11.5 @ 127mph!

[ar0ck]

WOW Is all I have to say for a bone stock right off the show-room floor C6 Z06. These cars are simply amazing!

http://www.dragtimes.com/2006-Chevrolet-Corvette-Videos-7055.html

Seems like he bogged alittle off the line but still!

[12secondv6]

Who is the driver and do we know if it is bone stock?

[Tru2Chevy]

Judging by the guy in the video, it's got DRs or something. "what a difference hook can make" still impressive either way.

- Justin

[Brando56894]

damn thats crazy... 11.5 and bone stock? pretty nice...

[NJSPEEDER]

even if the et is the result of some radials, assuming the car was otherwise stock going 127 through the traps fresh off the showroom floor is damn impressive.
only showed a 1.99 short time and sounded like some big time bog. so he may have just launched it super gentle. once it is clear you cna hear it scraping the tires and see it wandering like it is hunting for traction. hehe

[qwikz28]

even with DRs a 127 trap speed is ridiculous. those cars should come with full roll cages from the factory cause alot of people are gonna get hurt driving a car that boogies like that

[qwikz28]

even if the et is the result of some radials, assuming the car was otherwise stock going 127 through the traps fresh off the showroom floor is damn impressive.
only showed a 1.99 short time and sounded like some big time bog. so he may have just launched it super gentle. once it is clear you cna hear it scraping the tires and see it wandering like it is hunting for traction. hehe
you beat me!

[12secondv6]

Low 120's I see

But.... 127 mph BONE stock?!?!?!?!?!?

[Teds89IROC]

:boner:

~Ted

[JPiZZiJP]

haha I saw the title of this post, and my first reaction was "damn alex is full of ****... his car ain't that fast" lol :P

[Ian]

Low 120's I see

But.... 127 mph BONE stock?!?!?!?!?!?

a hair over 500 HP and it weighs a little less than 3K pounds (dont belive the published figures). I'm not suprised one bit. The 04 ZO6 trapped about 114 stock, add another 100 hp and take some weght out, definitly possible.

[2001orangess]

from all the crap out there, the general consensus is that it does around 125-127. after all the damn mods, still gonna get owned by a vette....

[BigAls87Z28]

MMMMM...handbuilt, carbon fiber goodness...

But how could this be, GM = Crap cause they cant make a good car? Right?

[GP99GT]

MMMMM...handbuilt, carbon fiber goodness...

But how could this be, GM = Crap cause they cant make a good car? Right?

i thought they're all fiberglass?

[BigAls87Z28]

Eh, front and rear fenders as well as the inner fenders are CF. I belive the door is still composite, not sure of the hood. The chassis is all aluminum, with the removeable roof being all magneisium, and non removable now. Floorboards are carbon fiber wrapped around Balsa wood, or some other exotic material wrapped around balsa wood.

Yeah, this car is a supercar for unsupercar prices.

[Brando56894]

haha some of it is wood? thats crazy. but the time is insane....

[12secondv6]

MMMMM...handbuilt, carbon fiber goodness...

But how could this be, GM = Crap cause they cant make a good car? Right?
Don't worry, GM is still crap.

Yes, they made a damn powerful car.... but one exception ain't gonna change my mind ;)

[BigAls87Z28]

BTW, James did you read how the CLS55 is losing comparo after comparo to the STS-V?

GM= win!!

[NJSPEEDER]

haha some of it is wood? thats crazy. but the time is insane....

GM determined in testing that a balsa core with a fiber shell is much safer in an accident. the fiber bonds itself to the wood and when impacted will cracked and remain in big pieces in an accident, where as the CF alone will turn into small shards and a dust that is very dangerous when inhailed.
when i first heard balsa as a floor structure i though WTF? then i looked into it and it really makes sense.

[Brando56894]

but still thats funny thats part of the car is wood...

[NJSPEEDER]

i wonder if it is the first supercar ever made out of a tree? lol

[BigAls87Z28]

There is wood on the steering wheel and dash on many major luxury cars...why not have wood floors?

[12secondv6]

BTW, James did you read how the CLS55 is losing comparo after comparo to the STS-V?

GM= win!!
Discussed at work.... extremely rigged and biased magazine.

Look at that magazine's history with testing MB's.... they consistently rate them below ANY other magazines.

I understand your logic..... it's just flawed ;)

[BigAls87Z28]

So ALL the mags that have tested the 2 cars are wrong?

Im a little upset at the beat down the American cars got for COTY. How the Civic won is beyond me. I guess all you need is an engine that revs up to 8k rpm, and dual level, digital dashes to win. GM should reenter the ZR1 Vette, I think it has a good chance beating it.

[NJSPEEDER]

don't ya just love how car guys hang their hats on magazine test numbers when they work in their favor and the comparisons are always "rigged" when they lose.
from everything i have read the STS-V is supposed to be a little quicker and have slightly more user friendly features. the benz has more do-dads and **** going on in their cars than every other car company it seems.
so today some "expert" who doesn't actually have to pay for or live with a car picked the caddy, BFD.
if anyone relies on any of the information posted in magazines beyond the wheels base and available colors you are fooling yourself. those people don't know what a real world test actually is. they see a car for a day, a week, a month at most, and then they are off to the next big shiney toy that they got handed the keys for.

[12secondv6]

I never said all magazines are biased. Just that one w/ the caddy vs cls.

As tim says.... real world is where its at.

car ----caddy cls55
msrp 51395 86600
engine 6L V8 5.5L v8 blown
hp 400 469
trans 6 speed 5 speed
tq 395 516
lbs 3509 4050
gear 373 265
drag ? 31
0-60 4.6 4.5

I'll stick w/ my benz ;)

[NJSPEEDER]

for that price you can keep the benz.
bang for the buck the caddy pwnz.

[Tru2Chevy]

i thought they're all fiberglass?

I don't think a vette body has been all fiberglass since the end of the C3s in '82. I should have asked my uncle this weekend when I was at his place (proud owner of a rarely-driven '93 w/40th anniversary package).

- Justin

[BigAls87Z28]

I never said all magazines are biased. Just that one w/ the caddy vs cls.

As tim says.... real world is where its at.

car ----caddy cls55
msrp 51395 86600
engine 6L V8 5.5L v8 blown
hp 400 469
trans 6 speed 5 speed
tq 395 516
lbs 3509 4050
gear 373 265
drag ? 31
0-60 4.6 4.5

I'll stick w/ my benz ;)

Uh...
STS-V has a Supercharged 4.4 Northstar V8 that makes 469hp.
The CTS-V has the 6.0 that makes 400hp
Caddy>MB
1.1 liters smaller, and makes as much hp. And the SC 4.4 N* are handbuilt, right along side the LS7 at GM's Wixom plant.
....you were saying?

[Brando56894]

nice, hand built?

[Frosty]

I love MB but they're losing their quality and their corner of the fast expensive car market.

The other companies are catching up and they're doing it fast. They're building cars that are either faster or just as fast for less and are probably more reliable.

I love MB but no thanks...