Any quarter mile times yet?

[2cnd chance]

Originally Posted by bada

Would love to see a COPO run the ring atleast once. I run anything I own. At several different formats. Just to see what it will do.

You'd be very disappointed.

[hognutz]

have not seen it yet. I am curious to see how the LS7 does. I loved it in my z06 but that was a lighter car. 3.42 vs 3.91 though.

The give 1/4 mile times on any test they do soe they will be know eventually.

The Z28 is not near as road corse oriented as the copo is drag oriented. you people are fooling yourself.

If the Z28 had the solid phadt bushings and R compount tires I might understand these comments but it is still a street car with a vin.

[90503]

The phrase I remember by one of the GM execs was...."It's not built for the 1/4 mile....But you can certainly do that if you want..."

My guess is the Z/28 may very well get some test runs at the drags, just for the formality of saying they did it, but it won't be something that's a big deal for marketing, bragging rights, etc., regardless of how good or bad the times and speeds come out.

[DGthe3]

Originally Posted by bada

I know it's not a drag car. But most magazines, always post up 1/4 performance times. When they test the cars.

Magazines have not yet been able to test the Z/28, or at least if they have the information has been embargoed. There was a media event a couple weeks ago where a bunch of media folks (including one of our moderators, Killer74Z28) went out to the GM proving grounds in Milford and got to ride along in the car and got to speak with Al Oppenheiser -the chief engineer for the Camaro. But they didn't get to do any sort of instrumented testing of the car. No 0-60, no 1/4 mile, no braking, no slalom.


The magazine reviews will probably get posted up on the web at the start of Z/28 production some time early next year.

[jdsgn]

It can run the damn 1/4 mile.... that is the silliest thing Ive seen taken out of context. Maybe its not meant to bolt a set of 28" tall slicks and drop the clutch at 6 grand but it can certainly take a bunch of 1.8s on a sticky track just fine. Its not made out of glass.

[hiddenangels89]

Why all the bashing on a Z/28 1/4 mile time? It's a Camaro. Someone will take it to the strip and will give times and compare that time to the GT500 for reasons we won't understand.

-May

[Zfatuated]

Originally Posted by NVmyZL1

Why would he disappointed? Because it would not put up a time anywhere near what a GT500, ZL1 or Z28 would? He can correct me if I am wrong, but I don't think he would expect it to put down an impressive time; he just would like to see what a COPO run there. If you don't have a high expectation, how could you get disappointed?

You sound like a smart guy? So, how about you take the time and make the effort to post up in this thread the build and tuning differences between a strip car and a road course car? Make it easy...COPO vs Z/28. Enlist the help of your 1/4 mile enthralled brothers posting in this thread to help you? You want a rational, analytical discussion, don't you? More light than heat? Elevate the discussion?

[j-rho]

1/4 ET is pretty tire/launch dependent but MPH is a good indicator of the HP making it to the ground...big tracks are like drag races between corners :-)

[SEVEN-OH JOE]

The last thing we need in this thread are those "It'll run the same/similar times as the Z06" ridiculous comments that we saw regarding "Guess the 'Ring time".

Simple rule: 100 lbs. = 1/10 in the quarter, all other things being equal, which they seldom/never are.

What's a Z06 weigh? What's a z/28 weigh?

Do the math.

"Your time may vary".

[2cnd chance]

Originally Posted by NVmyZL1

Why would he disappointed? Because it would not put up a time anywhere near what a GT500, ZL1 or Z28 would? He can correct me if I am wrong, but I don't think he would expect it to put down an impressive time; he just would like to see what a COPO run there. If you don't have a high expectation, how could you get disappointed?

Uh...because it's built to go straight really fast for 10 seconds. Oh and did I say it's built to go straight...really fast...for 10 seconds...and the "Ring" is not so straight and it's many many miles long.

[Sven59]

Why would you want to take a $70,000? car and go against manufacturer recommendation and destroy your rearend. I mean you might not break it, but you might hurt it. The ZL1s rearend is almost bulletproof, I haven't heard of anyone destroying one. I wouldn't take my ZL1 4 wheelin, I would take my Jeep.


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[72MachOne99GT]

Aww come on guys..

You're making it sound like the magazines are going to be launching the damn thing on DR's from redline and hooking up making for a grenade show....

A nice clutch slip with some strong shifting out of the Z28 ought to make for some 'knocking on the 11's' tie slips.

EDIT: after their 'tie' slips, their time slips should be 12.0x to 12.1

[90503]

...I wonder if the Z/28 will have Launch Control in Comp Mode...or even a Competition Mode at all for that matter...

[2cnd chance]

Originally Posted by NVmyZL1

i think we all know what the COPO was engineered for. We also know what the z28 is being engineered for. The OP simply asked if there were any quarter mile times out there for the z28 yet, because he is interested in seeing what it might do in that venue despite the fact it was not built for maximum performance in that venue. Likewise, he would like to see how the COPO might do at the 'Ring knowing it was not built for that particular type of motorsports. Der.

The Z/28 will do fine in the 1/4. I'd guess right around a 12.0. @ 115.