As already pointed out here, Juechter should be seriously considering picking up a side job doing stand up, he is certainly funny and entertaining enough.
When asked about the performance killing overheating and heat soak, this is what the current chief of Corvette disaster had to say:
Really Tadge? This is exactly the same bullshit answer you gave months ago, long before Z06 crapped out in Atlanta and the Z06 porker took the shit at 85 degrees AFTER FOUR LAPS. What the fuck is the capacity of the fuel tank? 2 gallons? And Tadge, before spouting off about the testing at 86 degrees, how about define the other conditions such as ALTITUDE and HUMIDITY? Do you understand how humidity affects performance of the car and that 86 degrees at 90 percent humidity is not the same as at 5 percent?
Really Tadge? So Nurburgring no longer is a design standard for you? Generally speaking you are really full of shit. Apparently Milford is the design standard because it is short enough for Z06 not to fall apart and allegedly the car performed better than the ZR1? How about Willow Springs or Laguna Seca or Atlanta? Oh, not typical because the new porker cannot cut it there? LMAO
Great English right there. Is this a claim that heat affects ALL cars? Well yeah, no shit right there, this is some of the cars take it in account by their designers to MINIMIZE this problem-obviously not the case with Z06.
OK Tadge, so what does this exactly mean? The automatic is good for half tank of fuel or has to run at lower ambient than the manual version and what is exactly the point of automatic transmission if the only way that it can function on the track is with paddles controlling it? What happens if someone uses paddles to run the car at even higher RPM's than the transmission in automatic mode allows? Good for one lap at Milford at least? And how about that transmission fluid heating up along with the engine oil and coolant? Could the undersized torque converter be a problem here?
And if the car can run faster but craps out considerably sooner, how on Earth can it be considered a faster track car? Is the tow truck necessary for any track events? Oh and Tadge, if the automatic transmission causes all these problems, you and your team fucked up big time and this would be a great time to start deceiving the buyers through those bogus advertisements. How about that POS undersized heat pump aka supercharger issue? All quiet on this account? Really too bad, this may be a good time to fess up and admit the biggest failure of them all instead of sugarcoating the problem and pointing fingers somewhere else. Certainly, not a behavior expected from someone claiming to be all about Corvette and its greatness.
It would be nice to see a long term road test followed by some track time. If the cooling system is not sufficient when the car is new, I bet after some of the normal damage you get using the car like rock dings, road grime, and other items that are suck into and stuck to the air coolers, the car would really over heat. It is rare for a car to be good on the track and the road, funny thing is the Z06 is not very good in either element. Stick with a the Porsche
ReplyDeleteGM went cheap with Z06, it is merely a supercharged Stingray, right down to the same radiator. There is no need to wait to see the results of this cheap approach.
DeleteGarbage Motors just threw this car together like the rest of their junk.buy a Shelby and be happy with a better made car.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely agreed. The latest 850 hp Super Snake costs the same if not less than the Z06 failure.
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