Would you rather have a ZR1 or blown Z06?

[Nine Ball]

Moscow - 2011 Z06 has the mag ride option.

[LostInMoscow]

Originally Posted by Nine Ball

Moscow - 2011 Z06 has the mag ride option.

Cool! It's about time! The older ones beat the crap out of you! It's fun the first time you drive, but then gets old real quick! That will make that car a whole different animal. I'd love to drive one! Anyone had a ride in one yet?

[alrox]

Originally Posted by Nine Ball

I bought the car brand new for $64K. The Maggie kit costs about $7K. For $71K total, you could duplicate the performance of a $110K ZR1. Only thing the ZR1 has on the Z06 is the carbon brakes, but brakes are a simple upgrade too.

Tony

You have a very nice car, but your numbers are a little skewed. You left off the install cost of the supercharger, and the cost of the necessary hood. You also quoted MSRP for a ZR1, but real world pricing for your Z06.

I would reasonably say it cost $2,000 for the supercharger install and $2,000 for a painted/installed hood. The cost to reproduce your car's performance is roughly $75,000 at the low end.

A 1ZR ZR1 costs $97,000 currently.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-d...brand-new.html

ZR1 brakes will run you about ~$8,000-$10,000 to install on a z06. A high quality wheel that will clear the brakes are probably $3,000 (CCW, OEM's).

That leaves approximately a $8-10k difference in the cars. If you plan to keep either car for a significant amount of time or put a higher than average number of miles on either one, your blown LS7 will have a major and costly engine failure far before the LS9 will.

[Nine Ball]

1. I installed the blower myself. Most shops do charge $1500.
2. My hood is not painted, it is just bare carbon. $1100. The Edelbrock unit doesn't require a hood, just my Maggie does. Procharger requires no hood, either.
3. Just pads and rotors will make a huge difference in Z06 brakes. They aren't bad in stock form as-is. Carbon is nice, but do you really need them for the street?
4. Don't need high quality wheels, you can find those ZR1 repro wheels cheap in the OEM sizes.

[Sevn86]

Originally Posted by Xanthos

Yeah... its an engine with a seat!

I kid, I kid.
- X

ZR1

[a_Username]

ZR1

[racerns]

Originally Posted by Nine Ball

I bought the car brand new for $64K. The Maggie kit costs about $7K. For $71K total, you could duplicate the performance of a $110K ZR1. Only thing the ZR1 has on the Z06 is the carbon brakes, but brakes are a simple upgrade too.
Tony

You seem to be forgetting about a few other things like the Magnaride suspension (yes you can get it on a Z06 now, but at a price), better dual disk clutch, different tranny gears, stronger rear end, PTM, and the 100K mile warranty (you just voided). You may have equalled or surpassed the ZR1 in straight line performance at this point with your car, but you would still get handled on a road course and still have a harsher ride on the street. Your supercharger set up will not hold up (heat wise) like the ZR1's on the road course either.

[ron10]

ZR1 for sure.

[GTAHVIT]

ZR1

easy.

[khislop007]

Originally Posted by Nine Ball

You guys should hear what 7K rpm with a 7.0L supercharged engine sounds like, it is dreamy

I can only imagine!! Daymn!

[JustMyMaro811]

Z06 is sex on wheels....zr1 is multiple sex on wheels.

Love it!!

[calbert1999]

I'd choose the ZR1 and put my own SC on it.

[Masta T]

go hard or go home zr1 for the win although a used zo6 is almost a steal

[Lumina SS]

i well not take anyone of them i pick a grandsport with sc more fun with the open roof