Marcus Viega works on the Estero Bay Chevrolet vendor in Florida, and he just lately posted that extra particulars concerning the Chevrolet Corvette Z06 C8 are coming in July. Customers on the Midengine Corvette Discussion board notice the usual C8’s debut on July 18, 2019, and so they speculate the Z06 may premiere on the identical day in 2021.
Whereas we have now to take this single put up with a grain of salt as a result of anybody can put up something on-line, Viega’s timeline roughly matches with the Corvette household’s anticipated launch cadence. In April 2020, a leak instructed that the Z06 would arrive for the 2022 mannequin yr.
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The Z06 allegedly makes use of a model of the 5.5-liter V8 from the C8.R race automobile. This powerplant has twin overhead camshafts, quite than the usual mill’s pushrod-actuated cams, and a flat-plane crankshaft. Within the competitors model, the foundations limit the output to 500 horsepower (373 kilowatts) and 480 pound-feet (651 Newton-meters) of torque in compliance with IMSA guidelines. The road-going variant is rumored to have 650 hp (485 kW) and 600 lb-ft (814 Nm). The powerplant’s redline is likely to be past 8,000 revs.
Past the high-revving engine, a couple of different Z06 rumors are swirling round. To handle airflow, there is likely to be an lively entrance splitter as a part of the optionally available Z07 Efficiency Bundle, and a hard and fast rear wing could be a part of the tools. The sporty mannequin reportedly rides on 20-inch wheels in entrance and 21s within the rear with Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tires wrapped round them.
Chevy is retaining the event automobiles beneath heavy camouflage. The styling adjustments seem to incorporate a modified hood as a result of lots of the automobiles have a coated hump there. The inlets within the entrance fascia and fenders are bigger. On the again, there are center-exit exhausts.
