Corvette C7.R & Z06

For posting this. i am surprised they would show a Z06 before even the base C7 shows up at dealerships. My C7 was supposed to be Sept last I heard was october.

I am interested to see what hp the Z06 and even the ZR1. I expected two years or more before each higher hp model comes out.

I owned a ZR1 for awhile and it is a fast car, great handling also.

Lee

 

The last generation of Z06 was sold a year after the launch of the base model. 05/06

So im guessing the next Z will be a model year 2015.

 

On the late version is quite modern. Equipped with CCB, carbon hood and roof, magnetic ride 5 ways adjustable suspension, Sport Cup tires.

 

They probably showed it to celebrate the 60th Anniv of Corvette

 

Cool , I want to see the Katech C7 Z

 

Will be waiting with cash in hand!

 

Those wheels are perfect for vette! Really captures the body's angles. Z06 will be amazing. Bring on viper acr.2

 

That C7R looks very Japanese. Looks pretty cool, but I highly doubt the Z06 will get a wide-body or look nearly as aggressive.

 

Yardstick? Id say the GTR and Porsche Turbo.

Just curious about the pricing. The C6 Z06 started at $65K in 2005.

Have a feeling it could look like this photoshop

http://gmauthority.com/blog/2013/12/2015-corvette-z06-engine-photo-leak-online/

 

very good looking rendering but hope that the s/c rumors are false. n/a only for z06. i would like 565 hp please.

 

I agree, part of the C6 Z06's appeal was the high redline. Imagine if the engine was an 8000 rpm pushrod 7.0 L. Now that would be truly special.

A turbo or supercharger would of kill some of the appeal.

 

for a street car, removing flex in the pushrod to avoid floating valves would be difficult. If anything, perhaps some sort of variable timing mechanism to deal with pushrod flex might be easier.

Don't expect a turbocharged Z06... supercharged 6.2 is more likely.

Although, a GM chief engineer once told me that the 7.0 isn't necessarily dead. I hope that is true.

 

Isaac, I think the LT4 is supercharged for sure, my guess is 585 HP.

 

I can see how a supercharged motor is easier and cheaper to build then the 7.0 with titanuim con rods etc. the 7.0 was also pretty maxed out.

So yeah a superchjarged motor has the potential to make more power, it also has the potential to weigh quite a bit more and I question the ability of supercharged motors to maintain hp on track on hot day.

It seems the prior z06 ethos was light weight and great NA power. From what we read the new one sounds closer to the ZR1 in spec and concept. Anyway we will find out soon.

 

With the "old tech" of the LS7, when at LPE, we were getting very streetable 630 HP out of the LS7, so by no means was it "maxed out" at 505 HP. On more extreme builds, we were north of 700 HP.

 

Rather have that than a supercharged motor.