[OminouSS]

Originally Posted by Ryephile

Indeed. Kind of as a rule, race-only calipers are hard-anodized and don't necessarily have to pass the OEM's salt-spray et al tests. Built for racing, not looking pretty.

If they ran the factory ZL1 1LE calipers, they'd be "Brownbo's" in a hurry, as the OEM-specified powder coating insulates instead of dissipates heat.

How on earth do you possess this kind of knowledge? Interesting stuff. I'd love to work on a team for a year just to be exposed to all the little details like that.

[90503]

Originally Posted by brAnd7onX

Does anybody know if we need motor trend on demand in order to watch live stream?

So far, it looks pretty straightforward to me.....I've never used Motortrend on Demand....I guess you can subscribe to watch a lot of things that they charge money for...But this all looks like it's "Free" as far as I can tell.

I just saved this link to my Favorites....

https://www.motortrendondemand.com/d...g-/0_6iq885bu/

I think I'm good to go...The two days the Blackdog Camaros are competing look like they will be streamed free...

Will find out tomorrow....lol...

[Ryephile]

Originally Posted by OminouSS

How on earth do you possess this kind of knowledge? Interesting stuff. I'd love to work on a team for a year just to be exposed to all the little details like that.

A lifetime of experience in both OEM and aftermarket realms.

[90503]

http://world-challenge.com/latest/se...rsday-st-pete/

Aschenbach Debuts All-New Chevy Camaro in Sensational Style With GTS Pole Thursday at St. Pete

PIRELLI WORLD CHALLENGE STAFF
March 9, 2017
GTS Class, Series News


ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Two-time GTS Driver Champion Lawson Aschenbach of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., captured the pole position at the first GTS qualifying session of the season Thursday in the all-new Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R sports car during the Pirelli World Challenge Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Presented by Case●It at the harborside, 1.8-mile temporary street circuit.
Piloting the pretty No. 10 Blackdog Speed Shop Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R, Aschenbach wrangled the top spot from a highly-competitive GTS field Thursday afternoon with a new qualifying track record time of one-minute, 18.855-seconds at 82.17 miles per hour. In the 20-minute qualifying session, the four-time PWC series titleholder made only five qualifying laps but the fourth circuit was the quickest and became the first GTS racer to break the one minute, 19-second range.
The old mark was set in 2015 by Dean Martin in Ford Mustang Boss 302 at 1.19.001 (82.02 m.p.h.).
“Obviously, it is very exciting to get pole in the first race debut weekend,” said Aschebach, the former Vanderbilt graduate. “It’s important we have success with this car for everyone involved in the program. Starting this weekend, we knew the car was pretty close to what we needed. It’s pretty surprising to roll out of the trailer and know we have a car that is going to be fast. It’s a testament to everyone at Blackdog Speed Shop, Chevrolet, Pratt & Miller, and everyone involved in this program, to be able to come out and be ready to go. Getting the pole is a pretty good feeling. We care about the race more than anything else and we really want to win this one for everyone involved.”
Sixteen-year-old Parker Chase of New Braunsfels, Texas, battled Aschenbach for the top spot in the grid with a 1:19.093 lap (81.92 m.p.h.) – 0.238-second behind pole – in the No. 19 Performance Motorsports Group Ginetta G55. Rounding out the top five in the 19-car field were veteran Andrew Aquilante of Chester Springs, Penn., at a 1:19.230 (81.78 m.p.h.) in the No. 32 Phoenix Performance Ford Mustang Boss 302, 2016 multi-time GTS race winner Jade Buford of Nashville, Tenn., at 1:19.538 (81.47 m.p.h.) in the No. 45 Racer’s Edge Motorsports SIN Car GT4 and former GTA class champion Frankie Montecalvo of Highlands, N.J., at 1:19 805 (81.19 m.p.h.) in the No. 13 ANSA Motorsports KTM XBow.
The first GTS race of the year for the Pirelli World Challenge is scheduled for Friday at 12:15 p.m. ET. MotorTrendOnDemand will live-stream the event; this and live TSL Timing and Scoring links can be found on the PWC St. Petersburg event page.

GTS OFFICIAL QUALIFYING
(POS., NO., NAME, ENTRY, TIME, MPH)
1,10,Lawson ASCHENBACH,Chevrolet Camaro GT-4 – Blackdog Speed Shop,1:18.855,82.17
2,19,Parker CHASE,GINETTA G55 – Performance Motorsports Group,1:19.093,81.92
3,32,Andrew AQUILANTE,Ford Mustang Boss 302 – Phoenix Performance,1:19.230,81.78
4,45,Jade BUFORD,SIN R1 GT4 – Racers Edge Motorsports,1:19.538,81.47
5,13,Frankie MONTECALVO,KTM X-Bow – ANSA Motorsports,1:19.805,81.19
6,80,Martin BARKEY,KTM XBow GT4 – Mantella Autosports,1:19.990,81.01
7,69,Harry GOTTSACKER,GINETTA G55 – Performance Motorsports Group,1:20.085,80.91
8,3,Rodrigo BAPTISTA,Porsche Cayman GT4 Club Sport MR – Flying Lizard Motorsports,1:20.205,80.79
9,50,Ian JAMES,Panoz Avezzano GT – Team Panoz Racing,1:20.634,80.36
10,14,Nate STACY,Porsche Cayman GT4 Club Sport MR – Flying Lizard Motorsports,1:20.955,80.04
11,8,Anthony MANTELLA,KTM XBow GT4 – Mantella Autosports,1:21.083,79.91
12,2,Jason BELL,SIN R1 GT4 – Racers Edge Motorsports,1:21.098,79.90
13,62,Mark KLENIN,McLaren 570S GT4 – KPR,1:21.186,79.81
14,04,George KURTZ,McLaren 570S GT4 – GMG Racing,1:21.219,79.78
15,11,Tony GAPLES,Chevrolet Camaro GT-4 – Blackdog Speed Shop,1:21.328,79.67
16,7,Cameron MAUGERI,Porsche Cayman GT4 Club Sport MR – KRUGSPEED,1:21.511,79.49
17,017,Adam MERZON,Porsche Cayman GT4 – Case-it Racing,1:22.118,78.91
18,018,Cameron CASSELS,Porsche GT4 Clubsport – Case-it Racing,1:22.474,78.57
19,9,Bill ZIEGLER,KTM X-Bow – ANSA Motorsports,1:24.025,77.11

[keon718nyc]

Very impressive on those stats!!! Chevy was doing it big today for sure.

[90503]

Originally Posted by keon718nyc

Very impressive on those stats!!! Chevy was doing it big today for sure.

Yup....

How about that No.2 qualifier?....Sixteen years old!....Good for him.

[90503]

I'm guessing these cars started out the stock blue Camaro color....The silver/grey matte wrap has been cut away and the edges covered with the yellow stripes...

....and they kept the ZL1 badge in the grille....

Attachment 856800


Well, I guess it started out a white car, not blue....lol...

[Mountain]

GM is100% looking to sell these as turn keys: http://sportscar365.com/imsa/ctscc/g...ustomer-sales/

[doc7000]

Originally Posted by Mountain

GM is100% looking to sell these as turn keys: http://sportscar365.com/imsa/ctscc/g...ustomer-sales/

That is the whole point to GT3/GT4 race cars, they get produced in order to be sold to privateer teams. Stevenson Motorsports was open to buying some Cadillac ATS VR (GT3 spec cars) to run in the GTD class but settled on the Audi R8 GT3 spec car instead.

[Mr. Wyndham]

Originally Posted by Mountain

GM is100% looking to sell these as turn keys: http://sportscar365.com/imsa/ctscc/g...ustomer-sales/

That's brilliant!! Thanks for sharing it, I hadn't seen it.

[90503]

GM’s most recent experience with customer race car sales has been with the COPO Camaro, a race-inspired Camaro for the drag strip, which it has limited sales to 69 cars per year based on initial interest.
“We’re going to do something similar with this; we’re going to try and identify the market and see how many we can really sell,” Kent*said.
“If you’re only producing four of five, you take this approach. But if you’re producing 400-500, you take a different approach altogether.
“We’ve got to identify that. But we hope it’s a big market.”

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This is a great idea....I've posted numerous times in the Z/28 forum that something like this will be where the next Z/28s might come from....Custom made track only cars...I hope this program is successful and expands to the Z/28....

Thanks Mountain for the link and post....

[mkorgan]

While I love the idea of the this car being sold to the public, I beg GM to not make this the future of the Z/28 as they did with the COPO.

The original COPO's came with a VIN and were licensed for the street though they were mostly barebones for the strip. The new COPO moved to a place that only 69 people can own and then it has no VIN and can't be tagged which is a shame in my opinion.

To follow the same path with the Z/28 would be a shame as I believe their is a happy place between what this car is and what GM is planning with the ZL1 1LE. The Z/28 should be a minimalistic, streetable, light, N/A, car that I can drive to the track, run all day long, and then drive it back home....like I could my Gen5 Z/28. Yes. they made too many of the Gen5 Z/28's BUT if they can only produce 69 COPO's and justify it, then they should be able to make 1000 Z/28's and justify that as well.

Just my thoughts.

[Ryephile]

Originally Posted by 90503

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Attachment 856868...

Can we decode what's going on here?

I see a coolant reservoir with Stant cap. Is that an oil tank for dry-sump? I see an all-aluminum radiator using the stock rubber grommet isolation. Back towards the fire-wall, is that a catch-can?

I would love to know what they're doing for an oil cooler!

I'm digging the carbon fiber air tube and airbox.

[90503]

Originally Posted by Ryephile

Can we decode what's going on here?

I see a coolant reservoir with Stant cap. Is that an oil tank for dry-sump? I see an all-aluminum radiator using the stock rubber grommet isolation. Back towards the fire-wall, is that a catch-can?

I would love to know what they're doing for an oil cooler!

I'm digging the carbon fiber air tube and airbox.

It's a dry sump LT1....but what exactly all those items are....you got me....lol...