C8 Z06 test mule footage
 

THAT SOUND! Looks like a hood scoop visible at the 3:00 mark.

Sounds cool, has a different engine note, flat plane crank engine or something?

Definitely a flat plane crank.

Sounds like a Ferrari, testing the launch and traction control system. I see mid to low 11 second quarter mile times in stock form. Who knows, with some simple mods, drag radials, possibly high to mid 10's.

Crazy....

The stock C8 Stingray runs low 11s in the quarter. The Z06 will be well into the 10s. 9s likely with DRs.

Other than looks, why would a mid engine car need a hood scoop?

It doesn't. It's not going to have a functional scoop. I doubt that it has a scoop at all. Just some GM visual trickery with the body camo.

I'm not in love with the C8's, but I gotta admit it sounds sick:3gears:

Scoop on the scoop.:smile:

We have run easy mid 11's with a stock LT1 and stock tires on a non prepped track and 2500 DA. There are people breaking into the 10s with a tire, so a ZO6 version should prove to be much quicker.

I don't think flat plane crank engines will make as much torque down low as a traditional engine does so 1/4 mile times might suffer.

It could have help via electric motors driving the front wheels...wink, wink.

I honestly believe that is a myth.

If you built two engines with the same heads, same camshaft specs for lift and duration, etc., and the only difference was the flat plane crank (and therefore the firing order) I doubt you would have any loss of torque with the flat plane crank.

Ferrari just happens to build smaller V8s with a higher redline, so they make more power up top.

The only difference is the firing order, and that the flat plane crank never fires two cylinders from the same bank in succession (such as when 5 fires right before 7 on the SBC).

So, where does the myth come from? There are myriad articles in the internet about how a 90 degree crank fires every 90 degrees, but a flat plane crank v8 only fires every 180 degrees. Those same idiots claim that is why the flat plane V8 can make huge numbers at a ridiculously high rpm. They forgot to take into account that the BLOCK is still a 90 degree block.

Think about it; if the flat plane crank V8 only fired every 180 degrees, there would only be two cylinders firing every revolution. It is still a four cycle engine, not an 8 cycle. The crank still travels 360 degrees per rotation, requiring four firings (360 divided by 4 = 90) every revolution.

Every four cylinder tractor has a flat plane crank. They are all built for torque.

I would have to say that valve timing events has more of an effect of where an engine makes it torque then if it has a flat crank or a bent crank. It will probably be disputed but the valve timing events trumps longer stroke length when it comes to producing high torque numbers in a high performance or race car.

Z06 testing at the Ring.

Sounds like a Ferrari not a Corvette

ehhh. still think the American flat plane crank V8 originator (Ford Shelby GT350) sounds better. https://youtu.be/Q_RIvqGCw5g or https://youtu.be/QrHCa2SPx1I

I hate the way the GT350 sounds personally. Give me the Z06 sound over that all day.

I'm standing by for the new owner crash videos.

...or the falling off a dealer lift photos.

:laugh:

I am mesmerized by this car. The speed, the noise, spitting fire... GM bringing thunder at the 'ring, again :beers:

The unveil was at noon today:

This is one bad Corvette. I love it!

13 details to know about the Z06’s 670-hp LT6 V-8

https://www.hagerty.com/media/mainte...670hp-lt6-v-8/

The flat plane engine is one mighty mouse! The fun starts at 4:30 minutes in...

I was at my local park a couple days ago ( Detroit area) and there was one of these doing holeshots, ie test drives in a parking lot! Sounded like a Ferrari!

I agree the Z06 I think sounds much better. Definitely more like a European V8.

Sounds more refined than the Ford. IMO

"rapid exit feature" lol.

I love all those numbers except for the weight. I never would have guessed a new Z06 would weigh that much.