2020 Chevrolet C8 Corvette Stingray Leaked Ahead Of Debut

[1slo5oh]

Won't be long. Just need to wait for HP Tuners to crack the encryption on the stock computer. I don't even know why companies put encryption on the computers. They all get cracked and they know people want to mod these cars.

Everything is going to be pretty run of the mil outside of the transmission.

What makes you wanna go turbo vs supercharger? Probably going to see supercharger kits long before turbo kits. Plumbing/installation is a lot easier on a blower

I already have a supercharged car... and I have Aldo Welds in my backyard so I wouldn't have to wait on a kit to be manufactured


To be honest I am not sure what I want to do... the C8 is a heavy front runner... but I also would love to build a bagged Lincoln Conti , which ultimately could end up cheaper than a C8 with Twins but also WAY more time consuming and not to mention eating up valuable garage space for a while...

I just get bored easy when I don't have anything to mess with..

[iifymbro]

Z06 renderings

[TTViper]

Yikes. That wing and diffuser are pretty awful. Everything else checks out.

[iifymbro]

Yikes. That wing and diffuser are pretty awful. Everything else checks out.

yeah I think the creator of the render went overboard with them, the wing looks more like a ZR1 level one and the diffuser is straight off a race car, they ain't putting something like that on a street car.

[Mark1T]

yeh the Z06 is gunna be the one to get, time to start a Z06 bank account and shove money into it for a few years nomsayin'

Yes, I sure do.

The chevy "R" race cars are totally different than the street cars.

For example look up on youtube the C7R race car. It doesn't sound like your typical, off the showroom floor z06.

Either or, this C8 z06 is going to change the way people look at corvettes. They had the right idea with the C7 platform, but GM went all in with the C8.

If you ever been wanting to get a corvette for the first time, get a C8. Even a base.

Just like all of you, I love cars and love the Vette. But, I'm a Porsche guy. The 992 911 Turbo S with 620hp+ is my car. That's another thread, tho

[1QWIK7]

Wouldn't be my first Vette but was seriously considering adding a C8 to my fleet of debauchery... but I wont be doing $HIT until somebody figures out how to tune them... because first thing I would want to do is a set of twins.

So then get a z06. Which is supposed to be powered by the 5.5 DOHC twin turbo V8.

Think of it like this. If you tune the car, you lose the warranty. So why would that be the first thing to think about in attaining a brand new car? Just to rip apart your warranty so you can gain 50-100hp extra? You're really going to sacrifice a warranty on a car that's 60-100k (if a z06) or more, just because you want it tuned?? lol

That's the whole point in buying these cars. Because it's fast already stock. With a warranty. Why touch what the engineers perfected?

[XterraRob]

When you see what they did to the Corvette

[iifymbro]

leaked detailed specs.

3500lb curb

1/4 mile in 11.3 seconds @ 121mph, lawd

[Mark1T]

leaked detailed specs.

3500lb curb

1/4 mile in 11.3 seconds @ 121mph, lawd

Pretty quick. The 121 at the quarter mile is only 5mph slower than a much higher horsepower GTR or Viper. Just think what the ZO6 will do.

[anonymous]

Pretty quick. The 121 at the quarter mile is only 5mph slower than a much higher horsepower GTR or Viper. Just think what the ZO6 will do.

it's 0.2 seconds faster than the stock ZL1 (although that sucks ass with the torque management in the 10 speed), pretty impressive for an alleged 150 less HP and no s/c

[Mark1T]

it's 0.2 seconds faster than the stock ZL1 (although that sucks ass with the torque management in the 10 speed), pretty impressive for an alleged 150 less HP and no s/c

Exactly my logic. As I mentioned in a very early post, the Vette team used a Porsche 911 Turbo as one of its benchmarks and we all know how well 911s scoot of the line, so those numbers look like the Vette has some instant hook up.

[waisoserious]

leaked detailed specs.

3500lb curb

1/4 mile in 11.3 seconds @ 121mph, lawd

I am more shocked at the gear ratios. I thought with "just" 500hp and rwd, in order to hit 60 in under 3secs maybe they could reach 60 in 1st gear.

But it looks like it will STILL need to shift atleast once if not twice before it hits 60.

[InPhase]

Wouldn't be my first Vette but was seriously considering adding a C8 to my fleet of debauchery... but I wont be doing $HIT until somebody figures out how to tune them... because first thing I would want to do is a set of twins.

Didn't GM claim the ECU will be uncrackable? Will be interesting to see wether that claim is true or not.

[1slo5oh]

So then get a z06. Which is supposed to be powered by the 5.5 DOHC twin turbo V8.

Think of it like this. If you tune the car, you lose the warranty. So why would that be the first thing to think about in attaining a brand new car? Just to rip apart your warranty so you can gain 50-100hp extra? You're really going to sacrifice a warranty on a car that's 60-100k (if a z06) or more, just because you want it tuned?? lol

That's the whole point in buying these cars. Because it's fast already stock. With a warranty. Why touch what the engineers perfected?

Son... you must be new round these parts...


Warranty? LOLz...


I don't buy performance vehicles for a fkn warranty...And the engineers didn't perfect $hit... a nasty set of 76's on a C8 is at least one step closer though..Also... twins are worth 200+ extra ... not 50-100

Didn't GM claim the ECU will be uncrackable? Will be interesting to see wether that claim is true or not.

That's what they claimed... but we all know its just a matter of time before somebody figures it out. Its not worth it to me until somebody does because I don't leave anything stock and these days any little change made to these new cars requires a tune revision

[knightofday]

That leaked spec sheet hnnnngggg. I have to have one, somehow some way!!!! Year 2 or 3 after the initial model kinks are sorted though

[yabbayabba]

That leaked spec sheet hnnnngggg. I have to have one, somehow some way!!!! Year 2 or 3 after the initial model kinks are sorted though

When the Z06 drops it should be pretty easy to get a CPO C8 when everybody trades in. I'll probably be bored of my Mustang by that time and that just might be what I'm looking for.

[1QWIK7]

Didn't GM claim the ECU will be uncrackable? Will be interesting to see wether that claim is true or not.

They said that about the C7 ZR1. And less than a year it was cracked.

But i find it funny how the first thing, when talking about a possible 750hp machine, is that people right away wants to "tune" it lol.

You tune beater projects. Not brand new high performance machines. At least not yet. Unless you're a shop, and doing it for testing purposes for future customer cars, then i don't see a point.

You're going to throw away a warranty just because you want to tune it to gain 50 extra hp lol. And throw away a warranty on a 100k car. Or 20+ grand on a crate motor. lol @ that

[KidGogeta]

[Mark1T]

I'll put this right here.

What We Know about the Flat-Plane-Crank V-8 That Will Power the C8 Corvette Z06, ZR1, and Hybrid

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a2...hybrid-engine/

[anonymous]

na z06 seems like a huge fail TBH, the boomer market who wants a track car to never track is tiny

im not springing for a zr1 lmao

[1QWIK7]

There's no way they're going back to an NA for the z06. Maybe for the hybrid?? And the 850hp engine will go into the zr1? (zora?)

So which engine will go in the C8Z?? Or a twin turbo LT5 instead of it being supercharged?

That makes the most sense. Phuck this is so exciting now lol

[1slo5oh]

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You're going to throw away a warranty just because you want to tune it to gain 50 extra hp lol. And throw away a warranty on a 100k car. Or 20+ grand on a crate motor. lol @ that

Some of us aren't broke whiney *******s who want prefer to have their vehicles perform at their full potential... that said... if I am voiding a warranty you can rest assured its not for an extra 50hp

[chrsschb]

na z06 seems like a huge fail TBH, the boomer market who wants a track car to never track is tiny

im not springing for a zr1 lmao

Maybe they'll finally give the Grand Sport more power over a base model.

[1QWIK7]

Some of us aren't broke whiney *******s who want prefer to have their vehicles perform at their full potential... that said... if I am voiding a warranty you can rest assured its not for an extra 50hp

Who said anything about being broke? lolzzz

It's called being smart. Who the hell takes a car that's almost 100k, or more, we don't know yet, then wants to tear it apart to gain 50hp? How much power you want to gain? You want to make 2000hp? Does your car have 2000hp now?

Some people like having the luxury of having a warranty. Because dealers can deny ANY claim if they even sniff the thought of the car being modified in any way.

[anonymous]

There's no way they're going back to an NA for the z06. Maybe for the hybrid?? And the 850hp engine will go into the zr1? (zora?)

So which engine will go in the C8Z?? Or a twin turbo LT5 instead of it being supercharged?

That makes the most sense. Phuck this is so exciting now lol

a 5.5 32-valve DOHC flat-plane-crank from GM with a TT setup seems utterly insane since they have zero experience with putting all that into one package, and imo the 5.2 voodoo wasn't exactly worth the engineering feat that went into it

I don't really understand all this 'new' tbh, that's a ton of stuff GM isn't exactly re-known for doing well crammed into one new engine

[gluon]

Some of us aren't broke whiney *******s who want prefer to have their vehicles perform at their full potential... that said... if I am voiding a warranty you can rest assured its not for an extra 50hp

i do have to give props to the guys that determine the limits of a power-train, without them no one would know the weak points and what to avoid doing if your want your car to not grenade itself.

that being said doing it on a brand new design is pretty fool-hardy, given that there will likely be more than a few hiccups. You wont really know if you're testing the limits, as a failure might occur from a simple manufacturing defect or design flaw that would endanger any factory car, and fixed under warranty.

[swoleyo]

a 5.5 32-valve DOHC flat-plane-crank from GM with a TT setup seems utterly insane since they have zero experience with putting all that into one package, and imo the 5.2 voodoo wasn't exactly worth the engineering feat that went into it

I don't really understand all this 'new' tbh, that's a ton of stuff GM isn't exactly re-known for doing well crammed into one new engine

It's under warranty. Drive it like you stole it and if it blows up you get a new motor.


I'm not saying do this but even if you mod the car they can only deny your warranty if they know you modded the car. Generally they go by the computer, if your motor blows up they'll go through it line by line looking for modifications.


However, if you car had an electrical short that fried the computer they couldn't do that

[Mumra]

[iifymbro]

lol yeah ^, there's gunna be a lot of inexperienced/normie drivers that buy this C8 and get their angus rekt by it. 60% rear weight bias, RWD, 500hp....

[Mumra]

lol yeah ^, there's gunna be a lot of inexperienced/normie drivers that buy this C8 and get their angus rekt by it. 60% rear weight bias, RWD, 500hp....

drove a GT3 at Porsche's test track a few months ago. that rear engine RWD is a whole different world to any other car I've driven.