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Author Topic: Feedback on C7 Corvette Prototype  (Read 8926 times)

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CharlieTuna

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Re: Feedback on C7 Corvette Prototype
« Reply #60 on: December 21, 2012, 07:50:49 PM »

Beware 6rd gear!   I got my best top-end at Speed Test in 5st.   Great tuning Kaz...   ::)
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Re: Feedback on C7 Corvette Prototype
« Reply #61 on: December 21, 2012, 07:54:45 PM »

also, also, weren't we talking about some baggy-assed corvette?  :laugh

Hey, that's not some average trash bag; it looks bio-degradable.  So at least it won't last forever in junk yards.   
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Re: Feedback on C7 Corvette Prototype
« Reply #62 on: December 21, 2012, 08:24:00 PM »

Beware 6rd gear!   I got my best top-end at Speed Test in 5st.   Great tuning Kaz...   ::)
That is more than likely corredt as many many amnufacturers use 6th as a "highway cruise" gear to help their cars meet cafe standards.
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Re: Feedback on C7 Corvette Prototype
« Reply #63 on: December 21, 2012, 08:59:54 PM »

even "cruising" one would think you would develop an increase in momentum and a higher speed. 

 :-\  maybe the bag causes drag...
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Re: Feedback on C7 Corvette Prototype
« Reply #64 on: December 21, 2012, 10:41:56 PM »

I just had to find out.  In case anyone was wondering, yes, you can run your bag through the car wash.
Can't paint the bag, but you can wash it ::)
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Re: Feedback on C7 Corvette Prototype
« Reply #65 on: December 22, 2012, 01:56:55 AM »

I'd love to see the gear ratios on this car.
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Re: Feedback on C7 Corvette Prototype
« Reply #66 on: December 24, 2012, 02:44:59 PM »

I'd love to see the gear ratios on this car.

You will - 1/13/13 :laugh :laugh :laugh :laugh :laugh :laugh
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Re: Feedback on C7 Corvette Prototype
« Reply #67 on: January 03, 2013, 11:52:11 AM »

It's really no surprise these days.  The Viper, every single current Corvette, Camaro, etc all have extremely tall 6th gears to let them cruise at 65 mph with the engine only turning 1800-1900 rpm.
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Re: Feedback on C7 Corvette Prototype
« Reply #68 on: January 03, 2013, 09:56:26 PM »

If anyone is interested, I will be having a C7 Monday night, soon.
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Re: Feedback on C7 Corvette Prototype
« Reply #69 on: January 04, 2013, 08:47:48 PM »

If anyone is interested, I will be having a C7 Monday night, soon.

Is that a "KY SOON"?
I mean, I'd be in it if it is after we can DL the REAL McCoy C7 and not the Burlap test vehicle.

I want to be able to "TUNE" the beast  (or at the very least, CHANGE TIRES).  :D
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Re: Feedback on C7 Corvette Prototype
« Reply #70 on: January 04, 2013, 09:19:07 PM »

It will be a real soon, as in the Monday after the car is updated.  :-*

I've been driving this thing, to see if I could better my time, but it is still 20 seconds off the record. Dan is just over the top with his 7'16 time.
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Re: Feedback on C7 Corvette Prototype
« Reply #71 on: January 05, 2013, 11:15:31 AM »

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Re: Feedback on C7 Corvette Prototype
« Reply #72 on: January 05, 2013, 05:23:11 PM »

 

Doc, you're killing us w the "Vurt da Furk" Swedish Chef....that's like 4 posts....Perhaps you should make that a widget. It is funny!

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Re: Feedback on C7 Corvette Prototype
« Reply #73 on: January 08, 2013, 11:53:02 AM »

It will be a real soon, as in the Monday after the car is updated.  :-*

I've been driving this thing, to see if I could better my time, but it is still 20 seconds off the record. Dan is just over the top with his 7'16 time.

Awesome time in the TT MGT  8). I don't have the patience to run any more attempts. Two clean laps with about 15 off track resets. LOL  :)
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Re: Feedback on C7 Corvette Prototype
« Reply #74 on: January 09, 2013, 03:52:37 PM »

Thanks. Time is a big problem, which is why I avoid most time trial competitions. On Nurburgring, I find that the first 3 hours is the longest 45 seconds, though. If you can nail that first mile, the rest of the Ring is relatively easy, but it is a tough mile.

I was following DaletonaDave and noticed him doing what probably holds most drivers back there. If you don't approach a curve with the proper out-in-out line, you will be slower; if you don't anticipate what's coming up after the approaching curve, you will be slower; if you don't brake early enough, so that you can accelerate out of the exits, you will be slower.

If you can improve these three things, a "natural" course is not all that difficult.

I hosted a two-lap replay and a ghost of back-to-back 7'39.x C7 laps that are less than one second apart, if anyone wants some practice. The laps were early laps, so I ran up on the sidewalk both times, but that is my only real complaint. They show that you can be consistent, though, and that's their point. I will post the link, later, if anyone wants them.
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