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08-30-2005 | 01:34 PM
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Fuct in the hed!
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11.5 in the 1/4.....you can't run it at the track because you'd have to have a rollcage to run that fast! I am impressed! The 07 Shelby should be right there performance-wise. There is no replacement for displacement!
08-30-2005 | 01:48 PM
#14
Cruisin'
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WOW, that is one badazz car!
And there is a replacement for displacement, I personally know quite a few people w/ 3.8L Turbo'd cars that run 10's all day w/ the AC on and get 25 mpg driving home! Judging from your S/C avatar I would think you would agree that there is a replacement! Regardless that car is sick and probably one everyones "wish list" now. The front end re-design is sexxy too!
And there is a replacement for displacement, I personally know quite a few people w/ 3.8L Turbo'd cars that run 10's all day w/ the AC on and get 25 mpg driving home! Judging from your S/C avatar I would think you would agree that there is a replacement! Regardless that car is sick and probably one everyones "wish list" now. The front end re-design is sexxy too!
19/28mpg makes it unbeatable
08-30-2005 | 06:13 PM
#22
Safety Car
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08-30-2005 | 07:50 PM
#23
Instructor
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From: Indianapolis
100 mph in 6th gear in my GTO is exactly 2,500rpm and on the highway I get between 24-27mpg... Off the highway, I'm avg. about 16.8mpg ---- Now I'm not doing 11.5's... But damn the Z06 is amazing.
A 127mph TRAP!
A 127mph TRAP!
08-30-2005 | 10:20 PM
#24
///M POWER
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From: West Bloomfield, MI
if any one actually gets 19/28 mpg on a z06 u shouldnt be driving it, who the fuck buys a z06 and drives it like a bitch, this is not a car people buy to save on gas, i doubt anyone buying one gives 2 shits about the mpg it gets, shit if i was driving it i'd prolly average 12
08-31-2005 | 09:37 PM
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Suzuka Master
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From: Woodstock, GA
Originally Posted by mclarenf3387
You guys are missing the greates part, 1.05gs of lateral acceleration 
That thing must handle like a dream
That thing must handle like a dream
I do hope Top Gear tests this one as well. After the not-so-flattering C6 test, this one should open even a British eye.
08-31-2005 | 09:45 PM
#31
teh Senior Instigator
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From: Huntington Beach, CA -> Ashburn, VA -> Raleigh, NC -> Walnut Creek, CA
Originally Posted by bigman
Damn thats sick. and as far as the gas mileage. I beat the shit outta my Trans Am daily and still pull better gas mileage than my modded TL.
as i've stated, we never see below 20 mpg in our C5 and i've witnessed 30+. The new Z06 will most likely get better mileage w/ the gearing it has and the fact you won't need to be on the motor at all to get moving.
08-31-2005 | 09:47 PM
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teh Senior Instigator
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From: Huntington Beach, CA -> Ashburn, VA -> Raleigh, NC -> Walnut Creek, CA
Originally Posted by Nicky Pass
11.5 in the 1/4.....you can't run it at the track because you'd have to have a rollcage to run that fast! I am impressed! The 07 Shelby should be right there performance-wise. There is no replacement for displacement!
when the old Z06 came out the petitioned the NHRA ruling to show the car is infact built from the factory w/ a proper roll cage to run up to 10.99 from what I remember. This should be the same case.
I know the same applies to ORR racing.
08-31-2005 | 11:44 PM
#35
Racer
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From: Naperville, IL/ Bloomington, IN aka B-TOWN
Remember that the old corvettes had that 1st to 4th skip shift feature in order to obtain good gas mileage so this probably has that too and that's the reason for it's good city mileage and like people have already said before with that much torque and a probably a tall sixth gear that gas mileage isn't out of the question.
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