Official ZR1 press release
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Best Motoring/Hot Version hosted by Tsuchyia and that professional Driver that won the GT500 class, I forget hes name. The episode where they tested the C6 vette, Elise and some other cars. They both heavily criticized the C6 chasis talking about how the progression during traction loss when cornering is not linear with that car, which makes it scary to drive fast.
The nervousness in handling near the limit is also documented in several magazines. I said the C6 chasis as a whole, not just the Z06.
throw the Z06 into a corner, and there’s a split-second hesitation between steering input and the chassis obeying your command…a trait that’s been lessened in successive generations of Corvettes, but not entirely eliminated.-road and track
It's uncomfortable, though, with sharp bumps in mid-turn, resulting in steering kickback and a little sideways bobble that saps confidence and throws your rhythm. The same wouldn't happen in a Ferrari F430 or Ford GT, two lofty targets to which the Z06 aspires.
-R&T
Several of us had driven earlier Z06s at other tracks, where we’d been unnerved by at-the-limit high-speed twitchiness. - Car and Driver
The nervousness in handling near the limit is also documented in several magazines. I said the C6 chasis as a whole, not just the Z06.
throw the Z06 into a corner, and there’s a split-second hesitation between steering input and the chassis obeying your command…a trait that’s been lessened in successive generations of Corvettes, but not entirely eliminated.-road and track
It's uncomfortable, though, with sharp bumps in mid-turn, resulting in steering kickback and a little sideways bobble that saps confidence and throws your rhythm. The same wouldn't happen in a Ferrari F430 or Ford GT, two lofty targets to which the Z06 aspires.
-R&T
Several of us had driven earlier Z06s at other tracks, where we’d been unnerved by at-the-limit high-speed twitchiness. - Car and Driver
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Then we went to Buttonwillow, where we were expecting the car’s somewhat isolated control feel to hamper its performance. Several of us had driven earlier Z06s at other tracks, where we’d been unnerved by at-the-limit high-speed twitchiness. To our surprise and delight, this Z06 took to the track with real assurance, braking deep into turns with no sign of instability and rocketing out of them on a tsunami of torque — slightly sideways, if necessary. The faintly numb roadgoing mien turned into much clearer feedback during high-intensity lapping, despite the relatively light, quick steering. And although the shifter has comparatively long throws, it did nothing to impede coordination or obstruct our attempts to run fast laps.
We were so surprised by the Z06’s friendly handling that we contacted Tadge Juechter, the vehicle chief engineer for the Corvette, and he told us that, for 2007, the Z06’s shock-damping rates have been trimmed back a little since Jan Magnussen’s epic seven-minute, 43-second lap of the Nürburgring’s Nordschleife, making the car less jumpy at the limit. Bottom line, says Juechter: The car has gotten better.
We were so surprised by the Z06’s friendly handling that we contacted Tadge Juechter, the vehicle chief engineer for the Corvette, and he told us that, for 2007, the Z06’s shock-damping rates have been trimmed back a little since Jan Magnussen’s epic seven-minute, 43-second lap of the Nürburgring’s Nordschleife, making the car less jumpy at the limit. Bottom line, says Juechter: The car has gotten better.
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thats good to know, i didnt know they already made changes to the z06 after only 1 year. eitherway, just showing that complaint about the nervousness at the limit is not made up out of thin air. it was documented across many publications.
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Very true. I think that GM heard all of these complaints and adjusted the car quickly to keep people happy. Now, I wonder if the new calibration helped or hurt performance given a driver who spends enough time with the original Z06 to get used to its twitchiness...
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Aftermarket hood and the only real design flaw is removed. If it hits the predicted numbers does it really matter if those other cars handle a bit better when they're not even close to the 100k price?
Good thing they've got brakes on there that take up a 3rd of the rotor to stop that beast.
Good thing they've got brakes on there that take up a 3rd of the rotor to stop that beast.
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Two more nuggets of information...
short teaser video from the photo shoot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhPFg...d.php?t=209858
dyno comparison chart (crank hp)
short teaser video from the photo shoot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhPFg...d.php?t=209858
dyno comparison chart (crank hp)
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and you dont seem to understand why I mentioend the nurburgring time, I just raised it to say that being a lighter car with the most hp, it should have faster times than the 911 turbo and GT-R, but since it dosnt, it says something about its handling relative to the other cars, because those other cars sure didnt beat the Z06 in the straights.
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It's a Cavalier
Just waiting to see what the aftermarket will do for it.
headers, pullies, a light cam, some tuning... this thing is going to put down some serious numbers. They already have forged pieces in the block, and they chose the LS3 6.2L block because the LS7 427ci has thinner cylinder walls. I bet this engine will handle GOBS of boost, kind of like the 03-04 4.6L Cobra engine or the 2JZ-GTE.
headers, pullies, a light cam, some tuning... this thing is going to put down some serious numbers. They already have forged pieces in the block, and they chose the LS3 6.2L block because the LS7 427ci has thinner cylinder walls. I bet this engine will handle GOBS of boost, kind of like the 03-04 4.6L Cobra engine or the 2JZ-GTE.
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Im not completely sold on the looks, but it wont matter, cause If I ever pull up next to one, it will be gone! haha.
That car will be a monster, already pushing 600hp.. Like YaXmAnGTO said, a few more things, & you wont be able to buy tires quick enough.
That car will be a monster, already pushing 600hp.. Like YaXmAnGTO said, a few more things, & you wont be able to buy tires quick enough.
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That's what I was thinking. It would be gone before I could finish saying "WTF - that hood is ugly!"
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