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Yesterday I stopped over at my tuners to drop off a design drawing for a new dyno part he is making, and what do I see sitting there. A nice pretty new C5 Corvette. After a bit of convincing Robin takes me out in it. First I must say it is a darn nice car. I've always love the Vette just never been a huge fan of the newer shapped ones since the early 80's.
The thing would out handle my GTR easily, though seemed to lack a bit of grunt for what I though they would have. It has huge torque in the upper low end to upper mid range but lacks that real punch up top in the rev range. It had different cams, exhaust done, intake system so wasn't standard. Oh how I miss that V8 snarl though.
We get back and Robin shows me the dyno plot from it. 248kw at the wheels or about 440hp at the engine. Not much off what my GTR is making, but had more torque than my GTR by about 80 foot lbs. The two cars would weight pretty close to the same weight maybe the Vette a bit more not sure. Funny thing is I thought the C5's were 450hp factory standard. If they are rated at that, then they must be OVER rated.
Anyways all in all a nice package. Well mannored on the road, slightly harsh suspension package for my tatses in a road car. Needs more power though to go with the handling.
The thing would out handle my GTR easily, though seemed to lack a bit of grunt for what I though they would have. It has huge torque in the upper low end to upper mid range but lacks that real punch up top in the rev range. It had different cams, exhaust done, intake system so wasn't standard. Oh how I miss that V8 snarl though.
We get back and Robin shows me the dyno plot from it. 248kw at the wheels or about 440hp at the engine. Not much off what my GTR is making, but had more torque than my GTR by about 80 foot lbs. The two cars would weight pretty close to the same weight maybe the Vette a bit more not sure. Funny thing is I thought the C5's were 450hp factory standard. If they are rated at that, then they must be OVER rated.
Anyways all in all a nice package. Well mannored on the road, slightly harsh suspension package for my tatses in a road car. Needs more power though to go with the handling.
