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The one that is substantially lighter that was getting caught and finished with a lower top speed. My point was for a halo car 670hp is not great. So again, I’d rather have a supercharger and make more power, especially at higher elevations.
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Given more time it may have caught the Corvette but given even more time the Corvette would wave bye-bye on its way to around 200MPH. 670HP is plenty. Any car that can beat it is going to cost at least twice as much. |
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Was just being funny.
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Having said that, the Z06 outperforms the Shelby in pretty much every dimension and particularly the ones I care about. Faster top speed, faster 0-60, faster quarter mile, stops faster, better lateral Gs, and the Shelby is an oinker weighing in at over 4,000 lbs. The Shelby wins the acceleration contest when you're getting into the 130-170 mph range, but I can't really find any other performance metric where the Shelby wins. Given I don't often run from 130-170, but do like to go WOT at lower speeds, the Z06 wins that. Clearly it handles better being lighter and pulling significantly more Gs and beating the Shelby by a ton on the Nurburgring. The Shelby gets beat on the Nurburgring by the 5th gen Z28, the C8 Stingray, the C8 Z06, the ZL1 and the ZL1 1LE. When one halo car gets beat by another OK, I can see that. But when Ford's halo car gets beat by FIVE different GM products one from a previous generation and three of which aren't even their halo car.... |
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There is a video of a Mini making 400+ that embarrasses C7’s. Power to weight matters. So since you still don’t understand my point, what is the advantage of doing the Z06 as a N/A platform? If they do a ZR1 with 800+ it makes sense to give them product separation. It’s also easier to modify a boosted car. My SS makes over 800 wheel and I have a friend making over 1000 wheel on his GT500.
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Lots of folks get excited by the new Vette and go buy one. A few years later many of them get excited by the new Z06 and trade in their current Vette to upgrade. A few laters later the SC Z06 comes out and those same people upgrade once again. OTH, there may be issues fitting a SC V8 in that mid engine layout. It also might have to do with the price point they want to hit and a calculation that adding that SC isn't going to appreciably impact sales. |
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5.5L flatplane NA 3681lbs 670/460 5.49lbs/ HP $160K 765LT 4L Twin Turbo 3060bls 755/590 4.05lbs/ HP $489K McLaren did not just walk it, it destroyed it. So yes the Z06 plays in supercar terrirtory, but do not get ahead of yourselves. More money yadda yadda
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Then wait for the ZR1 with turbos and 800+ horsepower.
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Except the halo car is still coming
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They better get a move on with it. How long has the C8 been out now?
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Why are folks surprised that every variant didn't come out at once?
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Not always fun for enthusiasts to wait, but pretty normal for GM to wait 2 - 3 years before they release the real "big dawg" stuff after a new launch.
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