Just bought a C6 Z06...
Beautiful car Scott!
Now send it to MTI in Houston or a shop around there you trust. Have them build your motor and throw a Procharger F1C on it and make 890-900rwhp on a smaller amount of boost and have fun with it! Hell it may even keep up with your Pcar if you add a little more boost.
Now send it to MTI in Houston or a shop around there you trust. Have them build your motor and throw a Procharger F1C on it and make 890-900rwhp on a smaller amount of boost and have fun with it! Hell it may even keep up with your Pcar if you add a little more boost.
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Thats one bad *** vette...I saw a black natuarly aspirated 600hp Lingenfelter with cam and head work and was ready to trade my Pcar. It brings the muscle car era back. I'm jealous...enjoy it!
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LOL...actually, they hate me. Since I'm non-resident active duty military, I'm exempt from having to pay personal property tax.
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A very versatile collection. Congrats on the new purchase!
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This might be a better question after you've had some more to drive it, but off the bat how would you compare it to your Turbo?
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Well...it's a heck of lot slower for sure...but it drives extremely well and is very controllable and linear.
Once the weather clears up, I'll be able to give you a more accurate assessment.
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Scott,
Congratulations! I've been driving mine over the past few days for the first time since last fall. It's quite entertaining spinning through 2nd gear on the OEM tires around town. Now that I've logged a couple more days of seat time, what I have found with my modded Z is that it takes more effort to drive around town in traffic than my previous GT2. It's much louder, shifting takes more effort, doesn't ride as well, feels larger and heavier than it really is, etc. The overall entertainment factor though is very high. But then jump on the highway and it completely changes personality. It cruises extremely well, rides softer, quiets down, and it very comfortable. Almost the opposite experience I had with the GT2....the Porsche was easier and more relaxing to cruise back and forth to the office and around town, but on the highway at 80 mph+, seemed a bit high strung and nervous at times.
There aren't two cars that drive and feel more different than a GT2 and Z06. I think overall, I probably liked my modded GT2 better….as the mods we did seem to still keep the car driving and feeling more like a stock GT2. Perhaps I liked it a bit more due to the overall quality and exclusivity. But regardless, the Z06 is faster and more entertaining. I have never driven a stock Z06, so perhaps the around town drivability of a modded Z is quite a bit less than a stock version.
Alex, as for the gold chains....not yet....but I'm considering stopping the chest wax and growing the hair back.
Congratulations! I've been driving mine over the past few days for the first time since last fall. It's quite entertaining spinning through 2nd gear on the OEM tires around town.
Now that I've logged a couple more days of seat time, what I have found with my modded Z is that it takes more effort to drive around town in traffic than my previous GT2. It's much louder, shifting takes more effort, doesn't ride as well, feels larger and heavier than it really is, etc. The overall entertainment factor though is very high. But then jump on the highway and it completely changes personality. It cruises extremely well, rides softer, quiets down, and it very comfortable. Almost the opposite experience I had with the GT2....the Porsche was easier and more relaxing to cruise back and forth to the office and around town, but on the highway at 80 mph+, seemed a bit high strung and nervous at times.There aren't two cars that drive and feel more different than a GT2 and Z06. I think overall, I probably liked my modded GT2 better….as the mods we did seem to still keep the car driving and feeling more like a stock GT2. Perhaps I liked it a bit more due to the overall quality and exclusivity. But regardless, the Z06 is faster and more entertaining. I have never driven a stock Z06, so perhaps the around town drivability of a modded Z is quite a bit less than a stock version.
Alex, as for the gold chains....not yet....but I'm considering stopping the chest wax and growing the hair back.
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It's funny to think of the Z06 as being much slower than any car!
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Scott, congrats on the purchase! I've often toyed with the idea of getting a new style Z06 but ultimately decided against it due to the inability to reliably turbocharge and the fact that vette's are a dime a dozen. I do however think I would LOVE the car given the chance to own it. So what will it be at TX2K9?? P-Car? Z-Car?
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