Yeah most will not track it ever, a few will go once. They will spend way more for this ZO6 and have less torque during most of their driving.
I wish they would have just done the 6.6 liter crank, ported heads and a warmer cam for the Z06 and priced it a little less. It would still be torque city, simple, reliable, and what everyone interested in a Vette expects. They could have it an easy 550hp at 6.6 liters n/a pushrod style with parts they already have.
There was a bunch of power left in the old design with a new set of heads and bump stick.
620 was easy to get with a pretty tame idle out of new heads and a bumpstick.
it’s a z06I wish they would have just done the 6.6 liter crank, ported heads and a warmer cam for the Z06 and priced it a little less. It would still be torque city, simple, reliable, and what everyone interested in a Vette expects. They could have it an easy 550hp at 6.6 liters n/a pushrod style with parts they already have.
Sure, if emissions are not a concern
I've never seen one fail a california smog check. Typically modded rigs fail the "visual inspection".
Guys buying high end rigs most often pay the guzzler fee (which the vette avoided a long time and may still) and have little interest in saving manatees.
That's not really the point, GM has to get the car through federal emissions in order to sell it.
This makes no sense and you know it … this engine will evolve but no need to over-stress it now …... and thats really great for the what 3% of guys that have or ever will be on a track?
Speaking of the track ....It will be interesting to see what its comparison time is against an ACR.
On the street its gonna have its tail between its legs when a guy that spent some dough on a lingenfelter engined vette shows up.
The straight-line only guys are all into plaids now.
This makes no sense and you know it … this engine will evolve but no need to over-stress it now …
Car companies race to sell cars … Exotics sell cars to race. It’s a Chevy …
BTW: Check the displacement limit on these engines …
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IMSA limits size … so they’ll play with this lighter 5.5L on/off track in the upper offerings …Not following you?
Agreed they want some room to grow so they aren't going to front end it.
Sure in racing you have to fit into brackets and or engine sizes,
I'll check the vid out...
IMSA limits size … so they’ll play with this lighter 5.5L on/off track in the upper offerings …
The 6.2L is certainly more affordable street power and hopefully remains in the GS etc …
Some are not going to like a Vette sounding like a Stihl
Yep. I'm up to my eyeballs with dismay about how auto enthusiasts are pissing their pants about flat-plane cranks. I'm really tired of hearing about them, and every time I argue with some such enthusiast, they accuse me of being against "new" technology. Then I point out that flat-crank V8's go back to the 1940's (Ford GAA), and were in every Cosworth DFV built since 1967.All that complexity ......460 lb-ft of torque at 6,300 rpm - that part's a step back.
Not sure how I feel about it yet.
At this point the best thing about may be that the journalists that cover may finally **** about it.
Yep. I'm up to my eyeballs with dismay about how auto enthusiasts are pissing their pants about flat-plane cranks. I'm really tired of hearing about them, and every time I argue with some such enthusiast, they accuse me of being against "new" technology. Then I point out that flat-crank V8's go back to the 1940's (Ford GAA), and were in every Cosworth DFV built since 1967.
"Yeah, but, even breathing from bank to bank." I can point out plenty of 2-plane crank V8's that also make 2hp per cubic inch. It's a matter of proper intake manifold design.
I think the flat crank thing in the LT6 is more a matter of positioning the Z06 in the market to be a 1/3 cost Ferrari. I think that's a mistake on their part, but it's their company. My opinion is that Corvettes should THUNDER, not buzz. When GM started racing the C5 at LeMans 20+ years ago, the Europeans loved the thunder of the 6.0L engine. It's what made the Corvette so American.
You mix 5w20 with 5w30 and you get 5w50.Guess I've led a sheltered life. This thread is the first time I've ever heard of a 5W50 oil, didn't know it existed.
Still haven't seen a 59K C8.......Probably the best thing about this new ZO6 will be relieving some demand pressure on the regular C8. They might even be instock by the 2099 model year.