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#4 of 221 Re: Z06 video [xkss] by starrow68 Jul 03, 2005 (8:45 pm)
Replying to: xkss (Jul 02, 2005 12:52 pm) From the Edmunds article: " ... run the quarter-mile in the mid-11-second range and top out at 190 mph."       I don't go to the drags much but I seem to remember that in the 13's you needed a helmet, in the 12's they wanted more safety gear and if you got to the 11's you had to have a full roll cage. Don't know if this was local or something that might apply everywhere. With me driving I don't think the 11's would be a risk, based on my times in the C5. Randy Replies to this message: sensai (Jul 21, 2005 11:12 am)
#5 of 221 The original Corvette Z06 by xkss Jul 14, 2005 (5:39 pm)
Only 199 Corvettes were ordered with the Z06 package for the 1963 model year.   check the links   Z06 one   Z06 two     Replies to this message: starrow68 (Jul 17, 2005 8:12 am)
#6 of 221 Re: The original Corvette Z06 [xkss] by starrow68 Jul 17, 2005 (8:12 am)
Replying to: xkss (Jul 14, 2005 5:39 pm) BTW, thanks for the Z06 history links.   Yesterday I got to see the new Z06 at the Sonoma Grand Prix practice day, sorry no pics but I'll try to get a link later. Impressions, it was in the shade under a tent right next to a C6 coupe and the wider stance is noticable and really looks like a race car that is on steriods. The only surprising thing was the wider body seems to have left more room beside the headers than in either the C6 or the C5 Z06, I'm guessing for better heat dissapation, but I could be very wrong. The tires are massive, the brakes look like they will stop a truck, or something going 150mph, and the interior is good looking but I really didn't focus on it.      I talked to two of the instructors from the Spring Mountain Motorsports Park in Parump, NV that I had met when taking a class almost 2 years ago who had driven up in a current Z06 and a Z51 C6 and they noted that since interest in taking classes in the new car was so high that they would be looking to get them, when available. I expect there will be waiting lines at most volume dealers for at least a year. Randy   http://racebeat.com/Infineon2005.htm   Look at second of 4 pics and notice the flare from the top of the fender to the lip on the first and second cars in line.
#7 of 221 Re: 2006 Corvette Z06 [xkss] by merc1 Jul 19, 2005 (12:48 am)
Replying to: xkss (Jun 25, 2005 6:41 pm) Absolutely hot!   M
#8 of 221 New Corvette Z06 by xkss Jul 20, 2005 (9:42 pm)
The official time for the new Corvette Z06 at the Nurburgring is 7:43.   Nurburgring
#9 of 221 Re: Z06 video [starrow68] by sensai Jul 21, 2005 (11:12 am)
Replying to: starrow68 (Jul 03, 2005 8:45 pm) I don't go to the drags much but I seem to remember that in the 13's you needed a helmet, in the 12's they wanted more safety gear and if you got to the 11's you had to have a full roll cage. Don't know if this was local or something that might apply everywhere. Helmets for 13s and below. Used to be roll cage needed for 11s and below, but they changed it recently so you do not need a cage unless you are faster than 11.5. Those are, I believe, IHRA rules which most dragstrips follow.
#11 of 221 Interior/Exterior Color Options by llumpire Jul 27, 2005 (2:04 pm)
Anyone seen the Interior/Exterior Color Options yet. Hope they have something to make this car even more special. Replies to this message: gbjerke (Aug 03, 2005 3:32 pm) typhon1991 (Aug 03, 2005 4:27 pm)
#12 of 221 Re: Interior/Exterior Color Options [llumpire] by gbjerke Aug 03, 2005 (3:32 pm)
Replying to: llumpire (Jul 27, 2005 2:04 pm) A bit of memory here, but black, red, silver, Lemans blue at $300 and yellow at $750 and an orange which I am waiting to see in real life. Memory again, but I think there are 3 interior choices...black obviously; then I think maybe the mod red and I think a silver/black combo. Replies to this message: typhon1991 (Aug 03, 2005 4:27 pm)
#13 of 221 Re: Interior/Exterior Color Options [gbjerke] by typhon1991 Aug 03, 2005 (4:27 pm)
Replying to: gbjerke (Aug 03, 2005 3:32 pm) The orange is Daytona Sunset Orange Metallic which is an availible color in the 05 C6's. Your 3 interior choices are Ebony, Ebony/Titanium, and Ebony Red

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