Stock Z06 runs 10s....
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The guy that i found Stateside (Ranger) who gave me the tips I used to run 11.80 @ 122 on run flats has just ran his stock Z06 on road legal BFGoodrich Drag Radials and made this amazing time!
To put it into perspective, the McLaren F1 went 11.1 in the 1/4 mile - a Z06 on grippy tyres is over a quarter of a second quicker - if you can drive like a demon! Read on....there's a video of the pass on this link too
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showt
I grew up relishing the stories on Zora’s specially prepared ZL1 Corvette running in the 10.90s on slicks. Love those stories. And it’s almost hard to imagine that 35 years later, a showroom stock Corvette, albeit a 2006 Z06, with no change to the car other than using DOT drag radial tires could eclipse the times posted by that fabled ZL1. But it happened today at Maryland International Raceway in Budds Creek, Maryland.
On my first pass of the day, after an hour-long cool-down and change of rear tires to the BFGs, I ran a clean pass with the type of launch and 1-2 shift I’ve been looking for. Here are the splits:
60'........1.679 3650 launch rpm with a fast clutch release and fast throttle squeeze
330'......4.625
660'......7.046 102.61
1000'.....9.114
1320'...10.856 129.50
To put it into perspective, the McLaren F1 went 11.1 in the 1/4 mile - a Z06 on grippy tyres is over a quarter of a second quicker - if you can drive like a demon! Read on....there's a video of the pass on this link too
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showt
I grew up relishing the stories on Zora’s specially prepared ZL1 Corvette running in the 10.90s on slicks. Love those stories. And it’s almost hard to imagine that 35 years later, a showroom stock Corvette, albeit a 2006 Z06, with no change to the car other than using DOT drag radial tires could eclipse the times posted by that fabled ZL1. But it happened today at Maryland International Raceway in Budds Creek, Maryland.
On my first pass of the day, after an hour-long cool-down and change of rear tires to the BFGs, I ran a clean pass with the type of launch and 1-2 shift I’ve been looking for. Here are the splits:
60'........1.679 3650 launch rpm with a fast clutch release and fast throttle squeeze
330'......4.625
660'......7.046 102.61
1000'.....9.114
1320'...10.856 129.50
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