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Originally Posted by godspeed06
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Originally Posted by godspeed06
i know this is killing you, and dont give me that shit about the z06 just being a "modded" base vette either bc thats just silly,
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Originally Posted by RC45
No it's not killing me - if it was I wouldn't have lept my "slow 385hp 2001 Z06" - I would have upgraded to the '02, '03 or '04 405hp car  - I don't NEED the latest an greatest to thoroughly enjoy my car.
And - where have I ever said the Z06 is "just" a modded Coupe? By it's very nature it requires not easily duplicated changes - in the C5 Z06 it is the FRC body that lends extra rigidity, and in the C6 Z06 it is the fixed roof panel that provides this torsional rigidity lost with using the aluminium frame. |
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Originally Posted by RC45
505hp is not "extreme hp" for a 427ci small block - just witness all theC5R 427ci small blocks that have been installed into C5 Z06 for 4 years now.
So - the C6 Z06 is really just a factory endorsed mod that happens to follow the same formula that private citizens have been doing - as I say - for 4 years now... 427ci small block crate motor installs.
The C5R crate motor was as cose to an option as you could get...
So - comparing a C5R equipped C5 Z06 or a hot cam header C5Z06 to the C6 Z06 is very valid.. 
And I am sure you assume I am bullshitting you but - 500 crank hp from the LS6 is as simple as a cam install, tune and headers - 550hp is only a set of heads away... really it is.
And it doesn't take a rocket scientist to deduce that the factory C6 Z06 is ismply a - you guessed it, hotrod 427ci big cam, heads and cam car. |
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That in no way says that the the C6 Z06 is a modded
COUPE (or in your terms "base Vette"). -- It is a modded C5 Z06.... HUGE difference.
Nice try, but not cigar...
I am way ahead of you on the nuances of Corvette variants..
