New Corvette...
03-21-2013, 02:14 AM
#527
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1:57 in Z06 and 1:56 in Cup. 2:02 in my 7.1 RS
stock C6 vette has horrible interior. A rental Chevy Cruz has 10000X better looking interior. My carbon Z06's interior is pretty nice with alcantera appointment. Once you remove the sofa and put in OMP seat then it's all fixed.
03-21-2013, 02:16 AM
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03-21-2013, 05:23 AM
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your freaking avatar is gonna get me fired one of these days
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03-21-2013, 08:01 AM
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I'm still waiting for a good sample of people to show up who have tracked the cars hard for years with no issues. I can't find any. C6 or Z06. Every person I know personally has had motor issues but one and he just picked his up two weeks ago.
I'm talking about sticky tires, aero, driving it HARD. Even with some upgraded internals.
Matt (930Man) bought one, I think it had a pretty recently built motor. They shook it down, then ran it at the GRM UTCC and it blew up. Haven't seen them last very long when you pound on them a lot. And always see one with the hood up and someone looking for a leak, smoke, a ticking sound or something.
03-21-2013, 12:28 PM
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I'm still waiting for a good sample of people to show up who have tracked the cars hard for years with no issues. I can't find any. C6 or Z06. Every person I know personally has had motor issues but one and he just picked his up two weeks ago.
I'm talking about sticky tires, aero, driving it HARD. Even with some upgraded internals.
Matt (930Man) bought one, I think it had a pretty recently built motor. They shook it down, then ran it at the GRM UTCC and it blew up. Haven't seen them last very long when you pound on them a lot. And always see one with the hood up and someone looking for a leak, smoke, a ticking sound or something.
I'm talking about sticky tires, aero, driving it HARD. Even with some upgraded internals.
Matt (930Man) bought one, I think it had a pretty recently built motor. They shook it down, then ran it at the GRM UTCC and it blew up. Haven't seen them last very long when you pound on them a lot. And always see one with the hood up and someone looking for a leak, smoke, a ticking sound or something.
Peter with his Muenstral red interior shouldn't throw rocks at a little blue stitching.
Peter
03-21-2013, 02:07 PM
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There aren't any fast guys that post on CF that haven't grenaded motors or had significant issues. At least I haven't seen any that post regularly and set exemplary times.
The closest I've seen was SpeedSouth who actually built and had a reliable motor in their Z06 for a good while, then went all sponsor with LG motorsports and blew one almost every weekend last year. That car truly was fast, and they ran the crap out of it. But it would still take a good sample of them for me to be convinced. And there just isn't that.
And I'm talking about the ones that run at/near Pro Cup times. Even the Whelen cars eat engines quite a bit. They have a World Challenge and Grand-Am spec car that was only running a limited schedule the last couple of years, and they keep a couple of spare motors in their hauler. Watched them change those out as well at the track. Whatever I drive will be driven hard, I want to know it can take a beating and I won't be sitting in the paddock diddling with the motor every weekend. That's for the birds.
LS6's were the truth, guys running them hard at the track with 120k miles on them, FAST guys too. A good heads/cam and they would take the power and still run forever. A factory 427 ls6 based motor making 450 whp stock and 500-520 head cammed would be an awesome motor and last forever. I would take that all day.
03-21-2013, 02:47 PM
#538
Yep, been a member of Corvette Forum since 2005 when I had a built C5 Corvette myself. For the fast guys, they consider engines a consumable item, having some sort of failure every year.
There aren't any fast guys that post on CF that haven't grenaded motors or had significant issues. At least I haven't seen any that post regularly and set exemplary times.
The closest I've seen was SpeedSouth who actually built and had a reliable motor in their Z06 for a good while, then went all sponsor with LG motorsports and blew one almost every weekend last year. That car truly was fast, and they ran the crap out of it. But it would still take a good sample of them for me to be convinced. And there just isn't that.
And I'm talking about the ones that run at/near Pro Cup times. Even the Whelen cars eat engines quite a bit. They have a World Challenge and Grand-Am spec car that was only running a limited schedule the last couple of years, and they keep a couple of spare motors in their hauler. Watched them change those out as well at the track. Whatever I drive will be driven hard, I want to know it can take a beating and I won't be sitting in the paddock diddling with the motor every weekend. That's for the birds.
LS6's were the truth, guys running them hard at the track with 120k miles on them, FAST guys too. A good heads/cam and they would take the power and still run forever. A factory 427 ls6 based motor making 450 whp stock and 500-520 head cammed would be an awesome motor and last forever. I would take that all day.
There aren't any fast guys that post on CF that haven't grenaded motors or had significant issues. At least I haven't seen any that post regularly and set exemplary times.
The closest I've seen was SpeedSouth who actually built and had a reliable motor in their Z06 for a good while, then went all sponsor with LG motorsports and blew one almost every weekend last year. That car truly was fast, and they ran the crap out of it. But it would still take a good sample of them for me to be convinced. And there just isn't that.
And I'm talking about the ones that run at/near Pro Cup times. Even the Whelen cars eat engines quite a bit. They have a World Challenge and Grand-Am spec car that was only running a limited schedule the last couple of years, and they keep a couple of spare motors in their hauler. Watched them change those out as well at the track. Whatever I drive will be driven hard, I want to know it can take a beating and I won't be sitting in the paddock diddling with the motor every weekend. That's for the birds.
LS6's were the truth, guys running them hard at the track with 120k miles on them, FAST guys too. A good heads/cam and they would take the power and still run forever. A factory 427 ls6 based motor making 450 whp stock and 500-520 head cammed would be an awesome motor and last forever. I would take that all day.
On my LS2 went big on cubes but mild on the build resulting in big torque and hopefully reliable, I do have a ARE dry sump with a 3 gallon tank, so far so good
03-21-2013, 03:06 PM
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There are four of us with C6 Z06 that track regularly in NorCal for the last 3 to 5 years with no issues. All stock motors. We all came from smaller, lighter cars and to a man are very impressed with the C6 Z06, in speed, feel, and especially reliability. I'll say it again, the C6 Z06 is the best handling stock-suspended car I have ever driven, and I have tracked Porsches, Lotuses, BMWs, and Ferraris. Doesn't meet your criteria of aero (well, one of us has aero mods) but all run slicks except one RA-1 user.
I'm still waiting for a good sample of people to show up who have tracked the cars hard for years with no issues. I can't find any. C6 or Z06. Every person I know personally has had motor issues but one and he just picked his up two weeks ago.
I'm talking about sticky tires, aero, driving it HARD. Even with some upgraded internals.
Matt (930Man) bought one, I think it had a pretty recently built motor. They shook it down, then ran it at the GRM UTCC and it blew up. Haven't seen them last very long when you pound on them a lot. And always see one with the hood up and someone looking for a leak, smoke, a ticking sound or something.
I'm talking about sticky tires, aero, driving it HARD. Even with some upgraded internals.
Matt (930Man) bought one, I think it had a pretty recently built motor. They shook it down, then ran it at the GRM UTCC and it blew up. Haven't seen them last very long when you pound on them a lot. And always see one with the hood up and someone looking for a leak, smoke, a ticking sound or something.
03-21-2013, 04:13 PM
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There are four of us with C6 Z06 that track regularly in NorCal for the last 3 to 5 years with no issues. All stock motors. We all came from smaller, lighter cars and to a man are very impressed with the C6 Z06, in speed, feel, and especially reliability. I'll say it again, the C6 Z06 is the best handling stock-suspended car I have ever driven, and I have tracked Porsches, Lotuses, BMWs, and Ferraris. Doesn't meet your criteria of aero (well, one of us has aero mods) but all run slicks except one RA-1 user.
Do you know many people outside of your circle of friends who run them hard with no issues?