i ran a z51 c8 in my ss. 40 roll jumped a car to 100 it was slowly catching and wouldve passed me. my set up is old but maxed out NA. ls2 HCI built trans 3.73s.


anyway. grey car with ciocca lic. plate frame. if youre on here good run and beautiful car. im jealous.

move this if necessary. im not seeing much activity in srk.

 

Sounds like the SS did pretty well vs the C8 z51 to me. Congrats 👏

Might be time to consider an insurance policy aka 150 shot

 

my set up is maxed NA(said that Already) so yes my options are nitrous FI or just go bigger cubes. some small stuff on that c8 and its leaving me behind.

 

I'd be super happy if I beat a c8. That's a 100k car. GM spent millions on R&D and couldn't keep up with a 20+ year old car. If I was the c8 driver, I'd be pretty annoyed lol.

 

Given the decades between your ride and the C8 I would be happy. A lot of time and tech advances went into the C8…. It’s nothing to be ashamed about that’s for sure. 🍻

 

C8's an amazing Car, good run. Not sure what your putting down w/ the auto but the C8 has a weight advantage and around 440 Rwhp stock. And those 373's aren't helping your top end.

 

I've always thought that from dig or roll there's a good chance the C8 would accelerate faster than my SS which is like 3900 with me in it and 540 rwhp. Explain to me how it could be fair in a roll race when 1-2-3 Go depends on how fast one's count was over the other?

 

ill happily address a few things here lol. obviously a street race isnt an exACT science lol. honking ,counting off a race is similar to timing a light from a stop. a better reaction can get you a win over a faster vehicle. better driving can get you a win also. in this situation myself and the c8 driver agreed for me to honk it off. im sure he thought as i did he had a faster car.

from what i looked into a c8 IS ACTUally heavier than an fbody. at least in my case. my SS weighs in at around mid 3400s and a c8 is high 3600s so ptw IN THIS CASE is very similar.


yes, my gears are sapping my top end. i recently switched from 4.10s TO 373s and noticed only a difference in OD as far as lower revs. my car gets out and tops out quickly. my guess is a slower roll i wouldve pulled a little more and higher speed rolls give an obvious advantage to a c8.

we agreed to run from a 40 roll and i posted the outcome. your posts and opinions are appreciated so keep them coming.

 

To answer your question. and yes the base model's curb weight is over 3600 and you've obviously done some weight reduction in order to get it down to mid 3400's, especially if this means race weight. The C8's are 11.6 to 11.2 cars which have a 2.8 second 0-60 mph with the new C8 Z06 running 10.6's in the 1/4. No way your hitting 0-60mph in 2.8 without some serious modifications. The transmission in those cars shft in milliseconds so either he wasn't serious about racing it or worried about breaking it. People have tried but with me it's either we run from the dig or no run at all because I don't race from a roll.

 

mid 3400s is with no driver or WR. i had it on a scale many years ago.


i dont believe this driver wasnt trying. especially from a roll since it was his idea.

 

I get ya!

https://www.motor1.com/news/427071/2...er-mile-stock/

Not even competitive when you have a computer controlling the run. Looks like anyone could lay down a perfect pass.

 

ive heard theyve run 10s completely stock.

i know with a capable driver which isnt me id hang with a c8 in the 1/4.


but bad *** cars you have mine arent even close lol.

 

Thanks man. I'm pretty sure the 01 could hang with a C8 in a 1/4 race but my best time so far on a 28x10.5 slick has been an 11.6 at 125mph. Hoping to get the 99 which is essentially a one trick pony into the 10's but one things is for certain the C8's are way better handleing cars then what we're driving but I still love the 4th Gen.

 

no **** on handling when we were playing in traffic i had to brake hard that c8 just switched lanes effortlessly and left me behind. nothing unsafe i just know these cars limitations.


yup, im the original owner of my 4th gen. theres not many around here anymore. when i see one i want to buy it lol.

 

My 01 Z28 was 3440 stock (t-top car) so I would expect your weight to be ballpark of that depending on options. 🍻

 

From what C8's trap I think you would only need about 400-420whp to be a good race with one. Could be the roll you did and gearing as well. Just depends on how extreme your build is. I know my pretty aggressive 383 powered 96' Camaro is a very good race with my buddies 16' A8 Camaro that is running a P1X at about 9psi on pump gas. I would guesstimate my 383 is around 5-520whp though and 3,400lbs with driver. It also revs to 7,300 and has 4.56 gears. SInce you have a ZL1 Camaro listed I will use that for comparison sake. My A10 ZL1 with a ported TB and CAI was neck and neck with my buddies procharged Camaro. So my Fbody is right there with my ZL1 when it had those mods.

 

I guess you could always sleeve your ls2, and make it a 454, a guy local to me did that, he runs 6.1@112 in the 1/8th mile. Pg with a Trans brake in a 98 z28. Nitrous would be cheaper, but n/a is cooler 😎

 

I have doubts he even knew y'all were racing.

Why would a C8 waste his gas on an Fbody ?

 

Maybe the owner had one before their C8? Maybe the owner knows any LS car is capable of being very quick? Maybe the owner enjoys roll racing with anyone who thinks they can keep up?

The list could go on...

 

Because he's not stock.