Friday 15th February 2008

2008 Corvette 427 Z06

Limited edition 505bhp Corvette unveiled

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Say hello to another 'limited edition' car, the Chevrolet Corvette 427 Limited Edition Z06 to be precise, built to pay homage to the big-block Stingrays of the mid 60's. So why is it called the 427? This number refers to the cubic- inch displacement for the high performance versions of the Corvette that were offered between 1966 and 1969. It also happens to be the cubic- inch equivalent of the Z06 7.0 small- block V8.

The fantastically named Crystal Red Tintcoat paint is unique to this car, along with very American chrome alloy wheels. It's certainly not subtle. Body coloured rear spoiler and door handles along with Crystal Red interior, 427 embroidered seats, 427 bonnet badges and 427 floor mats complete the make over.

Each of the 505 cars will be signed and numbered by Wil Cooksey- Corvettes assembly plant manager who is retiring after 15 years on the job. 427 cars will be sold in the US and Canada with 78 being exported into Europe.

Sales start this Spring, with a sticker price of $84,195, although sadly we can expect to pay a lot more to get a car over here.

 

[gizard]

Where are the pictures?

[Tahiti]

Being American it won't corner well!

Well, I thought I'd get in there before anyone else could make that as a serious comment...

Where are the pics - I am a big fan of the new Vette's.

[Tahiti]

Oooh, pics arrive, and I'm disappearing for a bit...

Stunning...

[chrisbr68]

Limited edition 505bhp Z06 - I thought the usual Z06 C6 had this much power anyway? I also thought the 7 litre was a big block?

Looks awesome though, shame it wont cost the same once it gets to our shores...

[isherdholi]

Clarkson tested the standard Z06 in one of his DVD's - "The Good The Bad The Ugly" I think it was. He said it handled pretty well. Hopefully the handling of this special edition car will not dissapoint.

[franv8]

chrisbr68 said:

Limited edition 505bhp Z06 - I thought the usual Z06 C6 had this much power anyway? I also thought the 7 litre was a big block?

Looks awesome though, shame it wont cost the same once it gets to our shores...

No, it's an enlarged small block, and sits in the LS family of 'small block' engines. There has always been some overlap between the largest small blocks and smallest big blocks.

[vetteheadracer]

Already done:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[qube_TA]

lovely stuff, never been a fan of chrome wheels though.

[jas16]

sorry bit of a noob question...when americans use 'small block' to describe their engines, what does it mean?

i thought that a v8 was a v8, not a small block v8 and a big block v8

[oagent]

Its down to the physical size of the block, not the displacement. Hence you can have a big block with small bores that displaces less than a big block thats bored and stroked to its maximum possible displacement. I dont know if there is such a thing as a length at which it goes from being small to big block or if its to do with bore spacing, but traditionally most of the US manufactureres have had small blocks in most V8 offerings, with the big blocks reserved for top end 70's muscle cars, very big cars, and trucks/big vans

[voltdropper]

Also known as Mouse motor and Rat motor. You can guess which is which

[Maxwedge]

The difference between a Big Block and A small block...is the distance from the center to center of the pistons...The Big blocks are 4.8 inches(stock) and up to 5.5 inches (aftermarket)...small blocks I believe are 4.5 inches from bore center to bore center...

[rhinochopig]

£42k for 505bhp and 2k for new wheels - what an absolute bargain

[flattotheboards]

Standard zo6 looks nicer to me.

[anonymous-user]

oagent said:

Its down to the physical size of the block, not the displacement. Hence you can have a big block with small bores that displaces less than a big block thats bored and stroked to its maximum possible displacement.

Yes, with modern metals and engine construction the amount metal which makes up the block around the bores has been dramatically reduced over the past 30 years. Amongst other things less metal means the engine is cheaper (less metal in it) lighter, warms up quicker and so delivers better emissions. It is as a result of the "less metal" approach that a modern Small Block can be a higher capacity engine than an older Big Block.

At the end of the day who cares about the block size or displacement so long as the performance is right!

[Adam B]

I am sure it is stunning to drive

get rid of the tacky chrome wheels and ugly bonnet stripe, make it RHD and put an Audi quality interior in it and I might even buy one

bargain though

[Maxwedge]

Adam
The car you want costs another 40,000 Pounds and is called Ferrari...If you buy a Vett and want that kind of interior, you can probably get it custom built for less than 40k...the Probability that you have 80k for a car is pretty small, and even smaller that you have the Mass to get a Ferrari...so why complain?
If Interiors really matter more than Performance, Buy a nice couch and sweep your rug...leave cars alone

Edited by Maxwedge on Friday 15th February 22:07

[roscobbc]

5 USA said:

oagent said:

Its down to the physical size of the block, not the displacement. Hence you can have a big block with small bores that displaces less than a big block thats bored and stroked to its maximum possible displacement.

Yes, with modern metals and engine construction the amount metal which makes up the block around the bores has been dramatically reduced over the past 30 years. Amongst other things less metal means the engine is cheaper (less metal in it) lighter, warms up quicker and so delivers better emissions. It is as a result of the "less metal" approach that a modern Small Block can be a higher capacity engine than an older Big Block.

At the end of the day who cares about the block size or displacement so long as the performance is right!

For real serious performance the larger bore spacing of the big block engines will mean that there is more room for to use larger valves, also with the aftermarket blocks the larger bore means that you can utilise a shorter stroke for the same capacity, theoretically making a more efficient and higher reving engine.

[G4HKS]

Red seats eh? Look very black to me... I saw a used C6 with red exterior and red interior for sale recently, which looked pretty garish to me. Red outside, black or light tan interior for my two pennies worth. As for the chrome wheels, just too Bling.

Edited by G4HKS on Saturday 16th February 17:43

[CelicaGT]

I'm a huge fan of the standard Z06, but this one just looks terrible! The normal Z06 wheels in non-chrome are much better than these hideous chrome things. The paint job is also pretty damn bad. I'll take a standard Z06 in black thanks very much.