Factory supercharged Z06?
Factory supercharged Z06? Sorry if this is old news, but I hadn't heard it. I saw this on Car and Driver television on the spy shots segment. They called it the Blue Devil Corvette. It's a supercharged version of the current Z06. They said it would be around 600hp and cost about $100k.
Personally, I would hope they could make more than 600 hp. Especially at that price.
Personally, I would hope they could make more than 600 hp. Especially at that price.
600-650 hp but it only weighs 2900lbs! The body is mostly carbon fiber i believe.
http://www.autoweek.com/news.cms?newsId=102690
http://www.autoweek.com/news.cms?newsId=102690
Originally Posted by SmaknSS
Thats not that bad considering the price you pay for some of the Exotics and get lots less HP.
The price will be worse once the dealers get a hold of one.
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Originally Posted by 11secproject
I can't wait to see some hit high 10's in a new stock Z06...
Jason
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i think it's possible with just a sticky tire. it HAS the trap speed for a 10.80 or so.
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There will be no putting of a supercharger on a factory massed produced corvette. Never has, never will. In case you havent noticed, Chevrolet tends to blend history and technology together regardless of anything. Compare other car manufacturers with Chevrolet. Chevrolet really has stuck with history.
The Thunderbird was always a 2 seater sports car....Ford turned into a 4 door atrocity and then a poor attempt to bring it back ( *puke* if you ask me). Chevrolet kept the corvette a 2 seater sports car with no less than a V8. From '68 or '69 Chevrolet never put in a motor with less than 350ci's. And today they've still kept it that way ( ok...ok, LS1 = 346ci's....close enough, ill call it a 350)
And once again Chevrolet clings on to history: 2006 Corvette Z06 427 (despite the fact that its a smallblock....id rather have an LS7 than an L88 anyways) and below it a corvette with a 350. Do you guys see the relation to history?????
Chevrolet could have made the LS7 a 422 or 414 but they wanted to relate something small back to history. Did the Ford GT ever come with a blown DOHC 331ci??? Was there ever a Viper with a V10 in Dodges past???
People try to say "Wow, Ford really has gone far trying to make the new mustang look like the classic stangs...no other american car manufacturer tries to bring back history." And "Wow, Dodge/Chrysler remade the HEMI (its an LS1 if you ask me), where chevrolet at???" And now I tell you, Chevrolet isnt bringing back history, they are keeping history. They have always held onto history like no other car manufacturer.
If Chevrolet put a supercharger on a corvette, I would be insulted.
The Thunderbird was always a 2 seater sports car....Ford turned into a 4 door atrocity and then a poor attempt to bring it back ( *puke* if you ask me). Chevrolet kept the corvette a 2 seater sports car with no less than a V8. From '68 or '69 Chevrolet never put in a motor with less than 350ci's. And today they've still kept it that way ( ok...ok, LS1 = 346ci's....close enough, ill call it a 350)
And once again Chevrolet clings on to history: 2006 Corvette Z06 427 (despite the fact that its a smallblock....id rather have an LS7 than an L88 anyways) and below it a corvette with a 350. Do you guys see the relation to history?????
Chevrolet could have made the LS7 a 422 or 414 but they wanted to relate something small back to history. Did the Ford GT ever come with a blown DOHC 331ci??? Was there ever a Viper with a V10 in Dodges past???
People try to say "Wow, Ford really has gone far trying to make the new mustang look like the classic stangs...no other american car manufacturer tries to bring back history." And "Wow, Dodge/Chrysler remade the HEMI (its an LS1 if you ask me), where chevrolet at???" And now I tell you, Chevrolet isnt bringing back history, they are keeping history. They have always held onto history like no other car manufacturer.
If Chevrolet put a supercharger on a corvette, I would be insulted.
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Originally Posted by DanO
Think about what the dealers are selling the new Z06's for, do you think youd see a 600-700 hp blown Corvette selling for under $100k? I dont.
Just my opinion, but what the new Z06 is now (beating just about every exotic car out there on the strip and autocross track), why would they redo it and put a blower on it. Thats just not what GM does. I just CANNOT see it happening. Theres always a possibility but i just dont see it happening at all.
***If there were ever a blown vette from the factory it better have more than 750hp. The LS7 right now is a 600hp motor (with a diff. cam of course), no question asked.