Quote:
Originally Posted by BlaqWhole
Yea man I'm starting to revise my thinking on this matter. I'm looking at other vehicles with a mid/rear engine design and around the same HP range and seeing what they're all doing. Cars like the Aventador, Huracan, Gallardo, Spider...they're all doing low 3 sec to high 2 sec 0-60s and are in the mid 10 sec to low 11 sec quarter mile range. Granted they do have more HP than what GM is reporting that the C8 has. But I'm thinking the C8 will be more in the low 500 HP range. And I'm seeing that the C8 has much more TQ than some of these cars. I'm starting to think that it actually will be faster than the C7 Z06 and we just might see high 10 sec times in the Z51.
|
0-60 times are not a accurate indicator of real world 1/4 mile et. 60ft times, 330 ft times and 1/8 times are, that is what is measured at any 1/4 mile track. Also, you cannot compare boosted cars versus naturally aspirated cars, cannot compare automatic cars versus stick cars or automatic cars versus DCT cars. Certified horsepower, weight, boost, NA, rear wheel drive versus all wheel drive etc must all be separated. The Z51 C8 is quoted to get to 60 in under 3.0 sec ( probably 2.9), the new GT 500 ford says mid 3 sec to 60 (3.5) it it will trap and et much quicker than the Z51 C8. Thats why I say 0-60 doesnt mean crap as far as 1/4 mile et goes. The C8 is going to be a street war killer up to under 100mph. God bless corvette. Horsepower, torque, gears, auto trans versus manual trans make for huge differences in 60 ft times, ET and MPH. I had a 69 chevelle with a mild built 454 , 3.73 gear, turbo 400 auto trans, best et was 11.5 @ 117 MPH with a 1.65 60 ft time. I also had a 2008 Z06 minor tweaks, factory goodyear run flats, factory 3.42 rear, best Et 11.5 @ 125mph with a 1.89 60ft time. Both cars ET the same but in such a different manor. The chevelle was super efficient, great hook, no spin, good hard no spin shifts, much more rear gear = low ET and low mile per hour