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Old 05-24-2018, 03:59 PM
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Found your video by accident the other day. Awesome to watch!
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Awesome! I am the guy that followed you today on IG with the C6Z. I cannot wait to see this car run on the 18" setup! Beautifull rig as well!
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The Z looks lovely at home!
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See ya at NCM!

What wheel/tire do you plan on bringing? Didn't I see your car on Forgelines and Rivals on facebook somewhere recently?
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gotta love the red hot brake pics
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Wow, that thing is fast!!!
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Not sure how this feels while on the wheel but from the video there is a lot of left/right correction going on coming out of corners and even while under heavy braking. Is this normal? Is it a factor of too much power and too much weight (the entire gt3 lightweight NA argument).
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NCM MSP event

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Originally Posted by GarryZR1
To answer a few questions and comments in the posts.
My Son Barry is the IG person of my ZR1. We do things together.
The corrections you see coming out of slow corners is due to insufficient experience with this high hp car and the results of traction control reigning the car back in.
One braking zone is rough and uneven causing some of the straightling brake movement. The car is good and stable under braking.
We got a set of signature BV501 wheels and have BFG Rival S tires for the OB-USCC at the NCM MSP event
Ah ok, it was him then. I will be following the adventure through IG!
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Love it! So you need pads after two days? I was afraid of that. I have two days at Summit Point and two days at VIR next month and it's starting to look like I'll need to put the AP Racing kit on sooner than I expected.
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Loved it!
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Fun to watch! Thanks for sharing. Hot damn that car can accelerate. Nearly 170mph on the uphill front straight is ridiculous.

Why no PTM mode? Regular track mode is a dog with traction control intervention. It doesn't get better until you're in Sport 1. (At least in a Z06).
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Originally Posted by GarryZR1
To answer a few questions and comments in the posts.
My Son Barry is the IG person of my ZR1. We do things together.
The corrections you see coming out of slow corners is due to insufficient experience with this high hp car and the results of traction control reigning the car back in.
One braking zone is rough and uneven causing some of the straightline brake movement. The car is good and stable under braking.
We got a set of Signature BV501 wheels and have BFG Rival S tires for the OB-USCC at the NCM MSP event
Good luck out there in BG for Optima. It will be fun to see how the car does compared to the regulars at those events. I think speed stop and road course will be it's strong points, but I'm curious to see how it does on a smaller auto x course like NCM.

It'll also be interesting to see how much the Rivals hurt the performance compared to the SC2 tires. Have fun and be safe. We'll be watching from the west coast.

RICH
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You easily took the top spot in the Track Times thread. You could be the first ZR1 submission of a user here on the Corvette Track Times database. Please submit if you can!

https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...ial+track+time


By the way, your car CLEARLY needs an 01 driver door number in the same font and size....



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Originally Posted by K.I.T.T.
By the way, your car CLEARLY needs an 01 driver door number in the same font and size....


That was the first thing I thought of as well.
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Originally Posted by spearfish25
Fun to watch! Thanks for sharing. Hot damn that car can accelerate. Nearly 170mph on the uphill front straight is ridiculous.

Why no PTM mode? Regular track mode is a dog with traction control intervention. It doesn't get better until you're in Sport 1. (At least in a Z06).
Was wondering the same thing. Why limit yourself by not using the Track Sub Modes?

Bill

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