NIRVANA

6-piston front and 4-piston rear calipers
• Cross-drilled rotors
• Aluminum engine block with 104.8-mm bores and pressed-in liners
• Forged steel crankshaft with 101.6-mm stroke
• 6-bolt, forged steel main bearing caps
• Titanium connecting rods
• Cast aluminum flat-top pistons
• Racing-derived CNC-ported aluminum cylinder heads with 70-cc chambers
• 56mm titanium intake valves
• 41mm sodium-filled exhaust valves
• 11.0:1 compression ratio
• Composite manifold with 90 mm single-bore throttle body
• Camshaft with 15-mm (.591-inch) lift
• Dry-sump oiling system
• 7000-rpm redline
WEIGHT: 3130lbs/1420kg

500hp/475lb-ft torque

Got this from digitalcorvettes.com, seems pretty accurate to me.

If that is a chop, someone did an excellent job.

This info was taken from gminsidenews.com.

riddler

iTrader: (4)

Those statistics make me

Checkmate

iTrader: (2)

The stats are good, but I am very disappointed in the lack of change in the front-end. Especially after Dave hill said it would be different.

NIRVANA

Bear in mind that those are not official photos and could just be a good photochop. I guess we'll find out for sure once the NAIAS starts in January.

Fulton 1

iTrader: (9)

Here's a photoshopped version that a member (M-INENT-1) did over at DC. Its black, lowered, and has some other subtle changes (rear wheel alignment I think). Looks awesome IMO.

sunsetz28

iTrader: (1)

Looks like pure evil in black!

mySStery_machine

iTrader: (23)

The black version is SICK, I wouldn't want to even be in the same area code with a car looking that mean from the factory. Now if all the specs on top are correct that is one bad momma. But as is said before, only time (January to be exact) will tell.

Red Shift

I've never heard of titanium rods.

Shinkaze

Gulp!
My M3 just pissed it's pants and hid in the Garage where my Trans Am is currenty mocking it.

-Adam

Red Shift

The M3 looks so good that they don't have to be the faster car.

Ravenous T\A

iTrader: (12)

I was hopeing for the 575hp but it looks awesome, wonder if it gonna be in the XLR price range???

DaveSchott

iTrader: (5)

Those specs sound as made-up as the pic. dry sump? also, go price Ti rods and valves.

BadAndy

Ti valves wouldn't surprise me at all, especially with the 7,000rpm redline. Ti connecting rods would be a different story.

NIRVANA

I thought I read somewhere that they didn't want to stray too far away from the last Z06 pricing, so I'm guessing it'll be somewhere in the $55K range.

WILWAXU

iTrader: (6)

Photoshop or not. I like it.

Rumor mill on price was in the $70K's. Hoping that's not true..

Shinkaze

sure would be nice if it was at lease close


Serriously though, I'm willing to bet the Z06 will increase a bit in price. The reason I say that is the new Z51 option is almost as much of a step up (performance wise) over the base car as the Z06 was (minus the HP increase). That leads me to think that GM wanted the Z51 to bridge the price gap between the base an a higher price Z06....that's my Swag.... no basis in fact of course .

Sport Side

iTrader: (6)

I might be imagining things, but when I looked at the Spy Shots of the Z, the front air opening looked much larger than whats shown here.


That is very similiar to the C6 with a tiny hood scoop, when only looking at the front fascia area

Shinkaze

Also the nose looks longer in the spy photos.

Sport Side

iTrader: (6)

Looking at the spy shots, are the head lights going to be blacked out behind the lenses?

Or is that just some sorta camo for....idk

Shinkaze

Analysis by digital Corvettes.
http://img112.exs.cx/img112/3259/dig...s_analysis.jpg