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[Beezy]

Hot damn.

 

[BuckRobotron]

Hell, the F430 can't even crap all over the normal Z06. What makes you think it has a chance with this one?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec-ZDGjPFfg

Wow. Favorited. The F430 driver must have wished he were actually playing Forza, select Quit and restart with another car. "Chew 'im up!" :lol

 

[VPhys]

I like.

 

[thesoapster]

Heh. I had some guy in a Z06 try and shake me on my CBR. I had to keep slowing down to avoid hitting his bumper. Tool.

 

[twinturbo2]

I like what they have done with the body but the see-thru hood scoop = :lol

In a perfect world I would have my italian sportscars sitting in my climate controlled garage only taken out on special occasion and a ZR-1 to take to the track and thrash the hell out of every weekend.

Agreed. I'd replace that hood with a carbon-fiber one without the see-thru scoop, given the chance.

 

[Zeke]

God I love corvettes this car is pure sex

 

[Piscopink]

Here's some video highlighting the carbon fiber bits:

http://jalopnik.com/336240/harlan-charles-shows-off-corvette-zr1s-carbon-fiber-bits?autoplay=true

Because blowers add weight, extensive lightening efforts were concentrated in front. The fenders, hood inner and outer panels, roof panel, and C-pillar roof bar are carbon fiber, the tooling for which caps production at 2000 per year. The fibers are visible on the roof and hood inner, and to prevent ultraviolet light from degrading them a special additive costing over $60,000/gallon (!) is added at three-percent concentration in the thin clear-coat layer ($2000/gallon).

 

[Anasui Kishibe]

American cars are pure aesthetical shit, but I always liked the Corvettes

the' Vette get's em wet, after all

 

[X26]

It would be the best looking corvette yet if it wasn't for the ugly as hell transparent hood section

 

[iamblades]

By suspension I also include the differential. Compared to a F430 most cars are a joke.

How long a tyre lasts depends on suspension, differential, power delivery and aerodynamics. The Corvette has worse tyre wear, it’s evident to anyone who watches these cars on a track. As a front-engine machine with a higher COG, less mechanical grip and lack of defuser it slides profusely around corners. An F430 is extremely kind to its tyres in comparison. The Lotus active suspension system it uses is the only thing preventing total destruction of the rear tyres. Put it this way, to drive an F430 round a track fast takes less effort than to do the same in a Corvette. Effort (corrections) is directly related to tyre wear.

The car used in Endurance events is much different from the factory car. To say you do well in endurance racing as a proof of the cars pedigree is disingenuous, I could claim a Citroen Saxo is much better than a Lancer based on the formers domination of the WRC.

Finally the engine comments, HP/litre is my personal favourite engine performance metric. More power from lower displacement is harder to achieve reliably than more power from larger displacement. An FQ400 develops 400 brake from a 2.0l engine. Sure it isn’t normally aspirated but that much power from such a small engine is an impressive achievement, yes at the cost of fuel economy, a pitiful 5-10mpg.

However the most impressive achievement is 850bhp from a normally aspirated 2.4l V8. That’s an F1 racing engine and that’s what I’d give the title of greatest engine design to. Everything else is just shitty in comparison.



I drove a Z06 at Thruxton (UK track) and couldn’t believe the thump you get at around 5500 revs. They need to adjust the curve to allow more drivability but I guess they feel the FX3 suspension will make up for it.

The e-diff is a neat bit of tech, but it's not $120k worth of neat. I know the C6R is not the same thing as the street vette, but it's not like they completely redid the suspension. The suspension is exactly the same design as far as I understand, with maybe some beefed up components.

400/2l is nothing, Rod Millens pike's peak celica did 850. The 3sgte is one of my all time favorite engine designs, just so you know I'm not a 'small engines suck' kinda guy.

HP/liter isn't hard at all. It's fairly simple actually. More revs, more compression (forced induction or otherwise) means more horsepower.

The power in f1 cars is the least impressive thing about them really. The braking, the downforce, and the crazy computer controls are far more impressive than the power..

Top fuel dragsters can get over 1000 hp/liter, so they must be the pinnacle of engine design in your world. In the real world, engines that cost 7 figures and can only be run full on for seconds are a time and suck fuel like a black hole are rubbish.

 

[mashoutposse]

HP/liter isn't hard at all. It's fairly simple actually. More revs, more compression (forced induction or otherwise) means more horsepower.

And how do you design this high compression, high revving powerplant so that it doesn't bankrupt your company with an avalanche of warranty claims?

It's only "fairly simple" if you're planning on measuring the engine's usable life in hundreds of miles.

 

[fart]

By suspension I also include the differential.

what the fuck? you're an idiot.

 

[Piscopink]

The question is......

Will it be in Gran Turismo 5

awesome car btw

Well, it looks like it's in Forza 2:

 

[pete914]

I doubt this car nor the GTR are going to sell close to retail. Especially the GTR. 80K my ass, dealers will be marking that one up +20K easily. I've seen pictures of Z06 window stickers at 100K when they first came out. Dealers are always out to make the extra buck...