07-05-2013, 06:06 PM | #57 |
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I will say this....running anything with an LS7 down a 1/4 mile or around any track would be a blast.
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07-05-2013, 07:05 PM | #58 |
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Well . . . I guess you could make the U-turn onto the return road sooner and faster than just about anything else that showed up . . .
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07-05-2013, 09:44 PM | #60 | |
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07-06-2013, 07:58 PM | #64 |
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The COPO is not street legal and cannot be registered or insured for street use. It's a true race car. I know it will never happen; but if GM offered an auto in the Z/28 I would buy one in a heartbeat. Even with the added weight of the auto those weight reduction mods would pay also pay dividends in the 1/4 mile.
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07-06-2013, 10:13 PM | #65 |
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with YOU driving? eh?
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07-06-2013, 10:53 PM | #66 |
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All of you who want to take the new Z/28 to the drag strip better have some money set aside for rearend repairs.
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07-07-2013, 12:16 PM | #67 |
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07-07-2013, 12:18 PM | #68 |
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I don't think it's that inferior. Unless that's your primary reason for buying it...and that would be disturbing...
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07-07-2013, 07:02 PM | #69 |
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We ran a 1LE-based Gen-4 Firebird with a supercharged AFR-headed 383 LT1 (490 RWHP) for 5 seasons and 25,000 One Lap miles on the Australian rear axle, before it finally broke. NO R-compound or DR-type tires and about 25 TOTAL 1/4-mile runs. It was then upgraded to a Chev 12-bolt (lighter and less friction loss than a Ford 9").
The 1LE carrier and axles are stronger than the old Aussie log axle...but it is NOT as robust (or heavy) as the ZL1 set-up, which must handle almost 20% more torque than the Z06-tuned LS7. AGAIN...when GM refers to "Z/28 track performance", they are SPECIFICALLY speaking about road course action (without static or Le Mans-type starts!). Will a Z/28 acquaint itself well at the strip? Probably...but that is NOT its intended environment... fwiw... |
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