Orr89RocZ

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I out launched him with a 1.89 60 foot to his 2.23 60 foot, but he had a .069 reaction time to my .492 so he left first. i manually shifted thru the gears and had my nose peaking past his all the way to 1000 foot were he pulled around 2-2.5 cars on me at the finish. beat me by a 14 thousands of a second! LOL check it out in my post in the drag racing forum

on the street from a roll he would have pulled me pretty hard but he obviously cant drive since he is running same times as a stock C5 but it sure was fun. i was surprised as well as alot of people that i hung with him

stu

Nice work buddy.

ShiftyCapone

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Nice run! You got a great launch. The new vettes really wake up with the removal of the torque management system. GM high tech perf went from a 13.2 to like a 12.3 by just by overiding it. With simple bolt ons they were into the 11's.

Fast355

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Only problem with doing that is the halfshafts don't live very long, especially with the torque management removed and slicks on it.

ShiftyCapone

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Yup. Its too bad they couldn't address the weak links rather than limit what the motor has to offer.

odddoylerules

thats ****in chevy for you though. No wonder foreign carmakers are eating us up.

ShiftyCapone

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Well GM partially did this because they are encouraging vette owners to take their cars to the track. GM will offer a full warrenty if you break at the track. To me that is worth it. Plus the torque management only really slows you down in an all out drag race. It makes sense on the street. If they make these cars too wild GM will have send customers to driving schools. There is a lot of liabilty for a car that goes 200 mph and only costs 47k.

Orr89RocZ

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is that why i almost beat him and he only trapped 105.8mph? i figured it would hurt his launch which it did some what with a 2.2 60 foot, but after that his 150hp advantage and 300lbs lighter should have ran my azz, i dont care how you shift LOL

ShiftyCapone

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He still should have beat you on everything but the 60'. Even with the torque managment they are extremely fast.

Orr89RocZ

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thats what i thought too, i dont understand........

how bad can someone drive?

ShiftyCapone

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You would be suprised. It is funny to watch people granny shift a 400hp car at 3500 rpm.

rx7speed

how long have they been doing that?
and how many car manufacs do that?

I think that is cool that they WANT you to go to the track and will fix you if you break something KNOWING that you where racing it


but then again this also might help out

think about it if gm gets lots of warrenty work for something breaking when going to the track they know it's a weak link and can better it..

kinda like on the road beta testing :-D

Orr89RocZ

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for the price you pay for the vette, it would suck to have those axle shafts being the weak link. i am glad to hear that GM is offering warranty on those parts.

ShiftyCapone

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All IRS cars with that amount of power are suseptible to that type of driveline failure. You could almost say that it is inherrent to that type of design. The 03/04 cobras are the same way. Since the C6 is so much more than an all out drag car, GM implemented ways to keep driveline shock down. It is a unique system but it makes modding it hard.

GM is so proud and confident with the C6 they made such a claim. They actually encourage people to take the new ZO6 to the track. They want to show that they have the ability and technology to have a reliable 11 second street car.

leeperryracing

good job Orr! not many 3rdgen owners can say they stood with a new vette even up to 30mph.

Orr89RocZ

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well its just that i expected to get totally blown out of the water and i nearly beat him. it got me excited for sure, but at the same time, made me think less of the new C6, when in reallity its a hell of a car

fly89gta

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Why would you think less of a C6 because you had a better launch than him?

Orr89RocZ

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well he left the line first but i hooked and out launched him in the first 330 feet and held there until the 1000foot where i still had him. but even if he blew the launch, all he should have had to do was step on the gas and drive right past me. those things trap a good 110+mph and go lower mid 12's. thats a good 14+mph more than me. 1/4 mile is far enough that he should have ran me silly and i dont understand why he couldnt pull once he hit 2nd and 3rd and so on. he only trapped 105mph. that alone makes me somewhat down the new vette when i know very well the true performance they offer.

its just a feeling i have know even tho i understand he didnt drive it 100%

stu

You should have that feeling for the driver, not the car.

Orr89RocZ

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yeah thats what i mean to say, i edited it just now but you beat me to it. LOL

i know he sucked at driving but i feel the car was at fault. its wierd how that works

bo ty guy

No offense man, but I wouldn't bag on his driving skills that much. You must have been eating a sammich at the light! If you would have had a decent R/T, you would have beaten him outright! Practice makes perfect!

Orr89RocZ

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well it was test and tune night and i could care less about my reaction time but your right tho, i would have beatin him if i left first LOL