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The barbie doll'ers of C8s spend countless hours in cyberspace yacking about how big their dick will be by what the max speed the C8 Z06 is claimed
BS artist Chief Engineer Tadge Juechter today revealed that the expected top speed of the base 2023 Corvette Z06 is 195 MPH. (if it every gets to the streets this fall)
When heard that number, that Tadge was referring to the Z06 with the Aero Package and not the Z06 in base trim, which traditionally is the quicker model due to less downforce.
Since then, we have confirmed with Vehicle Corvette Chief Engineer Josh Holder that the 195 mph top speed is for the base car and that the Z06s with the Z07 big aero is likely around 189 mph. ( no crap, more drag)
Josh says the main reason they haven’t officially published those numbers is that they still haven’t officially run a top speed test,
which requires two flying mile runs in each direction, which is then averaged for the official speed.
“You know how conservative we are,” Josh said, referring to the Team’s strict testing regimen.
In 2018, the team tested the 755-hp 2019 Corvette ZR1 with the low wing aero package at that automotive test track in Papenberg, Germany.
There, the top speed was validated at 212 miles per hour by averaging the two runs of 214.88 mph and 210.20 mph together.
During the Carlisle presentation this week, Exterior Design Manager Kirk Bennion had just wrapped up his portion of the discussion by talking about the differences between the Z06 body, which is three and a half inches wider in the back and two inches wider in the front than the current C8 Stingray.
The aero package with the two-post high wing, dive planes, and front splitter is the most aggressive aero package ever for Corvette.
That’s when Tadge resumed and gave us the 195 mph figure:
“This really is not a numbers' car, we never intended to be
It was always intended to be the purest expression of track and driver capability.
That’s what we were thinking about, but the numbers are pretty good. You’ve got 670 horsepower, (shit torque though) that’s very, very impressive.
So honestly, when we broke three seconds on the stingray, we were a little worried because this car isn’t a drag racer per se.
We’re a little bit worried, but it pulls like crazy it, launches great, it’s got the big wide tire patches in the back so zero to 60 in 2.7 seconds.
(not really quicker 0-60 then the 60K Stingray)
We haven’t really talked about it, in fact, we haven’t even done our testing at reveal, (after all the years of their testing) but the top speed of the car is 195 miles an hour which is pretty good.”
“It’s especially good given the downforce that we have on this car. The lift to drag ratio on this car is the best we’ve ever done, so you get pretty substantial downforce with reasonable drag, and that lets you run to 195 miles an hour.
Quarter mile 10.6 at over 130 miles an hour, so even though it’s not a numbers' car per se, it does vary respectively.
But where it’s really going to shine, I believe, when we put the car out there is lap track times. (almost most Z06 buyers will ever be on a track)
That was its reason for being…all the decisions that went into it…
we’re all focused on that, and so people who love to track their cars, I think they’re gonna they’re probably set personal records at many tracks driving this car.” (not track records)
The aero package on the Z06’s Z07 Performance Package provides 650 pounds of downforce at 300 kph (the industry standard), however, even without the aero, the front fascia is very different from that on the Stingray as it’s designed to capture and move huge amounts of air through the car for cooling purposes.
And cooling was definitely a priority, with the team going so far as to add an additional radiator behind the center of the front grill.
In the end to me the best buy would be a pre 2018 Z06 or ZR1 as GM began locking the controllers up in 2018
Tune it up, and it is a ball-buster in real world performance
BS artist Chief Engineer Tadge Juechter today revealed that the expected top speed of the base 2023 Corvette Z06 is 195 MPH. (if it every gets to the streets this fall)
When heard that number, that Tadge was referring to the Z06 with the Aero Package and not the Z06 in base trim, which traditionally is the quicker model due to less downforce.
Since then, we have confirmed with Vehicle Corvette Chief Engineer Josh Holder that the 195 mph top speed is for the base car and that the Z06s with the Z07 big aero is likely around 189 mph. ( no crap, more drag)
Josh says the main reason they haven’t officially published those numbers is that they still haven’t officially run a top speed test,
which requires two flying mile runs in each direction, which is then averaged for the official speed.
“You know how conservative we are,” Josh said, referring to the Team’s strict testing regimen.
In 2018, the team tested the 755-hp 2019 Corvette ZR1 with the low wing aero package at that automotive test track in Papenberg, Germany.
There, the top speed was validated at 212 miles per hour by averaging the two runs of 214.88 mph and 210.20 mph together.
During the Carlisle presentation this week, Exterior Design Manager Kirk Bennion had just wrapped up his portion of the discussion by talking about the differences between the Z06 body, which is three and a half inches wider in the back and two inches wider in the front than the current C8 Stingray.
The aero package with the two-post high wing, dive planes, and front splitter is the most aggressive aero package ever for Corvette.
That’s when Tadge resumed and gave us the 195 mph figure:
“This really is not a numbers' car, we never intended to be
It was always intended to be the purest expression of track and driver capability.
That’s what we were thinking about, but the numbers are pretty good. You’ve got 670 horsepower, (shit torque though) that’s very, very impressive.
So honestly, when we broke three seconds on the stingray, we were a little worried because this car isn’t a drag racer per se.
We’re a little bit worried, but it pulls like crazy it, launches great, it’s got the big wide tire patches in the back so zero to 60 in 2.7 seconds.
(not really quicker 0-60 then the 60K Stingray)
We haven’t really talked about it, in fact, we haven’t even done our testing at reveal, (after all the years of their testing) but the top speed of the car is 195 miles an hour which is pretty good.”
“It’s especially good given the downforce that we have on this car. The lift to drag ratio on this car is the best we’ve ever done, so you get pretty substantial downforce with reasonable drag, and that lets you run to 195 miles an hour.
Quarter mile 10.6 at over 130 miles an hour, so even though it’s not a numbers' car per se, it does vary respectively.
But where it’s really going to shine, I believe, when we put the car out there is lap track times. (almost most Z06 buyers will ever be on a track)
That was its reason for being…all the decisions that went into it…
we’re all focused on that, and so people who love to track their cars, I think they’re gonna they’re probably set personal records at many tracks driving this car.” (not track records)
The aero package on the Z06’s Z07 Performance Package provides 650 pounds of downforce at 300 kph (the industry standard), however, even without the aero, the front fascia is very different from that on the Stingray as it’s designed to capture and move huge amounts of air through the car for cooling purposes.
And cooling was definitely a priority, with the team going so far as to add an additional radiator behind the center of the front grill.
In the end to me the best buy would be a pre 2018 Z06 or ZR1 as GM began locking the controllers up in 2018
Tune it up, and it is a ball-buster in real world performance