GM Announces 2015 Chevrolet Corvette C7 Z06 and Corvette Racing C7.R Reveals - Page 4

DrkPhx · 01-07-2014, 07:40 PM

Can't wait to see the real deal. I will be at the Detroit Auto Show this year.

KMPrenger · 01-07-2014, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65

It's where the badge was always rumored to be placed but it does kinda look just Photoshopped from the teaser piece.

Also looks to me like if that badge shot was the real deal, that the front side of it would be facing downward at an angle, but maybe angle of the shot is causing that.

Who knows....find out Monday.

72MachOne99GT · 01-07-2014, 11:17 PM

That thing is going to scoot. Look at what the base model does with significantly less HP.

What are the odds this new Z06 is faster than the C6ZR1?

FenwickHockey65 · 01-08-2014, 08:18 AM

Supposedly put together from three teaser images.

Apex Motorsports · 01-08-2014, 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by 72MachOne99GT

What are the odds this new Z06 is faster than the C6ZR1?

It has to be.

FenwickHockey65 · 01-08-2014, 09:02 AM

I think I'm the only idiot that didn't see GM showed more of the car.

http://www.chevrolet.com/corvette-z0...ar-reveal.html

FenwickHockey65 · 01-08-2014, 09:03 AM

And since Chris Doane mentioned it on Facebook, the preliminary specs are at least 625/635.

Bhobbs · 01-08-2014, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65

And since Chris Doane mentioned it on Facebook, the preliminary specs are at least 625/635.

I'm surprised they didn't beat the LS9.

72MachOne99GT · 01-08-2014, 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Apex Chase

It has to be.

Usually I'd laugh at someone for this logic, but since it's an awesome car, that's awesome logic.

Why?

Because Racecar.

snizzle · 01-08-2014, 11:09 AM

Leaving room for a ZR1 monster with more boost, etc?

LOWDOWN · 01-08-2014, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by snizzle

Leaving room for a ZR1 monster with more boost, etc?

There's a reason they moved the PBC to Bowling Green...and it WASN'T to build LT1s...

King T · 01-09-2014, 12:01 AM

2015 Corvette Z06 Power Figures Leak, Features More Torque Than Outgoing ZR1

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The 2015 Corvette Z06 is going to be officially revealed on January 13, 2014 — exactly one year after the official debut of the 2014 Corvette Stingray. There will also be a live stream of the event, for those of you who will not be attending the press conference in person. Yet before that even manages to happen, it seems the performance figures of the 2015 Z06 have been leaked. And the horsepower and torque figures are downright brutal.

According to metadata (the lines of text that show up under a link in search result) from Chevrolet themselves, the 2015 Corvette Z06 will produce a staggering 620 horsepower, and a ground-twisting 650 foot-pounds of torque, as seen above. Holy smoking tires.

The power bump is 115 hp and 180 lb-ft more than the outgoing Z06 with the already powerful LS7 7.0L V8 engine (505hp/470 lb-ft). It’s anticipated that the 2015 Corvette Z06 will utilize a supercharged LT4 V8 in place of a naturally aspirated engine. Even more impressive, is that the torque figure is 46 lb-ft greater than that of the outgoing, LS9-powered, range-topping Corvette ZR1 (604 lb-ft) and 19 lb-ft more than Ford's awesome 2014 Shelby GT500 (631 lb-ft). More eye-opening is that the numbers are not quite finalized yet, so we could even see gains from those estimations. The 2015 Z06, ladies and gentlemen, is shaping to be nothing short of a monster.

I remember when GM did that with the C6 ZR1. It was announced as having 620hp until its unveil which then the true 638hp was revealed. They should go 641hp just to screw with Viper at 640hp, just like how they screwed with the ZR1 going 2 hp more lol

Number 3 · 01-13-2014, 10:49 PM

I'd have to check the specs but I think the LT4 has a higher compression ratio than the LS9.

Maybe a lower boost higher CR helps with heat soak?? I can't imagine that THE GM track car would not address this FULLY. Maybe I'm too hopeful. I think there is yet more to be told here.

Bhobbs · 01-13-2014, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Number 3

I'd have to check the specs but I think the LT4 has a higher compression ratio than the LS9.

Maybe a lower boost higher CR helps with heat soak?? I can't imagine that THE GM track car would not address this FULLY. Maybe I'm too hopeful. I think there is yet more to be told here.

LT4 CR = 10.0 to 1 (from press release)
LS9 CR = 9.1 to 1

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01-07-2014, 07:40 PM	#43
DrkPhx Drives: 2013 Triple Black ZL1 / 2006 TB SS Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: MN Posts: 2,250	Can't wait to see the real deal. I will be at the Detroit Auto Show this year.