LS3 Dyno results
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RE: LS3 Dyno results
ORIGINAL: C6 VETTE
Well the dyno sheet that was posted on the link I put up seems to have the Tq curve climbing hard after 2500rpm's.....While an LS2 starts climbing hard lower in the power band.... But this is early in the game, when more dyno results are posted...and more importantly track times are gathered I'm sure this new LS won't disapoint.....With full bolt-ons/gears this car should be a solid mid to high 11 second runner!!! Thats close to C6Z territory..stock with a average driver of course!!! Allthough with the weight disadvantage and a crappier suspention my money is still on the Z..
ORIGINAL: MrRogers
I also heard in the forums that the torque curves are strikingly similar to the LS2s.
http://www.caranddriver.com/carnews/...nvertible.html
ORIGINAL: C6 VETTE
+1
Not to mention thetorque #'sis'nt ashigh in the low RPM range like the LS2.....
ORIGINAL: BicketyBam
I heard that the new 'Vette will be heavier than the current C6's, thus negating *some* of that hp advantage. I read that on the Corvette forums.
I like the new hp increase. It helped be get my Z06 for $3500 off of sticker.
I heard that the new 'Vette will be heavier than the current C6's, thus negating *some* of that hp advantage. I read that on the Corvette forums.
I like the new hp increase. It helped be get my Z06 for $3500 off of sticker.
Not to mention thetorque #'sis'nt ashigh in the low RPM range like the LS2.....
http://www.caranddriver.com/carnews/...nvertible.html
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RE: LS3 Dyno results
thank goodness that they will have so much power...they need that extra power to sit in the garage, outside of the golf course, or along the edges of a car show while the owner sits and sips coors light...
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RE: LS3 Dyno results
ORIGINAL: Ride Of The Month
thank goodness that they will have so much power...they need that extra power to sit in the garage, outside of the golf course, or along the edges of a car show while the owner sits and sips coors light...
thank goodness that they will have so much power...they need that extra power to sit in the garage, outside of the golf course, or along the edges of a car show while the owner sits and sips coors light...
LOL
I went to get my car serviced the other day and my service tech told me "wow you actually drive it?" I said yeah, thats why I bought it. He metold about 90% percent of the Z06 owners don't put more than 400 miles on them between oil changes the never meet the milage requirements for a free one so they always pay. One guy told him that the car performs better the less you drive it.
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RE: LS3 Dyno results
a friend of my dad's buys a new vette every year, or every other year...always a base model, and he never drives it. he had a ZR1 when i was younger...dark green, IIRC, and i saw it out of the garage once...and he traded it with something like 2,000 miles on it.
at a car show this past weekend, there was a guy who looked to be mid 50s, with a red C5. he had one of those "car show boards" with the stats of the car and such...nothing special done to the car, and his big bragging right was that the car only had 10,000 original miles on it.
at a car show this past weekend, there was a guy who looked to be mid 50s, with a red C5. he had one of those "car show boards" with the stats of the car and such...nothing special done to the car, and his big bragging right was that the car only had 10,000 original miles on it.
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RE: LS3 Dyno results
ORIGINAL: MrRogers
LOL
I went to get my car serviced the other day and my service tech told me "wow you actually drive it?" I said yeah, thats why I bought it. He metold about 90% percent of the Z06 owners don't put more than 400 miles on them between oil changes the never meet the milage requirements for a free one so they always pay. One guy told him that the car performs better the less you drive it.
ORIGINAL: Ride Of The Month
thank goodness that they will have so much power...they need that extra power to sit in the garage, outside of the golf course, or along the edges of a car show while the owner sits and sips coors light...
thank goodness that they will have so much power...they need that extra power to sit in the garage, outside of the golf course, or along the edges of a car show while the owner sits and sips coors light...
LOL
I went to get my car serviced the other day and my service tech told me "wow you actually drive it?" I said yeah, thats why I bought it. He metold about 90% percent of the Z06 owners don't put more than 400 miles on them between oil changes the never meet the milage requirements for a free one so they always pay. One guy told him that the car performs better the less you drive it.
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RE: LS3 Dyno results
ORIGINAL: Ride Of The Month
thank goodness that they will have so much power...they need that extra power to sit in the garage, outside of the golf course, or along the edges of a car show while the owner sits and sips coors light...
thank goodness that they will have so much power...they need that extra power to sit in the garage, outside of the golf course, or along the edges of a car show while the owner sits and sips coors light...
lmao....truer words were never spoken...[sm=icon_rofl.gif]
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RE: LS3 Dyno results
ORIGINAL: Ride Of The Month
a friend of my dad's buys a new vette every year, or every other year...always a base model, and he never drives it. he had a ZR1 when i was younger...dark green, IIRC, and i saw it out of the garage once...and he traded it with something like 2,000 miles on it.
at a car show this past weekend, there was a guy who looked to be mid 50s, with a red C5. he had one of those "car show boards" with the stats of the car and such...nothing special done to the car, and his big bragging right was that the car only had 10,000 original miles on it.
a friend of my dad's buys a new vette every year, or every other year...always a base model, and he never drives it. he had a ZR1 when i was younger...dark green, IIRC, and i saw it out of the garage once...and he traded it with something like 2,000 miles on it.
at a car show this past weekend, there was a guy who looked to be mid 50s, with a red C5. he had one of those "car show boards" with the stats of the car and such...nothing special done to the car, and his big bragging right was that the car only had 10,000 original miles on it.
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RE: LS3 Dyno results
You should atleast get some drag radials. Trying to put down that much power on street tires at the track isn't safe imo. Especially if you change the gears.
ORIGINAL: ThisBlood147
So what do you plan to do? Sounds like you'll be needing to step up to some juice or F/I yourself.
Unless you don't plan to run into anything but stock LS3 cars.[8D]
Forget it dude....there's ALWAYS gonna be someone faster. Shoot, I was all set to work my way up to 10psi and do some gears when I realized that nothing I do with this car on the street requires anything quicker than what I'm running. 99% of the cars that entice me into a run on the streets don't have a prayer as it is. Those who can take me out........deserve the win. And while I do plan to track my car sometime soon (hopefully), I have no ET goals for my ride whatsoever. It'll run the track, as is, street tires and all. Whatever it runs.......it runs. To hell with the rat racin.
Not trying to rant on ya C6, just be careful about getting into the 1-up game when the new kids on the block arrive. It'll start to take a toll on your pocketbook, believe me.
So what do you plan to do? Sounds like you'll be needing to step up to some juice or F/I yourself.
Unless you don't plan to run into anything but stock LS3 cars.[8D]
Forget it dude....there's ALWAYS gonna be someone faster. Shoot, I was all set to work my way up to 10psi and do some gears when I realized that nothing I do with this car on the street requires anything quicker than what I'm running. 99% of the cars that entice me into a run on the streets don't have a prayer as it is. Those who can take me out........deserve the win. And while I do plan to track my car sometime soon (hopefully), I have no ET goals for my ride whatsoever. It'll run the track, as is, street tires and all. Whatever it runs.......it runs. To hell with the rat racin.
Not trying to rant on ya C6, just be careful about getting into the 1-up game when the new kids on the block arrive. It'll start to take a toll on your pocketbook, believe me.
