• Got the Contributing Memberships stuff finally worked out and made up a thread as a sort of "How-To" to help people figure out how to participate. So if you need help figuring it out, here's the thread you need to take a look at -> http://www.corvetteflorida.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3581 Thank you, everyone! Rich Z.

C7 2015 Corvette Z06 specs

With that kind of HP, I would scare the bejeez out of my self.
I would like to know what the price is though, probably have to hit Rich up for a loan.
 
donzee said:
With that kind of HP, I would scare the bejeez out of my self.
I would like to know what the price is though, probably have to hit Rich up for a loan.
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Me? Well, OK, but my terms are rather steep. Loan needs to be secured at 200 % of the principal. 75% account handling fee. 25% interest rate compounded daily. And I retain possession and titled ownership of the car until the loan is paid off in full. I promise that I won't put more than 12K miles on it per year after the first year. :hehehe:

But seriously, is anyone else disappointed that the car won't have the *magic* 427 cubic inch engine? I went through a lot of pain and agony to put that magic number in my C5Z, and to me that number MEANS Corvette to me. That kept me from seriously considering getting a ZR-1 when I could have maybe afforded it.

Silly? Yeah, perhaps. But then again, probably not any less so than buying something like this is a well.

I would have liked to have been a fly on the wall during meetings when they were likely debating using turbocharging instead of supercharging to hear their pros and cons about them.
 
Hmm, been thinking about this new car. 625 hp? Wasn't the ZR1 rated at 638 hp? What incentive is there for ZR1 owners to buy the new generation? Or more importantly, why didn't GM push the envelope ABOVE what they were already offering in the ZR1? I thought for sure they were just going to discontinue the Z06 completely since the stock coupe and verts were squeezing the specs from below, and the ZR1 was a cap up top that it wouldn't make sense for the Z06 to come to close to.

So I'm not sure what this means. NO ZR1 for the C7, or a ZR1 down the road rated at 750 hp? Either they can't squeeze any more hp out of that new LT1 engine, or they CAN but chose not to with the Z06 to give them some upgrade room for future model years. :shrug01:

I guess when pricing is announced they will give more hints about what GM is thinking. If the price is at the ZR1 stage, then I'm not sure GM would have the balls to introduce a domestic Corvette with a price pushing up against a Ferrari. Their whole strategy seems to be based on saying how much cheaper you are getting european sports car performance out of a Corvette. But if you could get a Corvette or a Ferrari at pretty much the same price, heck, I think I would choose a Ferrari myself.
 
Rich Z said:
But seriously, is anyone else disappointed that the car won't have the *magic* 427 cubic inch engine?
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I'm with you here.

This was only one of the reasons I bought a ZO6 but it was an important one. Another major reason I bought the ZO6 rather than the ZR1 was that the ZO6 is naturally aspirated.

I know I'm old school and GM is trying to attract the next generation since we are dying off, but I think I'll just keep my 2008 ZO6 instead of lusting for the C7 version.
 
To me, the 427 lost it's magic when they did away with the MK IV engine in the performance cars of the early '70's. I've always been a "Big Block" fan. Had one in my '78 Camaro and a '70 Nova. I won quite a few races(on the track)with them and it was at the end of the track where that torque would just power past those small blocks. One guy was pounding on his steering wheel when I went by! There is no substitute for cubic inches.
Obviously the new engines are better all around, whether it be emissions, power, torque, or mileage. But the old, Brute power, cammed up Big Blocks are things of the past sadly. The LS-6 in my CTS V is not the LS-6 of old. It's better, but not the same. Those days are gone and we who were there will fondly remember them.
 
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