motortrend Z07 Drag race Staged!!
 

As the title says ..what do u guys think ?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDP7Pty8Qnw


The start of the race @2:14 was totally different race from the one @ 2:20 u will notice different cars ahead.. between the two clips "both clips showed the start of the race " also the Z showed huge burnout from top view clip .. but nothing from the side view clip were it got grip obviously !

11.9 1/4 sounds right - I have noticed early Z06 models recorded better times - must be all that leather and suede:p

the video was probably spliced together - you really think they staged 11 cars to race only once...Most likly multiple races many camera angles - Final edit is a mix of multiple races...simple as that

Like niteriderc5 said, I'm sure they just rerun stuff to get new camera angles and different shots. All professional car shows/videos do that. If your saying the times are rigged, I seriously doubt it.

Ouch.

Hmm but still with the first run the Z would have done much better time since its on cups not the f1 run crap ..this is 1/4 mile its all about the initial launch ..

Is it possible that a Z06 with better suspension ,LC and semi sliks tires would get slower times than the typical Z 11.2-11.7 !?

They always complain about the seats. If your not fat, the seats are fine for the street and track.:cheers:

Man I'm skinny at 6'2 and 175lbs and I hate our seats. I had a bruise on my left knee from having to brace myself against the door arm through right hand turns at the track.

I have no idea what you're talking about I'm very not fat and find the seats to be awful. But I knew that before I bought it and that didn't change my mind. We need mitsubishi evo seats!

Yeah, Justin Bell is definitely a fat guy :rolleyes:

If they always complain about the seats, just maybe there's something to it.

If I could bolt in a set of decent Recaros (GM seems to think they are worthy of the CTSV) stock seats would be history in a quick second.

Once you've had good performance seats, you can't go back (at least not happily.)

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Cool video. I thought the GT3 looked sick and would have done better. I thought they should have done a lap with these cars and the results would have been much different :thumbs:

For anything other then cruising, the seats do suck. The Corvette team needs to address this for the C7. I dont care for the elderly, cruising type. They are whats been keeping us back.

My friend shared that link on his facebook because he loves any video where the GTR comes out on top. But my response/comment every time is just a link -

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.ph...ew_normal_site

Lol

Anyone see the new LFA lap time of 7:14 in the "nurburgring edition"? Pretty sick

Of course a z06 can run an 11.9. Saying they run 11.2-11.7 doesn't mean much. Best I've seen a stock one do here is 12.7s. Elevation, D/A, weather, track surface, etc. An airport isn't a prepped track surface. It could have been 100+ degrees out with the car pulling 5+ degrees of timing. Who knows?

This is why i belive the Z06 should of gotten a HP increase, at least 30HP. 505 HP is just not cutiing it anymore, every body else, even the R8 got an increase, while the z06 stayed at 505. SMH!

Traction killed the Z look at the video again. I think the car spun first gear until 60 mhp

Perhaps, and every opinion should count.

So, here's my opinion. If it were not for the 50s and older group, GM would not sell enough Z06s or ZR1s to continue making them, or they would be $150k each. Can't think of too many people that can challenge that assumption with facts.

As for the seats, they can be upgraded just as all other things can. It's been said a million times before, but the Z06 is an amazing car for the $84k you can buy them for new - now, anyway. Few cars can come close in all categories: price, performance, style, features and gas mileage. Each time I go to a car show, and each time I read the articles and specifications on other performance cars, I always end up appreciating my new 2011 Z06, with Z07 and Carbon option even more - $85k plus tax and license.

To whine about the nav or the seats, or the this or that, will only result in an increase in price, so you pay them now, or pay them later for the upgrades - but upgrades are never free. The advantage to upgrading to custom seats is the benefit of choice. Whereas, if GM supplied special seats at $1k or more per car - still, not everyone would like them.

Haha that is so funny. I wedge my left leg against the speaker for right turns and it cuts my knee up. And on left turns, i wedge my right leg right below the center console bezel, and the 3LZ stitching cuts my right knee up. It is painful driving these Z's... :rofl:

The drag was nice and all but did anyone read the whole article? This is my favorite quote...
"Let's get this out of the way right now: The Z06 decimated the competition around Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. The devilish Chevrolet, which showed up with 666 miles on the odometer, was more than a second faster around the track than the second-place Ferrari 458 Italia, and faster still than every other contender. No car was even close to the time laid down by the LS7-engined monster, despite the fact that the Fezza, the Lexus, the Audi, the Mercedes, and the Nissan all packed more horsepower."

The link to the whole article..
http://www.motortrend.com/features/p...r/viewall.html

I saw that coming. I didn't even have to watch the video. Right of the bat i knew a awd was going to take it. It's not even fair. lol

Regarding the seats comments, sure they leave a lot to be desired but using one of these helps:

http://www.cg-lock.com/index.html

Seriously though, you need to vastly limit beer consumption 24-hours prior to tightening harness.

At least you admit it's an assumption.

There's nothing in a Z06 that would ever warrant it being $150 (twice the price of a base C6.) Nothing. Heck, there's nothing in a ZR1 that warrants it, either, besides exclusivity and that wonderful wheeeeeeee factor.

The C6 Z06 was/is GM's first real step in getting the Corvette off of the "fat fifty-year-old with a midlife crisis and a second childhood" routine. The ZR1 plays back into it again, though, with the price really putting it up there.

"Whining" (aka pointing out that they aren't remotely in the same league as the seats in cars that GM itself tells us are the competition) will not raise the price of the car. How is providing an optional choice in seats an issue. How is that going to raise the price of the car?

If GM supplied an OPTIONAL choice at $1k per car that worked with the air bags and steering column and had heat and power and properly held one in place while testing the G meter, that would be heavenly and I suspect quite a lot of people would opt for them.

GM has stated that the reason they don't fix the current seats is the cost of all the crash testing they'd have to do to certify the new seats. That's fair. But for the C7 they can do it right from the start and provide their "halo car" with proper performance seating.

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:iagree: This is what the car was made to do. All wheel drive is going to win the drag race without a doubt.

Its not about AWD, the benz nor the italia is AWD, its about HP, if the Z06 had at least 30 more hp, it would of atleast came in 2nd place. 1st with a better launch. The Z06 needs more power!

Thank you!!!!

I understand but my point was its not a car to win drag races in. Sure its fast but its hard to launch without spinning. Its true colors come thru on the roadcourse. :thumbs:

IMO, it was more about traction. the Z still has a very good power to weight ratio when compared with the competition.