Me against that C6Z06

Well...this is how it went.

No excuses, he beat me. Just filling everyone in.
There are rumors he added a small shot of nitrous. I don't buy it. I checked out the car.
Also, I was running my street wheels. Heavy Torque Thrusts. Rotational mass killed me. I am probably only a 12.3-12.4 at 115'ish' on these instead of my 11.9x at 118'ish'
Also, I took the cameraman...so add 150-160 pounds there.
The Z06 was probably 800 pounds lighter last night.

He was on BFG DR's and I was on Nitto DR's. I had a little more of a problem with traction than he did. Traction wasn't an issue where he really put distance on me though.

First two races are from inside my car. Last race is the Z06 against a Kenne Bell'd 03 Cobra. Z06 owner told me I hung better than that KB Cobra.


Both of my races were from 30 to 120'ish'
http://home.comcast.net/~mrluos/Friday.wmv

I need to put my car on a diet and go again. With the ProStars on it.
It was a fun evening though. He was real cool about running them, and actually was impressed with my car considering all the weight we had in it.
Enjoy.

It happens. Good job for hanging with the big dogs...
If he added nos to the vett would you be able to tell? But like you said, you checked the car. Those things have traction control to help them as well so if it was from 50 or 60 roll and start you might have got him, I would think

wow,t hat was a good race. Man i did not realize how much balls them new zo6's have.

HOT SHIT! Good races. He ate that Cobra for a snack. I thought it would have been a little closer between the TA and Z06. But I've seen videos of stock Z06's beating Lambos and GT 40's. Its definatley a top contender car. And it would be an honor to ever race one, no matter what vehicle you're in.

HOT SHIT! Good races. He ate that Cobra for a snack. I thought it would have been a little closer between the TA and Z06. But I've seen videos of stock Z06's beating Lambos and GT 40's. Its definatley a top contender car. And it would be an honor to ever race one, no matter what vehicle you're in.


Personally I think it would be more of an honor to race the lambo or gt 40. Simply because the Z06 has more production and is cheaper.

Don't get me wrong I love the z06, but I see them on the streets a lot. Don't see as many lambos or gt 40s.

. Those things have traction control to help them as well so if it was from 50 or 60 roll and start you might have got him, I would think

Not only that, but the trans is not mated directly to the motor, it's in the back, so there's better weight distribution.

Wow tapping the rev limiter cant be healthy.. u could tell on the second one that as soon as u hit that limiter he pulled on u.....Good races tho, what mods did the vette have?

Hitting the rev limiter doesn't hurt anything. It is actually there so it doesn't damage anything.

Z06 was stock other than DR's.

Well since i remember u did a whole new setup with ur engine im assuming u used hardened pushrods....but knowing u did the work on the engine i am also gonna assume that ur wrapping it up above 6k, bending pushrods is kinda common maybe not so much with hardend pushrods tho......Anyway thats not what i was getting at. Maybe if u hadnt bounced off the limiter the race may have been closer cause he pulled as soon as u were on that limiter.

It wouldn't have seen the rev limiter if it had traction. As soon as I hit the pedal it spun the tires and the motor.

smell that? pure american power.

Hitting the rev limiter doesn't hurt anything. It is actually there so it doesn't damage anything..

But hitting it in excess and for a duration will do damage, unless fuel is cancelled out as well as spark.

Almost sure the computer cuts both...but not 100% on that. Newer cars tend to have computers that will save the motor in case of an over-rev.

Excess of any kind of racing will shorten the life of a motor. I understand this. Tapping the rev limiter once isn't going to hurt anymore than racing it for a full day at the strip.

The cars that have factory ECM's in them and use the rev limiter in the programming drop fuel not spark. At least the GM's do. GM knows that it can be dangerous to drop spark, load the cylinders & exhaust up with fuel then reapply ignition. Much safer and pratical to just shut off the injectors.

damnit gold it's nitrous not nos!!!!! unless he had NOS brand nitrous!!!


UGH!

Nice piss post there shorty

why does everyone insist that the Vette had mods? Read the specs. He said his car runs 11.9s at best. The vette stock is rated from 11.6s 11.7s. It was already faster. Not hating your car is sick, bro. Just trying to state the obvious, to the rest of the world.

We are 5400 feet up.
I run 11.9 here with extremely thin air.

My car is a 10 second car at sea level. :grinyes:
But as you can tell from the video...the Z06 is stronger from that 25-30 punch.

could another advantage for the corvette be its factory tune? Maybe its programming is better suited to deal with thin air conditions. Just a thought though. 800 pounds lighter is a huge difference so that was more than likely it....that and your obvious traction problem there. Are you ever going to bring the car down to sea level and see what she does?

I want too.
Going to be a while though.

And I have heard that newer computers make up for the thin air a bit better, but I can't verify that.

it was just a thought. tune seems to be everything to these motors.

not that that would make up for him beating you entirely. im just thinking out loud here.

I am sure it was the weight difference.

I do believe it might have been different at the track. Mine is geared for the 1/4 and the Z06 is geared for speed across the board. It does better up top when my weight is holding me back.

Well if you ever come down to Oregon you got a place to stay. Its only about 140 miles from Woodburn race way.

Thanks for the offer.

Might take you up on it...but it will be quite some time away.

I know, have to wait for the bun in the oven to be done...lol

Still cooking....About done though. :lol: :lol:

And I have heard that newer computers make up for the thin air a bit better, but I can't verify that.
Not so much the computers as the air measuring device. If you are running speed density the alt. will hav a real effect on it. The Z06 is running a MAF sensor, there's no better sensor for measuring air flow. Also, if you are running a batch fire injection it can hurt you as well, though not always.

And to the person that mentioned his traction control...you turn that OFF if you want to race your Corvette, it really hurts you on the launch, even from a roll.

We are both MAF.