600hp+ Corvette SS for 2008? Z06 stomper

[bc3tech]

http://www.ecotecforum.com/forums/sh...4987#post14987

pretty damn cool if it's true. now i just gotta find some way to get rich quick.... hehehe

[handyjoe]

I'm pretty sure some of that info is wrong. There have been several modded corvettes running round the proving grounds.

The smaller displacement engine is correct though.

Yay for the Blue Devil!

[Shabodah]

Normally, I'd be all for this type of thing. From what I've heard, though, the SS will actually cost less to build than the current Z06 does, and they'll be marking it up a LOT more. It's supposidely a 100k+ car, and from what I've heard, the powertrain is basically a 6.2L V8 + Eaton TVS. That's way, way, way cheaper than using titanium components and hand building things. Come on GM, prove me wrong for once.....

[socalsilverRL]

i know of a Z06 killer...its called the Mallet Sky w/LS7...lighter, and faster...prolly handles better (than a miata...)

[handyjoe]

Originally Posted by socalsilverRL

i know of a Z06 killer...its called the Mallet Sky w/LS7...lighter, and faster...prolly handles better (than a miata...)

Eh, personally I'd rather drive something that was engineered from the ground up to handle that kind of power.

And BTW, I think the Z06 and the Mallett Sky would be a good race on any level.

[Shabodah]

Originally Posted by socalsilverRL

i know of a Z06 killer...its called the Mallet Sky w/LS7...lighter, and faster...prolly handles better (than a miata...)

It's lighter, sure, faster, sure, handles a little better, too. But it's only 200 pounds or so lighter, and it's weight distribution is not nearly as good as the vettes, so it's not as nice to the driver when he mis-judges a corner.

[CypressCustoms]

427 LS7 Package - $47,000

Everything in the Loaded Package PLUS:
505HP LS7 Engine
Dry Sump Oil System
6-speed Tremec Transmission
Custom Built Drive Shaft
Custom Built Half Shafts

..................................

So thats $47,000 on top of the price of the sky.....WOW

[Shabodah]

LS7 crate engine $15k
T56 trans 6K
Misc 4K (really don't see half-shafts and driveshaft going over $2500 combined)

Install??? 22K?????

[Ahriman]

this is crazy... just yesterday i was thinking to myself "i wonder why there isnt a vette SS, i mean chevy has an ss of almost everything else, but ive never seen a corvette SS"

and low and behold, here it is!

[Ahriman]

Originally Posted by Shabodah

LS7 crate engine $15k
T56 trans 6K
Misc 4K (really don't see half-shafts and driveshaft going over $2500 combined)

Install??? 22K?????

ya, you would be better off buying the car and all the parts, then paying sombody less than 22k to build it.