03-28-2016, 12:15 PM | #15 | |
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I know what ever the build it will be a grate track car, like the Z/28 in the GEN5 car was for its time. |
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03-28-2016, 12:16 PM | #16 |
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03-28-2016, 12:19 PM | #17 | |
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03-28-2016, 01:05 PM | #18 | |
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Remove AFM, and maybe the VVT, and I can see revs around 7200-7500 instead of the current 6500-6600. If the cam itself is a bit hotter, a freer-flowing intake and exhaust, and the corresponding heads are involved, 530-550 hp and 490-510 lb-ft shouldn't be out of the realm of possibility. And this would be a perfect engine for the Corvette Grand Sport as well, so the cost is spread out better. |
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03-28-2016, 01:22 PM | #19 | |
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I was surprised to see the GS not get a new LTx, to share with the Z/28 but I have a feeling that power bump would have put it too close to the Z06 around a track.
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03-28-2016, 01:26 PM | #20 |
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You mean the ones that can make it on the track more then 1 or 2 laps ?.
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03-28-2016, 01:55 PM | #21 |
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I still say they will keep with the 50 year theme and throw in a 396 Cu. In. Or hop up last year's 427.
I thought about getting a 2015 Z just for the pure awsomeness of owning a 427
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03-28-2016, 03:16 PM | #22 |
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If making 15% more power in a mass produced vehicle/NA engine while meeting regulations and standards is so easy, why didn't GM just build a simple cheap variant of the LS3 as the LS7 as you're proposing? What was the point of the LS7 as it was designed then?
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LS7 (2006) actually came out before LS3 (2008), but I get what you're saying.
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03-28-2016, 03:53 PM | #24 | |
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LS7 was first used in the 2006 Z06. The LS3 came out in the 2008 Corvette. They had no reason to update an LS3 type engine to make LS7 power when the LS7 already existed.
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03-29-2016, 11:24 AM | #25 |
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All of these points argued are great, I pined for the Z/28's return in the 5th gen. We got sold out due to CAFE requirements, and GM made a huge mistake of making an awesome $75k CAMARO. Big mistake, and I hope if nothing else, they learned from that. Z/28 has its own name and following they almost sell just because of the badge but not for the price they thought they could get for it. They have to make the money on the 4&6 cyl cars and not price themselves out of the market for the hi-po V-8s. /rant
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03-29-2016, 12:02 PM | #26 | |
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The trick with the Z06 is to use higher gears (ie- 3rd instead of 2nd) because the car makes loads of torque down low. |
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03-29-2016, 12:11 PM | #27 |
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Did not look if they where Autos or manual car's, it was Big Willow in Ca, temps where in the 80+ which for out there is cold, LOL but the all lift on a tow truck.
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03-29-2016, 12:51 PM | #28 |
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Luckily the price of many grades of titanium are only a fraction of the cost that they used to be. I think materials price may not be as big of a factor this time around.
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