user0405240328

I am also wondering how they channel all that airflow out. The C8Z has a huge area of air intake space on the front. Much more so than C7Z. C7Z has the hood extractor and the vents behind the front wheels in order to extract airflow from the front openings. Where will the C8 front end extract all the air to? All of it just dumping out into the wheel wells? It's not just a matter of heat extraction, but you also need to give the air a path to escape to prevent generating lift at the front of the car. Maybe the huge splitter and canards are to offset this.

ZRacerLE

Looks to be a lot of opening out back. Half of the vents under the tail lights are still covered up too.

RapidC84B

Front sides exhaust out the wheel well like the Stingray. The front center one will have to exhaust out under the car like a C5 given there is a frunk and no venting on the hood that we can see.
That only applies to the side quarter vents. More air in, more air out. I agree that half the bumper exhaust vents are still covered.

OnPoint

I think we're going to have a hood vent. It's just covered up.

RapidC84B

disagree… they’re doing max effort ring testing and probably trying to set lap times for marketing. They’d need that vent functional to reduce lift. They’re not going to ditch the funk just yet. With the targa roof out you need the frunk to run any errands.

OnPoint

Maybe. I think they could route it via in-hood ducting around/over the frunk. And I doubt they're after a firm target marketing time with that kind of traffic on track. Pushing it, yes. Nailing down a marketing time, not yet.

But, no biggie. We'll know before long.

RapidC84B

In the video they're not setting a lap time, but that doesn't mean they're not trying to do it on this trip. Costs a lot of money to cart the operation over there and with COVID BS lingering who knows if a travel restriction will come back.

OnPoint

Oh, I agree they're pushing it. Finalizing calibrations/tuning.

And yeah, just when we thought we were getting Covid bs behind us . . . . . .

Would be nice if they got a stretch of good luck for a change. And decent weather.

international blue

Great Picture! This shot also shows the side intakes un camouflaged and at their current shape and configuration. The rear wing while initially hard to get used to is not decorative, it is like the front wing of an F1 car and directs the air rather than only planting the tail end. It’s a pretty elegant wing. This shot to me is the best look we have seen….

RapidC84B

No it doesn't... the side intakes are still half covered. If you look close at large pics you can see it. They did the exact same thing to obscure the Stingray scoop. It looks just like the C8R.

Racingswh

Base car for me. Just seems more practical for a part time street car and with decent tires still be plenty quick.

Getting close to a release of the car?

Lashedup

An official lap requires a quite a bit of orchestration and money these days (since 2019). Meanwhile, it is common for manufacturers to use track segment times during testing in segments where there was no traffic or interruptions. Afterwards all the different segment times can be totaled to get a pretty decent ballpark of a complete lap time for a given vehicle.

vettesweetnos

Your right, I'm not a fan of segmented lap times. If only they could get all the suvs off the track, I mean wth...

Mjolitor 68

I need a lightweight Z06 w C8R wing