EVO gives Z06 a big thumbs up.
Discussion
Thanks for the tip Wayne. Picked up a copy this morning and it's a good review. Although they are kind to the suspension they are less keen on the gear-change and steering. Still, 4.5 out of 5 is a great rating for any Vette in Europe and I'll be surprised if it won't meet or beat anything else at £60,000. A fantastic car and sounds to be by far the best Vette yet.
I'm not convinced by them saying it's dry sumped for uber-cornering as the standard car will pull huge g's anyway. My guess is 7 litres in a small block needs a longer crank throw and the LS engines have a very flat oil pan in the Vette to start with.
Z06 - Hit!
Pontiac Solstice - Miss! (Come on GM, you have to do better than that)
I'm not convinced by them saying it's dry sumped for uber-cornering as the standard car will pull huge g's anyway. My guess is 7 litres in a small block needs a longer crank throw and the LS engines have a very flat oil pan in the Vette to start with.
Z06 - Hit!
Pontiac Solstice - Miss! (Come on GM, you have to do better than that)
5USA said:
I'm not convinced by them saying it's dry sumped for uber-cornering as the standard car will pull huge g's anyway. My guess is 7 litres in a small block needs a longer crank throw and the LS engines have a very flat oil pan in the Vette to start with.
As you say the pan is flat but it is big winged and nicely baffled. There's room for more throw though but I know where you're coming from. I don't think much about the ls2 pan, that's a budget item and pretty crap imho. I can't see why the ls7 needs a dry sump, it's just a load more work and things to go wrong.
Boosted.
5USA said:
As you say the pan is flat but it is big winged and.... Boosted Ls1 said:
...nicely baffled.
If the c6 shares the same pan as an ls2 then it's really cheap. I believe they did ditch the wings for the C6. When you look at a c5 split pan you can see the costs involved, it's expensive. The ls2 pan is a one piece casting and would cost less then half the price to produce. It's very ordinary!
This is like the headers. The hydroformed 385 hp vette headers are expensive to make but really very nice in several ways. So they went back to cast iron headers for the ls6 and said they were better, yeh right, cheaper but not better! Funny that the ls7 has hydroformed headers. Next year when they ramp up production it will get cast iron headers, because GM will say they're better. It will also get a cheapi water pump as well as some other cost cutting measures!
Boosted.
Boosted.
Well it was a bit of a shocker to me to see the Roush Mustang come equal third. Since my Mustang has more power from the Vortech chargecooled blower fitted (462bhp) and has a better suspension on the way (Tokico Spec-D shocks), it bodes well for my long term ownership with the car. I'm rather pleased.
jaytee368 said:
Well it was a bit of a shocker to me to see the Roush Mustang come equal third.
Lusi, if I may, have you got any links to some pics of the Roush Mustang by any chance?
Choice set of wheels you have there, BTW.
I don't, I'm afraid. The Roush website is www.roush.co.uk and the US version is www.roush.com but the US versions are different to the UK version with a more over the top body kit.
vetteheadracer said:
"standard" C6 didn't do very well in the final of the Evo Car of the Year
C6 = fundamentally same car, same limitations.
C6 = fundamentally same car, same limitations.....but(t) ugl(y)ier
You grump
, I think the C6 Z06 looks great, very purposeful.Dakkon said:
"standard" C6 didn't do very well in the final of the Evo Car of the Year
C6 = fundamentally same car, same limitations.
C6 = fundamentally same car, same limitations.....but(t) ugl(y)ier
You grump
Okay i'll give you the C6 Z06 looks good but the standard C6 doesn't do it for me.
Definitely calls for a restyle :-) Might be some time, though. Apart from minor tweaks the C5 didn't change much for how many years?
It's funny but no matter how many times I see the C6 (seen a few in London) I just can't force myself to like it. I haven't seen a Z06 in the flesh and it's easy to get titillated by the close-up pictures of wheels etc, but for me the distinctiveness and charm of the Corvette was lost on this generation.
-kenski
It's funny but no matter how many times I see the C6 (seen a few in London) I just can't force myself to like it. I haven't seen a Z06 in the flesh and it's easy to get titillated by the close-up pictures of wheels etc, but for me the distinctiveness and charm of the Corvette was lost on this generation.
-kenski
I'm not about to shell out hard cash on a C6 although I do feel it's a sensible update of C5. Perhaps too sensible! The front is bland and generic (similar to the latest Viper and various Japanese cars) but I think the rest of the car works well, especially in euro spec without those ***** rear foglights.
Z06 looks very good in the flesh. More muscular than base C6 without going OTT. The nostril in the hood and the extra side vents help a lot even if the nostril is so similar to Viper's. The very stiff aluminium chassis of Z06 might be the great leap forward that's needed to seriously challenge European semi-supercars though this needs to be proven in side by side testing. Of one thing I am confident; it'll blow an £80k Aston V8 into the weeds and give that Bentley coupe a run for half its money!
Accept C6 for what it is - C5 Mk2 - and it makes sense.
Z06 looks very good in the flesh. More muscular than base C6 without going OTT. The nostril in the hood and the extra side vents help a lot even if the nostril is so similar to Viper's. The very stiff aluminium chassis of Z06 might be the great leap forward that's needed to seriously challenge European semi-supercars though this needs to be proven in side by side testing. Of one thing I am confident; it'll blow an £80k Aston V8 into the weeds and give that Bentley coupe a run for half its money!
Accept C6 for what it is - C5 Mk2 - and it makes sense.
My problem with the C6 (and the Z06) is the looks of the car. To me the back reminds me of an 84-89 C4 which is easily the worst looking rear in Corvette history. The front looks like a wide mouth frog and no matter what they do to it that is always the image my mind conjures up....bit like Reggie Perrin and the mother-in-law....if you are old enough to remember that!
I am sure that the Z06 will be a fantastic car (although it is way too quiet at idle) but I would rather save my money and buy something I like the look of.
I know looks are only skin deep but would you date an ugly bird, when you could date her pretty sister?
>> Edited by vetteheadracer on Friday 9th December 16:33
I am sure that the Z06 will be a fantastic car (although it is way too quiet at idle) but I would rather save my money and buy something I like the look of.
I know looks are only skin deep but would you date an ugly bird, when you could date her pretty sister?
>> Edited by vetteheadracer on Friday 9th December 16:33
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