2nd test and tune for the C6 Z06
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2nd test and tune for the C6 Z06 Snuck in on another private track rental down at Tucson Dragway this past weekend just to get some data on the converter changes and to see what this pig can do in the heat. By 11:30 it was already above 6000 FT DA and I was packing up and heading home. It resulted in a new best but it was with a terrible 60' and was breaking up the last couple of seconds on the big end with a spark issue. Once I fixed that I couldn't get it to hook at all the rest of the day. Going to make a tire/suspension change and head back out in a few weeks with equally crappy air so I can see if it helped any. Getting an IRS car to hook compared to a straight axle setup just isn't easy without some sort of compromise that I've been avoiding.
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Good manual drivers get 1.2-1.3x on the stock suspension, really good ones are touching the 1.1x-1.2x range on a slick. Some auto swapped C6's are down in the 1.1x range on a radial. I think its just a matter of suspension setup and I assume you have some fancy parts under there already that can be adjusted to get it to hookup better. Either way good luck!
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Good manual drivers get 1.2-1.3x on the stock suspension, really good ones are touching the 1.1x-1.2x range on a slick. Some auto swapped C6's are down in the 1.1x range on a radial. I think its just a matter of suspension setup and I assume you have some fancy parts under there already that can be adjusted to get it to hookup better. Either way good luck!
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Damn that car screams... what is the motor in it? What is redline?
For 6000ft DA and that MPH the car is an animal.....
Bring it to California for some normal DA and cooler temps
For 6000ft DA and that MPH the car is an animal.....
Bring it to California for some normal DA and cooler temps
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I do like the track and the crew better and it's priced much better as well, only problem is Tucson DA is at a minimum of 3400 ft on average during the cool months but Wild Horse (Firebird) can dip down to around 1400. We are investigating more options with Wild horse though just because it would be a 20 minute drive home vs a 2 hour trip and the air is easily 2000 ft DA lower, too much $$$ though thus far but we are working on it.