|
I couldn't care less about seeing a z06 losing to the Viper. I'm not surprised it is faster in a straight line.
What does worry me is this heat soak and oil cooling issue. I am on my third LS7. One was a freak accident, but the other was a common problem. One of my buddies is on his second. Now, for the performance of the car the Z06 is cheap, cheap, cheap and you can't expect the thing to be indestructible. However, with all the money I have put into repairs I sometimes wonder if I wouldn't have been better off going for something more expensive. Of course, there are no guarantees that anything else will stay together either.
I think they went the wrong direction by adding a blower. Overheating is never a good thing, but on a forced induction engine it can easily be catastrophic. There are some very well executed forced induction engines, but unfortunately the LT4 doesn't seem to be one of them yet. GM lost me for the z06 as soon as I heard about this issue. I honestly think GM should have gone with less displacement and a pair of small turbos on this engine.
|