After decades of modding cars I came to the conclusion that today's cars are usually better left in stock form which is why I largely leave my cars stock now outside of minor stuff.
After decades of modding cars I came to the conclusion that today's cars are usually better left in stock form which is why I largely leave my cars stock now outside of minor stuff.
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VS the 911......................
https://www.motortrend.com/cars/chev...n-test-review/
O M G …
Should we believe the result?
2.8 sec for a Vette, and 2.9 sec for a 911 C2S?
We are talking Ferrari 488 number! Which has 660 HP!
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Because that's what it's performance is matched to. It's the interior that has always been abysmal shit. Obviously interior quality can improve significantly at Vettes price point, Dodge has been doing it since 2013 and they didn't have some base model to pad their sales figures and profits. It's a dollar value car, so naturally Chevy should be increasing the value per dollar to progress.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Seem to contradict Matt Farah's take on the interior bits. And I believe they drove the same car.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
https://www.motortrend.com/news/2020...c8-power-dyno/
Looks like it's very underrated at 495 hp and 470 ft-lbs. Motor Trend made 558 rwhp and 515 rwtq.....
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Quote from the MT article:
"A quick math check reveals that's an estimated 656 hp and 606 lb-ft of torque at the crank if we assume a 15-percent drivetrain loss..."
And an explanation by Jason Cammisa (that I think sounds reasonable) for why that's probably BS:
Thoughts, anyone?A certain media outlet published a story today that they dyno'ed one and got more than 500 hp at the wheels... calculating back to 650 hp at the crank.
This isn't possible. 650 hp from 6.2 liters of displacement can't happen with at only 6500 rpm without forced induction.
Horsepower is a function of torque x rpm... and there's a maximum torque-per-displacement (otherwise known as BMEP, or Brake Mean Effective Pressure) that's vastly exceeded by Motor Trend's dyno runs.
MT's 630 lb-ft number suggests the LT2 makes 17.2 bar BMEP. The most efficient naturally aspirated engines are around 13. The LT2 is SAE rated at 12.9.
Did it have turbos on it that no one saw? I suspect not... but they sure didn't show up in acceleration testing...
Here's the real reason I know the dyno results are invalid. See the screen-shot on image 2.
This is my acceleration simulator. My nerdiness knows no boundaries, but I've been using this calculator since the early 1990s.
I inputted a DynoJet plot from a 7-speed manual Z51 C7 I found on the Internet... 417 hp and 415 lb-ft at the wheels. Then I plugged in the C8's actual weight, gearing, tire size, and I estimated drag coefficient and frontal area.
The numbers (in black, on the right) line up almost exactly with the testing results @roadandtrack got (in red) - within ~0.3s all the way to 150 mph.
The most damning is top speed, which calculates to 182 mph. Chevrolet claims 184 mph for the Z51 C8. I'd expect a couple mph higher with the C8's LT2 engine (495 hp instead of the C7's 460 that I used here.)
If the thing really made 650 hp, top speed would be vastly higher. Like, 200+ mph.
MT's dyno piece doesn't pass science muster. I'm disappointed that they published it — something was clearly broken on that dyno. They should have brought it elsewhere and re-tested.
Or at least realized that the numbers didn't line up with the reality of their tests.
I think it’s pretty bold to say it’s not possible. But agree it’s unlikely.
Then again you are barely over 100HP per litre at 650 out of a 6.2. It’s not completely outside the envelope of possible esp with clever intake.
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I’m just saying that from an armchair QB position over the internet it seems bold to say its impossible.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I do agree it’s probably quite overstated.
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Jason is pretty knowledgeable about this stuff. If you follow him on IG he actually posted his calculations that he uses for testing cars and vetting out this latest claim. I'm not doubting that GM sandbagged a bit but 650 Crank seem a little too far fetched. And the dyno arguement (mustang vrs dyno jet) hasn't even come up yet.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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Jason’s explanation is logical and I agree with it. The trap speeds and top speed don’t equate to MT’s “horsepower”.
A big rear anti-roll bar and some more front tire/wheel will drastically improve handling on this thing and can be done for <$1000. I bet Strano Performance has a rear bar developed for this thing by Christmas time. I'm very disappointed by the brakes though, I've driven a lot of different vettes in competition environments and the brakes have always been great, if these truly feel as bad as the articles make them out to be that's incredibly disappointing.
Also, how in the actual f**k did they manage to make this thing weigh 3640lbs seriously, aluminum frame, composite body panels, CF crash beam. Did they hide lead in the front?
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You'll notice that I quoted the rwhp numbers as opposed to the back calculated flywheel numbers. I personally don't believe that there is 15% drivetrain loss. I also don't believe that this was a ringer provided by GM either. It's not easy to pull big numbers out of an NA engine for the sake of a dyno pull without replacing major components. It's simply not possible with a simple tune or computer reflash.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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**Confirmed** rumor of the ZR1. TT V8 with AWD/Hybrid good for 900 HP.
https://www.motortrend.com/news/c8-c...8-with-900-hp/
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Drooling ..
I am in!! That would be a 1/5 price poor man Hybrid Ferrari!
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https://jalopnik.com/the-2020-chevro...mid-1841799213
Drives like a front engine car???
That's a clickbait statement. Nonetheless, this first version will probably be a snooze compared to the Z06/ZR1. Very interested in seeing how those end up.