It's over for me..
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It's over for me..
Just got my new issue of Car and Driver (Feb., 2005) and it's over for me. I'm in love.
The 2006 Z06 Corvette has a road test! First thing. The engine is not a 427 as earlier thought. It's a 428 (actually 427.6 cubic inches - really 428.687 cubes which rounds nicely to 427.7 CID). The bore is 4.13 inches and the stroke is 4.00 inches.
Now this "428" is not based upon the famous big block of the 60's (396/427/454), but rather it is a big cube small block.. yes, the Chevy mouse motor.
The numbers are 500 HP @ 6200 RPM and 475 lb/ft torque @ 4800 RPM. The other numbers are 0-60 in 3.8 seconds and the quarter mile in 11.7 at 127 MPH. Keep in mind, these times are with street tires. Mount some decent rubber and you're talking low 11's and over 130 MPH in the quarter.
How much? How about $62,500 MSRP (this is C&D's best guess). In any case, here you have a serious piece of American machinery that will spank the butt of just about anything else going for far less $$$. If you were to add in, say, another $20K for some after school goodies, you'd be driving a 9-second, 140+ MPH street machine and still have money left over.
I love it!
The 2006 Z06 Corvette has a road test! First thing. The engine is not a 427 as earlier thought. It's a 428 (actually 427.6 cubic inches - really 428.687 cubes which rounds nicely to 427.7 CID). The bore is 4.13 inches and the stroke is 4.00 inches.
Now this "428" is not based upon the famous big block of the 60's (396/427/454), but rather it is a big cube small block.. yes, the Chevy mouse motor.
The numbers are 500 HP @ 6200 RPM and 475 lb/ft torque @ 4800 RPM. The other numbers are 0-60 in 3.8 seconds and the quarter mile in 11.7 at 127 MPH. Keep in mind, these times are with street tires. Mount some decent rubber and you're talking low 11's and over 130 MPH in the quarter.
How much? How about $62,500 MSRP (this is C&D's best guess). In any case, here you have a serious piece of American machinery that will spank the butt of just about anything else going for far less $$$. If you were to add in, say, another $20K for some after school goodies, you'd be driving a 9-second, 140+ MPH street machine and still have money left over.
I love it!
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Wow... it sounds so delicious! I'm salivating over it already. Are you thinking of getting one?
The 0-60 is almost same as the much-hyped SLR McLaren? What is the top speed of the Z06 ?
The 0-60 is almost same as the much-hyped SLR McLaren? What is the top speed of the Z06 ?
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Originally Posted by SouthernBoy
Just got my new issue of Car and Driver (Feb., 2005) and it's over for me. I'm in love.
The 2006 Z06 Corvette has a road test! First thing. The engine is not a 427 as earlier thought. It's a 428 (actually 427.6 cubic inches - really 428.687 cubes which rounds nicely to 427.7 CID). The bore is 4.13 inches and the stroke is 4.00 inches.
Now this "428" is not based upon the famous big block of the 60's (396/427/454), but rather it is a big cube small block.. yes, the Chevy mouse motor.
The numbers are 500 HP @ 6200 RPM and 475 lb/ft torque @ 4800 RPM. The other numbers are 0-60 in 3.8 seconds and the quarter mile in 11.7 at 127 MPH. Keep in mind, these times are with street tires. Mount some decent rubber and you're talking low 11's and over 130 MPH in the quarter.
How much? How about $62,500 MSRP (this is C&D's best guess). In any case, here you have a serious piece of American machinery that will spank the butt of just about anything else going for far less $$$. If you were to add in, say, another $20K for some after school goodies, you'd be driving a 9-second, 140+ MPH street machine and still have money left over.
I love it!
The 2006 Z06 Corvette has a road test! First thing. The engine is not a 427 as earlier thought. It's a 428 (actually 427.6 cubic inches - really 428.687 cubes which rounds nicely to 427.7 CID). The bore is 4.13 inches and the stroke is 4.00 inches.
Now this "428" is not based upon the famous big block of the 60's (396/427/454), but rather it is a big cube small block.. yes, the Chevy mouse motor.
The numbers are 500 HP @ 6200 RPM and 475 lb/ft torque @ 4800 RPM. The other numbers are 0-60 in 3.8 seconds and the quarter mile in 11.7 at 127 MPH. Keep in mind, these times are with street tires. Mount some decent rubber and you're talking low 11's and over 130 MPH in the quarter.
How much? How about $62,500 MSRP (this is C&D's best guess). In any case, here you have a serious piece of American machinery that will spank the butt of just about anything else going for far less $$$. If you were to add in, say, another $20K for some after school goodies, you'd be driving a 9-second, 140+ MPH street machine and still have money left over.
I love it!
Thought we were going to lose you for a second. Nice to have dreams. 
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Those are really good numbers and the Corvette is an American icon... but the Corvette lacks the magic of a car like the NSX. Sure, the NSX is slower and costs more, but I think people buy it because they want more than speed. They want the finest quality exotic rare sports car.
Sigh.. one day.
Sigh.. one day.
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The article doesn't give a top speed, but you can probably figure with those numbers and a 3150 pound car, 200+ is most likely in the bank.
To MR1;
No, still around and not out to buy a Z06, though I had considered such a little while back.. before I bought the TL. I also considered the CTS-V Cadillac, which I really like. But I'm not sorry I got the TL. When all is said and done, it's a fine personal driving machine for me and has one heck of a lot going for it.
But if it came between the Z06 and the CTS-V, I'd probably opt for the CTS-V. I like the fact that it's a bit of a sleeper and a sedan, at that.
To MR1;
No, still around and not out to buy a Z06, though I had considered such a little while back.. before I bought the TL. I also considered the CTS-V Cadillac, which I really like. But I'm not sorry I got the TL. When all is said and done, it's a fine personal driving machine for me and has one heck of a lot going for it.
But if it came between the Z06 and the CTS-V, I'd probably opt for the CTS-V. I like the fact that it's a bit of a sleeper and a sedan, at that.
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I think it will be called a 427 based on Chevy history. The current engine is not called a 347 is it?
Hey, where are all those guys who said i was full of crap for stating the Z06 would have a 7-liter engine??? I have connections at Chevy engineering, and now the press pack.
Hey, where are all those guys who said i was full of crap for stating the Z06 would have a 7-liter engine??? I have connections at Chevy engineering, and now the press pack.
What your problem is?
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it is still a nice car, but what seperates other machines from this is that most sports cars have independant suspension for performance, not leafsprings the Corvette still sports.... wtf is up with GM engineers??? but if I had to pick an american sports car, it has to be the corvette.... this car keep up with most european exotics and costs but a fraction.... 
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To Road Rage;
I would hope they'd use the "427" moniker, though it might cause some confusion and some purist annoyance since the famed Chevy 427 was a big block.
Which brings me to this. Do you remember the first Chevy 427? It was called the Mark IV Daytona Mystery engine or Z11 for short. Junior Johnson ran it in 1966 and ate up everything at Daytona until he lunched it. Basically, it was a hybrid of the 409 (remember.. 348's and 409's had no combustion chambers in the heads). The engine pretty much disappeared until 1965 when it re-emerged as the 396 "Semi-Hemi" porcupine engine. This engine led to the 427 in 1966 and later the 454. All kinds of letter designations: L34, L35, L78, L71, L72, L74, L88, L89, ZL1, LS6, LS7 (LS7 never saw the street). Beautiful, simply beautiful.
I would hope they'd use the "427" moniker, though it might cause some confusion and some purist annoyance since the famed Chevy 427 was a big block.
Which brings me to this. Do you remember the first Chevy 427? It was called the Mark IV Daytona Mystery engine or Z11 for short. Junior Johnson ran it in 1966 and ate up everything at Daytona until he lunched it. Basically, it was a hybrid of the 409 (remember.. 348's and 409's had no combustion chambers in the heads). The engine pretty much disappeared until 1965 when it re-emerged as the 396 "Semi-Hemi" porcupine engine. This engine led to the 427 in 1966 and later the 454. All kinds of letter designations: L34, L35, L78, L71, L72, L74, L88, L89, ZL1, LS6, LS7 (LS7 never saw the street). Beautiful, simply beautiful.
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Now will they keep the hardtop or go with the fastback? I liked the fastback style better as it had better aerodynamcis even if it gave up a little structural strength. Sometimes a little flex in the chassis is not a terrible thing. Notice I said a little not a lot. On our crappy roads the Z06 I had (1st year) beat the crap out of me and my Vette convertible did a better job of it.
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