Callaway?
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Callaway?
Anyone have any news regarding Callaway and the C8. Havent heard much yet. Drove by the CT location and all I saw was a Camaro and few suvs outside where they usually park cars to work on. When C7 came out they had tons there being upgraded.
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Im guessing based off the last build you can get a head and cam package after you purchase a new set because I believe they keep your oem parts but it wont be any good until tuning is cracked. That is what other tuners are waiting on. However, the biggest obstacle is the dct transmission which is only good for 600 hp and other shops sent theirs to Australia for a rebuild and that was 5 months ago. I also heard a beefed up dct can cost 20k. Good luck might as well stay stock of just bolt ons.
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Im guessing based off the last build you can get a head and cam package after you purchase a new set because I believe they keep your oem parts but it wont be any good until tuning is cracked. That is what other tuners are waiting on. However, the biggest obstacle is the dct transmission which is only good for 600 hp and other shops sent theirs to Australia for a rebuild and that was 5 months ago. I also heard a beefed up dct can cost 20k. Good luck might as well stay stock of just bolt ons.
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I’m guessing they will have a z06 upgrade package available. S far as cracking the tune goes. They don’t have to crack anything. If they do a package it’s with GM’s blessing and they will have the correct tuning package. No need to crack anything. If they are working on a z06 package obviously they can’t tell us yet.
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I’m guessing they will have a z06 upgrade package available. S far as cracking the tune goes. They don’t have to crack anything. If they do a package it’s with GM’s blessing and they will have the correct tuning package. No need to crack anything. If they are working on a z06 package obviously they can’t tell us yet.
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Exactly hp is just a derivative of torque and low end torque (nitrous/turbo) puts more of a load on clutches as well especially if the tires aren’t spinning.
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the GM warranty stays intact with the Callaway packages, so I’d put my $ on the transmission not being able to handle the extra power currently.
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You mean in the base car the yes. The z06 variant is supposed to have a beefed up version of the tremec dct which is why I bet Callaway has been working on a upgrade package for the z.
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Last I heard, GM still has not given anyone, Callaway included, the key to the computer yet.
Hopefully that will change soon, but Im not holding out hope.
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That was an AeroBody car, not The Callaway Sledgehammer Corvette
Here's a great backgrounder on the Callaway Sledgehammer Corvette:
https://web.archive.org/web/20110708...ember/cotm.htm
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Hard to know how the Z06 transmission will be upgraded. If the car gets turbos, the torque capacity will need to be increased. If the car is a NA high revving screamer, the current torque capacity is fine and the upgrades will go to allowing it to spin to 9,000 rpm.
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That was an AeroBody car, not The Callaway Sledgehammer Corvette
Here's a great backgrounder on the Callaway Sledgehammer Corvette:
https://web.archive.org/web/20110708...ember/cotm.htm
Here's a great backgrounder on the Callaway Sledgehammer Corvette:
https://web.archive.org/web/20110708...ember/cotm.htm
In that thread, if memory serves, the poster confirmed it was a Sledgehammer.
But, maybe he meant it was the aero package only.
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