I think the extra 20 HP made a difference on the north course where you were
pushing the upper limits of 2nd gear. The biggest difference between
the '01
Z06's and the '02-'04 Z06's is between 5500rpm and 6600rpm (rev limit)
where
the '01 tops off and begins to drop off and the '02-'04's keep on going up
right to the rev-limiter.
Of course, the south course in the rain was completely different.
Oh yeah, Do you really need a carbon fiber hood? No. The approximately
15 pound weight savings will reduce the front end weight bias, but there are
other ways of doing this. I wonder if that driver ever considered removing
excess fluids such as windshield washer fluid. What about lighter wheels?
I think he just did it to be cool which is fine for local events but not
for
National events. I wouldn't buy into comfort and convienence on this either.
Just my opinin...
Scott Troyer
2001 Z06, SS#71
Smokerbros@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 3/27/04 8:33:10 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> mark@sirota.org
> writes:
>
>
> > I feel bad for the poor Z06 drivers... They had to sell their one
> year old
> > cars to get 20 more horsepower, and now they need to sell them again
> to get
> >
>
> Of the 12 trophy winners at the 2003 Nationals, only 3 (2nd, 10th,
> 11th) were
> 2003's. 6 (1st, 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th) were '02's, and 3 (3rd, 7th,
> 12th)
> were 01's. The top 3 were separated by 0.014 sec... I'm not
> convinced that
> you really needed the extra 20 hp... So, do you also "need" the
> carbon fiber
> hood?
>
> Charlie
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