I was totally and utterly...

[CassiesMan]

in all ways, no joking, without a doubt, no questions asked, and every other massively possible way killed.

I was driving in my moms car to go get a hair cut, sitting at a red light, when I hear a light rumble from behind. I look up to see this black beast of a car rolling up. It was new, still had paper plates. It was a Chevy, and it had one simple badge that made me know there was no way in hell, if we did race, that I would win:



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Yeah, thats right ladies and gents, I raced a C6 Z06 'Vette today. Lets just say that I lost. Really, I mean, by the time I was at 60, he was long gone. At least he stopped at the next light, and smiled a huge shit eatin grin when I gave him the thumbs up. Beautiful car. My bud was riding with me, looked over and said, "so thats what an 11 second quarter mile looks like."

I know he was going all out, or at least enough to light up the tires. Christ, that thing was loud and fast. I'll tell ya, I'm still not 100% impressed by the LS7 as a motor, but as a whole, that car was amazing.

[Musashi3000GT]

your moms car eh? well at least it wassnt Cassie.

I've seen two already, freaking budget supercars!

hell of a way to break in a motor though.

[qr25sentra]

i heard they had huge tires on the back, how much did he spin them?

[-The Stig-]

I don't see how you can not be impressed by the LS7 as a motor.

505hp from a single cam motor with no forced induction... gets decent milege if you'd keep your foot out of it... weighs less than 500lbs. Awesomenesss.

Displacement gets you the power... plain and simple.

[HighOctaneNOSUser]

Originally Posted by RedNeck383

Displacement gets you the power... plain and simple.

And to further back that up, the age old saying, "There's no replacement for displacement..."

And the price isn't too hefty too (bang for your buck)

[CassiesMan]

Not to start another flame war but...


7 Liters, only 500 crank hp?

[Ace$nyper]

Originally Posted by CassiesMan

Not to start another flame war but...


7 Liters, only 500 crank hp?

factor things like milage its smog legal and I've posted what they do with some LTs and a filter alone.

back to topic that must have been freaking SWEET.

I am jealous, I need to see one and make love to it.

[rice(er)]

Originally Posted by Ace$nyper

I need to see one and make love to it.

lol

anyways, dam....why car do you drive again cassieman? i keep clicking on profile but it doesn't show any cars in the profile, wassup with the new AF update

[Sleepr awd]

he drives a e46 bimmer 325i that gets waxed and raped by me... sorry cassie

thats freaking awesome, i'm curious to see how lane-change's Z06 comes out w/ his twin turbo setup...all i can say is HOW THE HELL DO YOU GET THAT KIND OF MONEY, ridiculous

come back sooooooooooonnnnn
oh and cassie...nice death (again)

[TatII]

motortrend did a test with the Z06 and ford GT and dodge viper. the Z06 actually put down more whp then a viper. the Z06 puts down around 453whp on a mustang dyno. and mustang dynos usually reads around 20whp less then a standard dyno. that means the Z06 is actually making around 530 crank hp.

[-The Stig-]

Originally Posted by CassiesMan

Not to start another flame war but...


7 Liters, only 500 crank hp?

Yeah? And your point being?

2006 S600 Roadster: 5.5L V12 twin turbocharged only 493hp, 590ft-lbs.. lots of torque sure... but a TT 5.5L V12 only 493hp. In a 4400lb car. Price?
MSRP: $131,675


2006 S65 AMG: 6.0L V12 twin turbocharged with only 602hp, 738ft-lbs... once again lots of torque... but in a 4800lb car.
MSRP: $169,775


2006 SLR McLaren: 5.5L Supercharged V8, 617hp 575ft-lbs pushing a 3700lb car.
MSRP: $452,750


2006 BMW M5: 5.0L V10, 500hp 383ft-lbs pushing a 4000lb car.
MSRP: $81,200




Each of those cars are forced induction, with exception of the M5. Each of those cars is 5.0L or more. Each car is a V10 or V12, with the exception of the SLR McLaren. I mean, cars with Twin turbocharged 6.0L V12s only(and I say that with sarcasm) making 100hp more than a N/A 7.0L V8.

Aint too bad for a POS Chevy... not to mention the price difference for the C6 Z06 and some of those AMGs... mannn talk about expensive rides! Sheesh! First time I've really looked into them on the Benz website... where do people get all this money? I'm in the wrong business...

Lets look at something not turbo/supercharged from Mercedes-Benz... like the 2006 CLK500:

5.0L V8, 302hp 338ft-lbs... Now, that is unimpressive. A 5.0L making only 302 crank horsepower? C'mon... LS1, true a 5.7 liter, makes 350hp 345ft-lbs... Both naturally aspirated of course.

Although, if we look at the Mercedes-Benz AMG C55 it's special built 5.5L V8 makes a nice 362hp 373ft-lbs. That, is a bit more impressive by todays standards I say.

They're both base priced in the $55,000 range... the CLK500 being $55,125 and the AMG C55 being $55,225. For the $100 more, I'd get the extra 60hp. Not to mention the C55 is 45lbs lighter and four dours.

My point is, saying the car only makes 500hp from 7.0L's is a m00t point mang. I never heard you complain about the LS6 making 405hp from 5.7L... or the LS2 making 400hp from 6.0L.

Not till Chevy took a C5/6R race motor and basically made it road legal did you start complainin...

What gives?

[TypeS]

Ferrari F430 (4.3 L V8, 490 hp)

New NA AMG V8 (6.3-litre V8 engine - 510 hp)

RS4 (NA 4.2L v8 420hp)

But you're right, it is impressive, especially for the money.

[Drifty]

DAMN cassies!! Nice death bro!!
i have to admit the new z06 is one sexy car... and the pirce on it is rather great.. about $70k right? i may be wrong but i can see alot of cocky lambo and ferrari drivers losing to it

P.s Ricer Trying Acesnyper? wtf!!

[-The Stig-]

Originally Posted by TypeS

Ferrari F430 (4.3 L V8, 490 hp)

New NA AMG V8 (6.3-litre V8 engine - 510 hp)

RS4 (NA 4.2L v8 420hp)

But you're right, it is impressive, especially for the money.

OO yes, totally forgot about Ferrari's and the others... I guess that's what I get for posting at 2am half asleep!

I guess my ultimate point being, cause after reading my own post... I don't see one... is that who cares how it makes the fuggin power... it makes 500+horsepower and out performs (or comes very damn close to) many cars two to four times it's price ($69,800.)

I don't want to get into the modified cars vs stock cars debate... but I will for just a second. For less than $5000, you could swap out that already monster cam and add longtube headers and put in a proper airfilter system and you'd be right with any car that previously was faster. Although not much is all that much faster at that point.

The only thing that any of those cars has over the Corvette is the fact that the Corvette is still an American car, built with American parts... which means the 'quality' is low. In comparison to like an AMG Benzo yeah...

But... who effin cares... it sucks your eyeballs into the back of your head under acceleration... for 70,000 measly dollars.

Four years ago, in 2002. The C5 Z06 with just 405hp was the performance bargain of the century. At $55,000... it, at the time, was able to keep most uber-cars within sight.

Now, the C6 Z06 is not only able to keep uber cars in sight. But pass them up on occasion. Bitchin!

Off to find my piggy bank to go count my pennys... I want a Z06 now!

[Mr. Luos]

I want to race one.