I mixed it up with a new C6 6spd this morning on the way home from a car show. We diced it out a few times for a few miles and then stopped side by side at a red light. We spoke a bit, the guy was impressed with the V. We were both reving it a bit I told him I think you can take me off the line but I'm going give this thing all it's got!

Both 6spds, 99% driver.

He lost (not by much)...I roasted my clutch to do it, boy did that stink but I just had to give it everything, a 3,500+ RPM feather the clutch launch. I don't know how fast we went but I was well through 4th before we stopped at the next light. The guy was shocked, "I didn't know Cadillac made anything like that!"

:burn:

Sweet,now you have to find one with the auto trans to race!

Good for you, Koop! If that was a new C6 then, as you said, it was all driver. The best of kills.

As it has been proven before, in two close cars it comes down to the driver.
The Vette has a nice weight advantage, but screw up the launch and he is going to catch hell trying to pull down a properly driven V!
Nice Kill!

The 04 Z06 also had a little trouble with (wait for it...) IRS wheel hop on launch. I don't know about the new C6.

It's not always easy driving a high performance street car well but it sure can be a heck of a lot of fun learning!

Well, check out this video of the C6 versus the Viper... I love Top Gear..
**do not save as.. click on the link and click "free" and then wait for the timer to run to 0 and you will be able to download it.. (I hate free hosting sites... but its free hosting).

http://rapidshare.de/files/1608828/c6vssrt10.wmv.html

[QUOTE]Sweet,now you have to find one with the auto trans to race!QUOTE]

Put an Automatic behind an LS2 and any Yahoo can go fast! Just point, floor it and hang on! What could go wrong... :helpless:

Well, check out this video of the C6 versus the Viper... I love Top Gear..
**do not save as.. click on the link and click "free" and then wait for the timer to run to 0 and you will be able to download it.. (I hate free hosting sites... but its free hosting).

http://rapidshare.de/files/1608828/c6vssrt10.wmv.html


Sweet video! Sure the Viper isn't as refined as the Vette, but it did kick it's ass in almost everything. It didn't seem much worse at the powerslide if you consider it has 100 more hp and tq. The true bueaty was the shot from the Vette on the drag strip when the Vette got a better launch and the Viper just reeled him in.

The C6 is at least a half second faster than the V so I would not consider them close. The other driver doing something wrong, and you not was the difference. If he gave what he though was a good run and you beat him, he needs to learn how to drive. Especially since he has no wheel hop and wider tires.

The C6 is at least a half second faster than the V so I would not consider them close. The other driver doing something wrong, and you not was the difference. If he gave what he though was a good run and you beat him, he needs to learn how to drive. Especially since he has no wheel hop and wider tires.

That's the beauty of drag racing! Any car on any day. You ALWAYS have a chance. When the outcome of a race is decided in just a couple seconds, there's no room for errors.

the guy should have bought an auto.

The C6 is at least a half second faster than the V so I would not consider them close. The other driver doing something wrong, and you not was the difference. If he gave what he though was a good run and you beat him, he needs to learn how to drive. Especially since he has no wheel hop and wider tires.

C-6 Base model Vette rated at 4.3 0-60 (Wow!)
V rated at 4.6 0-60 (Wow!)

I'm sure both times could be argued, the Vette offers various rear ends depending on the package you purchase, one of the rear ratio options gets those Vettes down near 4 flat 0-60...Without the LS7!

Maybe I'll see him on Saturday at Crystal Cove when a bunch of V's show up. I'm sure the guy will walk over to say WTF is that Cadillac?

Bob

The C6 is at least a half second faster than the V so I would not consider them close. The other driver doing something wrong, and you not was the difference. If he gave what he though was a good run and you beat him, he needs to learn how to drive. Especially since he has no wheel hop and wider tires.

Take a stopwatch, press start, then stop, and try to get it to stop at 0.5sec. After enough practice you'll get into a rythme and can do it almost everytime. Now think of all of the things that could happen that would cause you to get 0.7, 0.8, 1.1sec. It doesn't take much, maybe somebody calling your name, a hot girl flashing on the TV, your dog sniffing your feet.

We are only talking about a 5% difference in times between the V and the C6. At that kind of margin, the machine is only as good as the operator.

I've been looking at grabbing a C6 Convertible 6spd. Based on recent tests, I am a bit surprised that it doesn't seem to pull much on the V.... not just 0-60 (which I don't put alot of importance in), but 1/4 mile ET and MPH. Not looking for alot more performance, as a light(er) weight convertible has alot of advantages, just found it a bit odd. Dan

Someone tell me how many car lenghts .5 seconds is on a track.

Depends on speed. I believe at 60 mph you're traveling at 88 ft/sec. So .5 sec's would be 44 ft. or roughly 2 car lengths. Raise the speed to 120 mph and now is double or 4 car lengths.

.5 sec in the quarter is significant, but in recent convertible tests it was alot less than .5 in the quarter.

.5 sec in the quarter is significant, but in recent convertible tests it was alot less than .5 in the quarter.

Convertibles are usually slower, heavier, not as tight and don't handle as well as their fixed top counterparts.