Last year,
+General Motors announced a laundry list of items that would be available to further enhance the performance of Corvette C7 Stingray, especially the one with Z51 option.
Z06 stabilizer bars, control arms and the Z06’s unique composite transverse leaf spring
Unique Bilstein shocks, tuned to match the chassis components of the Z06
Z06 front and rear brakes (steel rotors) – featuring Brembo aluminum six-piston front calipers and four-piston rear calipers; and 14.6-inch-diameter front rotors and 14.4-inch rear rotors
Z06 front and rear brakes (carbon ceramic rotors) – the brakes from the Z06’s available Z07 package include 15.5-inch carbon ceramic matrix front rotors and 15.3-inch carbon rear rotors
Z06 front brake ducts
Z06 600-watt radiator electric fan for superior cooling capability
Z06 front grille, which offers 17-percent greater airflow than the grille on the Stingray with the Z51 package – and it includes inlets that match the Z06 front brake ducts
Z06 rear transmission oil cooler – a larger cooler assembly that replaces the one used on the Stingray’s Z51 package for about 15-percent more cooling capacity
Z06 front auxiliary transmission cooler that essentially doubles the overall cooling capacity
Z06 rear quarter-panel vents that provide approximately 25-percent greater airflow than the Z51 vents at track speed
Z06 carbon fiber torque tube that is about 13.2 pounds lighter than the Stingray’s torque tube
Z06 drive shaft couplers that are designed to stand up to higher exhaust heat than the Stingray and Z51 couplers
Z06 carbon fiber underbody braces are 17-percent lighter than the Stingray’s aluminum braces, while offering comparable stiffness
Z06 high-wing rear spoiler with wicker, based on the available carbon fiber aero package.
Since from this big list, only a few items became available, what does that mean?
There are two possibilities here: either these options deliver zero benefit or.... +General Motors instructed the failed chief of the Corvette program, +Tadge Juechter to pick up the pieces and instead of wasting time on the lost cause named C7 Z06, apply these transferrable "improvements" to the base Stingray, equipped with somewhat less of a piece of shit motor, LT1 to finally create a more functional version of the car that could actually remain on the track beyond a hero lap?
If this is indeed the case, the new Z06 look alike still will be a failure due to items like that barn door air brake aka rear "wicker" spoiler robbing the look alike of its already weak top end but... maybe the agony of overheating can be prolonged somehow? Of course, if the power steering overheating issue is not resolved, the better mousetrap may become another death trap but there is always Mary Barra anxiously waiting to assume responsibility for another failure...
Only thing missing in this list is the shitty little supercharger. Wait a minute, did someone finally realize its undersized and over spun on anything that's not made for towing?
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