New best for near stock Z06 11.81 but costly
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New best for near stock Z06 11.81 but costly
I went to National Trails on Saturday for a private track rental.The Z06 is stock except for 4.10's and a 26/11.5/16 ET Street.First pass I went 11.89 with a 1.63 60 ft.2nd pass went 11.83 with a 1.64 60.My 3rd and best pass was a 11.81 with a 1.63 60.On that pass when I powershifted into 3rd the shifter was extremely stiff.Now the tranny will not shift into 3rd or 4th,grinds and squeals when driven in the other 4 gears.I'm thinking the 3-4 shift fork is bent.Even though I broke my car I went home with a smile on my face.I ran a pretty damn good number for a near stock Z in normal(non-mineshaft DA)conditions.I think I have got as much ET out of the stock 356 rwhp as possible.I have to fix it and add some hp to get in the 10's.It was a blast watching Randy Eakin,Lee Howey and some of the other guys running deep in the 7's.I had probably 50 people ask me if I had a bottle or other stuff done.They did'nt believe I could run that strong with a stock engine.The old iron crowd acted like I was lying and I invited all of them to inspect the car.They gave it a casual look over and walked away shaking their heads.People just don't realize how a Z06 will run if you're not afraid of a 65000 rpm leave and powershifting.Most Vette owners don't run them to there full potential.
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Nice runs. How bad was the weather? I would have thought that the 4.10 gear would be worth more than that. I ran 11.83 with an air filter and ET Streets , in the middle of summer with a 1.72 60' time and without powershifting.
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Originally Posted by butcher1
Nice runs. How bad was the weather? I would have thought that the 4.10 gear would be worth more than that. I ran 11.83 with an air filter and ET Streets , in the middle of summer with a 1.72 60' time and without powershifting.
Todd you're right.I have to satisfy my racing fix somehow.
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OUTSTANDING, i have the exact same car as you including the color also with 4.10s but am making around 380rwhp as i have longtubes, air intake,tuning, etc. I think those bad boy 4.10s cut about .2 to .3 tenths off your ets and made you Z a consistent bone stock (except for gears) 11 sec. something street machine. How about the traction on the street with the 4.10s, what a joke huh? CONGRATS on what i see are EXCELLENT time and best of luck on your baby's full and speedy recovery! MANY say they believe 4.10s are too much for a z06 with the m12 tranny giving first gear a 4.88 ratio but i say it makes the car A RIOT TO DRIVE!!!!
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Originally Posted by MTI 427 C5 Roadster
MANY say they believe 4.10s are too much for a z06 with the m12 tranny giving first gear a 4.88 ratio but i say it makes the car A RIOT TO DRIVE!!!!
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Originally Posted by Tom the roofer
Very nice respectable ET's. Good to see you back at the track again.
I hope to be going to the track again this weekend myself, although I'd rather be ripping pitch
Good luck.
Tom
I hope to be going to the track again this weekend myself, although I'd rather be ripping pitch
Good luck.
Tom
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Originally Posted by Chris ARE 360
congrats
Sorry to hear about the breakage
Sorry to hear about the breakage
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dave,
congrats on new best, if the dealer says no I say pull it and take it to D&D Performance!
also I drove a friends Z06, at the track and broke his ring gear anyhow the point is he had a hurst shifter in it that was as good if not better than the PRO 5.0 in my car!!! it was tha damn good! i was trying to get him tens on drag radials! didn't happen
congrats on new best, if the dealer says no I say pull it and take it to D&D Performance!
also I drove a friends Z06, at the track and broke his ring gear anyhow the point is he had a hurst shifter in it that was as good if not better than the PRO 5.0 in my car!!! it was tha damn good! i was trying to get him tens on drag radials! didn't happen
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Thanks Tom.I bet you haven't been doing much roofing this week.The monsoon season has put a ding in my schedule the last couple days.You ever make it to National Trails?
No I haven't been to National trails yet but I plan to go there and get my NHRA compitition license. National trails is the closest NHRA track for me.
We bid a few major jobs in Columbus and if things go as planned we will be working pretty close to the track It will give me a good reason to visit the job site.
Tom