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Old 08-16-2004, 11:50 PM
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In the '98. It was Yellow, and the first one that I have seen. He got behind me, and I wanted to race to see what the almighty LS-2 had to offer, so I threw him a rev. He did the same back at me. He got back next to me, and we raced from a dig. We went from a dig, and ended up at about 2 cars behind him at 125 or so. He honked, and gave me a thumbs up, and I did the same.
I like these cars, and am proud to have raced one. BTW- It was NOT the '67. That would be a different story.
C6>LS1.
Good times!!!
Old 08-17-2004, 12:19 AM
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Hmmm, with your mods, I would have expected you to be a lot farther behind from those speeds than 2 cars. Hmm. Either way, awesome encounter!!
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Wow, didn't know the C6's were on the road already. Nice death.

Btw, "Z06Killer", seems out of place. Your 98 Camaro won't touch a Z06 and your 67 Camaro is about even with a Z06. Just something I found interesting...
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I dont think that they are really on the road yet. I dont doubt that you saw and raced one though. To my knowledge most dealerships have at lease one or two in their possesion right now. So more than likely it was a dealership owner who took the car for himself. I could be wrong though.

Good run though man,

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I'd like to see how fast they go with the average driver. Car and Driver only pulled a 12.7 and somebody else was over 13. What is up with that?
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corvette quarterly ran a 12.5 with the z51 package in a manual.
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Nice Kill..


for him..
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Originally Posted by blkZ28spt
I'd like to see how fast they go with the average driver. Car and Driver only pulled a 12.7 and somebody else was over 13. What is up with that?

I've seen the reports on stock c5's running in the 12's, hell gmhtp supposedly got a 1998 ws-6 m6 to run a 12.98 bone stock, but I've yet to see these types of results "in real life" Hell, I've seen stock z06 vette's have a hard time getting into the 12's, I ran one at hemming's day at lvd this spring, he had a 12.87 dial in on his window, and ran a 13.15 the run against me. Still beat me because I am by no means a bracket racer, but it goes to show that guys that say that they can do this or that probably have, once out of 200 passes. Those magazines forget to tell you about a 20 mph tail wind, race gas, etc. etc.
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I was suprised to see one too, but I was in Florence, which is like car dealership city. That may have been a fluke on my only being two cars back, but fun nonetheless. As far as my screen name, that comes from about 3 years ago when I beat an '01 twice at the local dragstrip (Edgewater). I know that Z's are capable of much more, especially when modded, but like I said I beat the one at the track twice and had to hang my hat on that. That was when I was running mid 12.s, and now I'm about a second quicker, so take that as you will. A year or so from now I'm planning on a Dart block, TrickFlow 23 degree heads, and a Sporstsman Fogger kit. Then it should be the norm for the '67 to kill Zo6s, not just a once in a while happening.
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Hey, anything is possible on the street. Everyone needs to keep in mind most of those Vette guys can't drive! (which is good for us )
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Cool encounter. I've seen a bunch of C6's on the road, but I've never had the opportunity for a race. I'm guessin they are good for 11.90's at 116-117mph with a good driver. That is insane for a bone stock car.
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Originally Posted by unit213
Cool encounter. I've seen a bunch of C6's on the road, but I've never had the opportunity for a race. I'm guessin they are good for 11.90's at 116-117mph with a good driver. That is insane for a bone stock car.
That would be a logical potential for them, considering a ~3,2xx lb curb weight and basically the same power output as the Z06....GMHTP did run the Z06 to 11.97 and they claimed to not have done anything to the car whatsoever besides a kick *** driver. That being said if/when I come across a stock C6/Z06 I will NOT be expecting that kind of a run.
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Cool run! It'll probably be 6 months before anyone around here buys one.
Damn rural towns.
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Nice death, I can't wait to run into one myself. I figured it would be a little slower then a Z06.
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Originally Posted by 5POINT7
Wow, didn't know the C6's were on the road already. Nice death.

Btw, "Z06Killer", seems out of place. Your 98 Camaro won't touch a Z06 and your 67 Camaro is about even with a Z06. Just something I found interesting...

C6s are everywhere around here (Detroit).
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Originally Posted by Velocity
C6s are everywhere around here (Detroit).
I second that.

One time I lined up against a C6. I got giddy and than hit him with a rev.....but than I realized I wasnt in my S.R.T....I was in a damn CELICA!
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Man, I didnt know they were out yet either. Thats awesome... I agree with Unit, 11.9's is what I think they should be capable of.
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Nice death on the C6

By 2 car lengths sounds very good on your part in a 98' and basically stock.

But, I do not see 11's stock in the C6 this year.

LS2>LS1 but not by much
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Some stock Z06's have gone 11.7's. Minus the airbox lid 11.60


As for the new C6 basically the same HP as the current Z06 (400 vs 405), and way more (20-30lb ft) torque, so I expect it to be on par if not better than the Z06, especially in the Z51 package car that ships with the m12 transmission. The car weighs just a bit more than the Z06, but the torque should offset that. I'm guessing its going to be up to the driver, but on paper the c6 looks to be ahead.

The new Z06, well, thats going to be on a whole other level....
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no shame in losing to the newest corvette in the stable...



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