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Originally Posted by BlaqWhole
Were the LT1 engines not SAE certified also? I believe they were. And many of them were making 405 to the wheels. Which means that 455 number they gave was very underrated.
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405 hp measured at the wheels is about right though for something rated 455 at the crank, depending on the dyno used.
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Originally Posted by BlaqWhole
And I will repeat, comparing the C8 to the C7 Z06 looking at only the numbers is what many people are mistaken. You can't just keep looking at "650" vs "495" and finding it incomprehensible that the C8 Z51 is superior.
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Absolutely. There's a lot more at play here, namely the traction benefit with most of the weight being over the driven wheels, the DCT, the eLSD, etc.
However, given the weight and the power specs, I don't think there's enough to get into the 10s, which was the "official" time for the Z06 auto. I could see it matching the "official" Z06 manual time of 11.2 though, at best.
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Originally Posted by BlaqWhole
But we'll know next Thursday for sure.
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Will we? I think they're only announcing pricing next week.