. Dual zone air conditioning, GPS, On Star, ...
You get the idea...
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Well they could keep the weight down. Just almost nobody would buy it.
a zillion way power, heated and vented leather seats, leather interiors, heated steering wheel, power folding mirrors, 14 speakers and stereo, noise insulation, stupid heavy 19 and 20" wheels and tires. Dual zone air conditioning, GPS, On Star, ...
You get the idea...
a zillion way power, heated and vented leather seats, leather interiors, heated steering wheel, power folding mirrors, 14 speakers and stereo, noise insulation, stupid heavy 19 and 20" wheels and tires. Dual zone air conditioning, GPS, On Star, ...
You get the idea...