Raced a Z06
 

So... yeah, GM's top dog.

A buddy of mine bought a Z06 only a couple of weeks ago. So we went to the evening gathering and lined em up.

He took two cars off the line on me, damn thos vettes launch hard!

By the top of 2nd I am 2 cars behind, 3rd, I match his speed and 4th, I start reeling him in hard. Unfortunately, I ran out of track to pass him and lost by a couple of meters. 1/2 a car or so. But I was going to pass him fast.

Overall a good race, he outdrove me but I am satisfied with the way my car ran. Time for traction upgrades!

Nice job, I cant wait until I pull up to one of those. Ive beaten the regular vettes in past.

The Z06's are sweet. The non Z06 vettes aren't anything spectacular, but I wouldn't mind a Z06. Nice run. :)

You must not have drove very well....trapping 119mph you should have destroyed him.

Is that Right:rolleyes:

LT1 Z28 - Nice run Better luck next time.A 119 Trap is awesome

Dark5.0 - I have witnessed 2 02' Z06's run 12.0@120 and an 01' Z06 pull 12.2@118 alll three were stock. One of those 02's ran an 11.7@124 with a Blackwing Filter and Corsa Cat back.

...there's a sonic blue '03 Cobra at Orlando Speedworld that would love to race ya! He ran a 12.8 last night at 108MPH, and his first night out, a week prior, he ran a 13.1 at 111MPH. All this in the 'supercharger killing FL heat & humidity! So, yes, they will give the Generals big boys a run for their money. Sorry GM fans, this isn't a redo of the '99 Cobra's problem about being underrated from the factory until they got the exhaust fixed...Later!

Cool, I didnt realize they trapped that high

venumus93,Do you ever hang out at Doubles? Or off Babcock?

Sounds like a fun race. Those ZO6's can run pretty hard. The ones i've seen around here usually go 114ish, and mid 12's.

Sounds like a fun race and some good feedback. I pretty much agree with everyones responses except the one about the regular C5's being nothing big. Sounds like you have a strong running car and just need to work on the traction side of the combination, that way I could be telling you good kill.

Thanks for the invite and while I am willing to go a distance to race, 1000 miles to florida is not in my plans. I have been hearing about a few 03's at the strip most are in that 12.8-13.3 range right about where I figured. With the easy mods they should be low 12's pretty easy. I am still waiting to have my shot at one however. I have challenged 3 different people 1 in Cleveland, 1 in St. Louis and another in Chicago they all are putting me off for a few weeks. Gee I wonder why....Well thats ok I can use those same few weeks to mod just like they can;) But my mods will take me to 11.8s I don't think A sliencer, Pully, DR's and Exh will do that for the Cobra. But who knows....

well
 

I have a video of an 03 cobra running a 12.9@117:eek: and it had a pulley and thats it. It was running in 80-90's degree weather with high humidity.

mike

I keep trying to find a z06 to run. I figure that car is about as fast down the old 1320 as my bike. So hopefully someday I'll get a chance to run one. Sounds like with a little tweaking you could bag this guy for sure.:D

Re: well
 

Cool. But if the Video you speak of is the one from Muncie where ol Cobra boy ran a 12.94@ 117. Then the trap the board shows is off. Unless by some coincidence every car in that lane ran has run a 117 trap. It's been busted for a few weeks. It is still not working but they have at least shut the damn thing off now so peolpe don't think that the 02 Dodge Caravan is really running 17.6's at 117;)

No where on earth have I seen Z06's running 120+, or LS1 Vettes going 114. You sure live in freaksville.

And trust me I see the track fairly often.


Skyler

Freaksville?
 

Hey Sky, where the heck is Freaksville? I might want to make a few passes there just to see if I can improve my time slips, LOL.

Rev

Sky's an alien!!!
 

Well last time I checked Ohio, Illinois,Indiana and Louisiana are in fact on Earth. But if you can show me I'm wrong I agree with ya'.

Maybe I can go race where you do and watch my times get slower. I'm sure thats your problem your just stuck in a world where all cars are slow;)

I'm suprised I havn't seen you at the track Because I'm there fairly often oh wait there's more the 1 track on earth, at least my earth!

Location/conditions?
 

Last time I checked Skyman was in Cali and Aquaman was in Indi. Doubtful that they would run into each other at the track IMHO.

I'd bet conditions at the track vary some too. On one post, aquaman thought 14.0 was OK for LS1 F bodies. If I'm wrong here, please correct me.

Rev

not at the hang outs much..
 

I haven't been to Doubles in a while, hung out there last year once for a night, not been there lately.. haven't gone down to the ol' Wal Mart parking to check that out at all...too busy with work & the wife & kid, etc. Think I'll be heading out some Wed night soon to Doubles to check out the scene....if you're palnning on being there sometime soon, pm me & let me know, I'll stop by & say hi...gotta hope the rains end soon though.....

Auquaman,
sorry you cant make the drive. But mod up your car all you want, the '03's are for real & will be able to earn respect of any real car/track enthusiast out there...sorry you cant get a race in with one yet...maybe they just want to break in their cars first & then go out & spank some GM's???
Later!

but
 

But aquaman i have a video of the same cobra running a 13.3@113 in the same lane it never showed up as 117. But i could be wrong.

Yes, money is tight though. Which is unfortunate because I have access to some good traction used parts right now but I can't buy them. One guy has adjustable MAC control arms and another guy has drag coils for stock height..... ARGHH!!! Need money!

I to have never seen a Z06 go 120's BUT

I can back up the fact that aqua's vette (with only a CAI and catback) did 113 traps. He now has a few more mods on his car, I know because I helped put some of those mods on. Before aqua's vette I had never seen better than 106 traps from a C5 his did 108.5 bone stock.

As for the 03 cobras yes they are for real, but with the way aqua's vette will soon be running (very soon) a 03 cobra (unless well modded) will be no match.

The real question is what's gonna happen when I come packing my 150 shot? (update coming in the next couple weeks).

That run was definately the event of the night. Marc, you need to get some good street traction, ... then you'd be very hard to beat.

A guy with a purpose built drag/street car (belmont with a 502) destroyed the Z06 next night.

Do you know how much the Z06 lost by? Do you think I stand a chance against the 502? Probably not....

If I find another job I can afford to get some rear suspention mods next month... we'll have to wait and see though.

Re: not at the hang outs much..
 

Thay can be for real all they want but till they start pulling in "real life" mid and low 12.'s (like ol MM&FF the Mustang owners bible says Sorry Jeff Not you) not the low and mid 13.'s that are coming in from around the Country and I was witness to last night. one ran a best of 13.2@104 with an EXH off of a 99-01 cobra (I think thats what he said I might be wrong) and the air thingy removed rolling on a set of sticky AutoX tires pulled a 1.9? 60'. The cars got 3600 miles and he owned a 98? cobra. (sorry again I was tired and don't exactly remember everything he said but I did write down his times, on my slips) Nice guy and if he's on here It was a pleasure to meet you. Maybe with a pully you'll see 12.'s

Sky - The trap speed on that lane is correct only at the last Number. the 11 is always there. but his 12.94 - 13.3 times are quite believable. and since I wasn't there I dont know if it was truely a 117 or perhaps a 107. I try not to talk about stuff I havn't seen with my own eyes but sometimes I regress to bench racing like in this case. I should have kept my mouth shut since I wasn't there magazine races and Video races are foolish. Too many variables

Rev - I said in a reply to Unit that lets say an ok driver can pull 13.6-14.0 in a LS1 it would still kick his azz. I will stand behind that.

Sedanman - Thanks again for the help. and you with a 125 shot is gonna be damn tough to beat in a modded 03 likely impossible.

I am done with this post only because I feel bad that I have inadvertantly hi-Jacked Z28's post, and I'm sorry didn't mean too. Again nice race and if you get some better traction I'm sure you'll take his Azz. Because while I have seen LS6's run 120's thats not usually the case. thay are usually only in the 115-117 range when properly driven.

Marc, you don't understand. That 502 is dragrace purpose built, from the ground up. The owner works at the NRC, and did a fair amount of parts himself with the specialized tools they have.

It destroyed the vette. We are taking tractor trailor lenght. He wasn't even giving it, didn't want the car to go sideways. You would stand no chance.

He had the engine sitting in a POS Cutlass a couple of years back, and still destroyed me (not even funny) ... the car was definately built to hold up all that power.