C8 Stingray vs. C7 Z06
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Burning Brakes
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That's the point though.. If he sells his current Z he will eat cost + buying a new base C8 only to eat even more cost to purchase a new C8Z.. May as well just wait. If all you're after is performance measurements, the C7Z is still better in every way.
In a straight line the DCT will NOT provide as much of an advantage as you think when comparing to a A8 C7Z. The C7Z was tested just as good at 0-60 times. No one in the real world will be or is able to replicate these times very often. Having less HP/TQ is where the advantage comes from for the C8, not the tranny. It's just easier to grip 450 torque compared to 650.
In a straight line the DCT will NOT provide as much of an advantage as you think when comparing to a A8 C7Z. The C7Z was tested just as good at 0-60 times. No one in the real world will be or is able to replicate these times very often. Having less HP/TQ is where the advantage comes from for the C8, not the tranny. It's just easier to grip 450 torque compared to 650.
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Slow.. fast.. heavy.. light.. all subjective....
No.. there hasn't been a "slow" corvette in my eyes since the Base C5... even the C5Z was a quick car.
But the Z06 and ZR1 (and to 60, the C8) are wicked fast...
I would imagine the C8 variants will be insanely fast. Especially if they go electric motor assist.. great times to be a speed freak.
No.. there hasn't been a "slow" corvette in my eyes since the Base C5... even the C5Z was a quick car.
But the Z06 and ZR1 (and to 60, the C8) are wicked fast...
I would imagine the C8 variants will be insanely fast. Especially if they go electric motor assist.. great times to be a speed freak.
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lol.. no... you can't just cruise past the fact that they STATED THE CHANGE IN THEIR testing method in that article .... then try to tell people that "they've been doing that for years" lol... no... their 1ft rollout or timing of it is CHANGED.... not "done that way for years"... good god. use your eyes and read
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Drifting
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lol.. no... you can't just cruise past the fact that they STATED THE CHANGE IN THEIR testing method in that article .... then try to tell people that "they've been doing that for years" lol... no... their 1ft rollout or timing of it is CHANGED.... not "done that way for years"... good god. use your eyes and read
If you don't think they haven't been deducting 1ft rollout for years on end, then you are wrong.
I would think that even if and when they publish the recalculated times for the C7Z that both the M7 and A8 versions still didn't leave the line hard enough for them to be able to round up to a 0.1 second difference in the first place. So unless they start reporting 0-60 times in hundredths or thousandths type format, you aren't going to get numbers any different that what they posted years ago.
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If 0-60 is all I cared about I would just keep letting Tesla do software updates to my P3, In 30 minutes of download/install my P3 went from 0-60 in 3.3 secs to 2.9. I'm definitely keeping my C7 Z 3LZ and then when the C8Z comes out I will buy one..probably trade my Tesla in on it. Hopefully GM is being smart and moving towards a battery platform or hybrid C8. The technology is here and Ferrari is already doing it. My plan is to have the last Gen FE Z and the first ME Z in my stable.
If people think that a ME C8 is going to be faster than the C7Z was at VIR before it comes out into the real world, then I think people are stetting themselves up to be disappointed. The C7 and Viper all FEs cars have outdone many ME cars, ME cars that have been around for a lot longer too.....will the C8 Stingray outperform either of those cars? We won't know how well it does until it is out and not being tested by magazines.
Here are the lap times for VIR..notice the FE cars on the list. I doubt the C8 will beat the C7Z.
https://fastestlaps.com/tracks/virgi...e-post-01-2014
after MRC update it beat the Viper too. See here.
https://www.lsxmag.com/news/c7-z06-w...er-acr-at-vir/
If people think that a ME C8 is going to be faster than the C7Z was at VIR before it comes out into the real world, then I think people are stetting themselves up to be disappointed. The C7 and Viper all FEs cars have outdone many ME cars, ME cars that have been around for a lot longer too.....will the C8 Stingray outperform either of those cars? We won't know how well it does until it is out and not being tested by magazines.
Here are the lap times for VIR..notice the FE cars on the list. I doubt the C8 will beat the C7Z.
https://fastestlaps.com/tracks/virgi...e-post-01-2014
after MRC update it beat the Viper too. See here.
https://www.lsxmag.com/news/c7-z06-w...er-acr-at-vir/
