[Z06] Car & Driver Article - for real
08-27-2005, 10:15 PM
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Safety Car
Nice article. It was cool for them to tip their hats to the Big Block and ZR-1 heritage too.
It's amazing that GM will be selling a car that isn't legal to drive on any NHRA sanctioned track. Sub 12 seconds timeslips mandate a roll bar with the NHRA.
It's amazing that GM will be selling a car that isn't legal to drive on any NHRA sanctioned track. Sub 12 seconds timeslips mandate a roll bar with the NHRA.
08-27-2005, 10:20 PM
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Originally Posted by RatRacer
Nice article. It was cool for them to tip their hats to the Big Block and ZR-1 heritage too.
It's amazing that GM will be selling a car that isn't legal to drive on any NHRA sanctioned track. Sub 12 seconds timeslips mandate a roll bar with the NHRA.
It's amazing that GM will be selling a car that isn't legal to drive on any NHRA sanctioned track. Sub 12 seconds timeslips mandate a roll bar with the NHRA.
08-27-2005, 10:47 PM
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Drifting
Ihra
Originally Posted by Vladcanada
Just drive it slower
The performance of the car exceeds my estimate of what it would do...I expected 122-124 mph in the 1/4 ...one of those time when I am happy to be wrong
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08-27-2005, 10:49 PM
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Originally Posted by RatRacer
It's amazing that GM will be selling a car that isn't legal to drive on any NHRA sanctioned track. Sub 12 seconds timeslips mandate a roll bar with the NHRA.
08-27-2005, 10:52 PM
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Originally Posted by RatRacer
...It's amazing that GM will be selling a car that isn't legal to drive on any NHRA sanctioned track. Sub 12 seconds timeslips mandate a roll bar with the NHRA.
That will still present an issue for the C6Z because some owners who accumulate the 40-50 passes needed to get themselves dialed in will easily run under that 11.50 lower limit.
Ranger
08-28-2005, 12:07 AM
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Safety Car
Originally Posted by SurfnSun
I believe that was relaxed to 11.5 last year b/c production cars are getting so fast. Even at 11.5 the new Z06 will get the boot when some of these forum guys get ahold of them.
I guess that should be the goal this year for new ZO6 drivers. An 11.49 timeslip and booted off the track for the night.
08-28-2005, 02:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Ranger
NHRA rule changed in 2004 to set new lower limit at 11.50. Faster than that requires rollcage.
That will still present an issue for the C6Z because some owners who accumulate the 40-50 passes needed to get themselves dialed in will easily run under that 11.50 lower limit.
Ranger
That will still present an issue for the C6Z because some owners who accumulate the 40-50 passes needed to get themselves dialed in will easily run under that 11.50 lower limit.
Ranger
On another note (not to get off topic) in my sig, I did get a 1.53 on the BFGs after about 95 passes. I also got a warning for 11.04 Et and no roll bar, but no boot.
Robert
08-28-2005, 02:21 PM
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Race Director
I am going to wait for the same day testing of the Ford GT and the Z06, but I predicted a long time ago the Z06 looked to have the ability to take down the Ford and it appears that it will.
I also like C&Ds little verdict in the side bar. If GM could only get the rest of the corporation to pull its collective head out of its a**, they probably wouldn't be in such problems. Hopefully this Z06 stays around a while, but I am concerned with the price point, still.....
Todd
I also like C&Ds little verdict in the side bar. If GM could only get the rest of the corporation to pull its collective head out of its a**, they probably wouldn't be in such problems. Hopefully this Z06 stays around a while, but I am concerned with the price point, still.....
Todd
08-28-2005, 02:24 PM
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Safety Car
Originally Posted by WhiteDiamond
I am going to wait for the same day testing of the Ford GT and the Z06, but I predicted a long time ago the Z06 looked to have the ability to take down the Ford and it appears that it will.
08-28-2005, 02:55 PM
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Originally Posted by ivan111
This Z06 is superb........
Seems like the area were it still needs to improve is the steering feedback.....
Seems like the area were it still needs to improve is the steering feedback.....
Last edited by SteveJ; 08-28-2005 at 11:01 PM.
