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The C8 Z51 is the one to get for that IMO. Performance package enough to put out insane lap times compared to stuff that costs similar, but not so brutal or expensive. Sure, there's the Z06 and higher trims siting out there...but if you are going to drive to 10/10ths that's where those come in IMO. The C8 does great up to 9/10ths and I think the main complaint was the brake-by-wire calibration, but overall extremely sorted and great for street is what I've gotten. And you have torque for days.
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Me thinks you don't like turns? Just fast in straight lines?
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11-06-2024, 07:11 PM | #94 |
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Total opposite actually. I like a car that rotates the rear end with some oversteer in a turn... Or a lot of oversteer. I don't like mod engine cars that understeer like the C8, and I don't like cars that are numbers over driving pleasure like the C8.
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Doesn't do anything for me. An E46 M3 does do something for me, but RWD so does not meet my winter driver criteria
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The vette and the Z4 are just different cars.
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I've said it in so many threads, but you can pick up a good Z4MR for under $20k. That's a bargain when you compare to what E46 M3's are going for.
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11-07-2024, 03:07 PM | #103 | |
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The Z4M is definitely rarer, and infinitely less reliable motor wise. Corvette parts are plentiful and cheap. Anything you want to upgrade, you can, for a reasonable price. Want to make 600hp? No problem, buy a blower and long tubes for $7500. Want more grip? Buy wide rear fenders in CF for under a grand and new wheels and tires. Personally, I don't see rarity as a good thing. Rare things cost more to fix and are typically harder to get parts for. |
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11-08-2024, 08:10 AM | #104 |
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GM might not make the parts, but 100 aftermarket companies do.
I can't relate to rust issues. It's a non issue where I've lived. That said, I wouldn't be surprised that an H3T rists more than a lightweight 2 door car, lol. When it's shitty out and there's snow and salt and what it on the roads, you're probably more likely to drive the Hummer than the low to the ground BMW. FWIW, I had a Colorado which was effectively the same vehicle underneath, no rust issues while I had it. The old boomers on the Corvette sites always complain about how they can't just roll in to the dealership and them have a random part for their 15 year old car sitting on the shelf waiting for them. I think that's insane. I don't expect the manufacturer to sell these parts, unless nobody else is. As an aside, rockauto has all the control arms for that truck you could want. Multiple brands and levels too. They also have GM bump stops (but you could buy any number of bump stops aftermarket, I run polyurethane bell techs bump stops on my trailblazer which appears to use the same ones). I suspect the rear diff is just an off the shelf diff, so there's likely a ton of options if it's just a Dana or something. Brake backing plates, I'd be tempted to see if trailblazer parts fit. Most Colorado's had rear drums, and using the H3 rear discs was a semi popular upgrade (as was the floor mounted shifter). But the gmt355 was very similar to the trailblazer gmt360, so those backing plates might fit. Last edited by BlkGS; 11-08-2024 at 08:19 AM.. |
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I'll say it again, as a man who cross-shopped a Mustang PP2 Cab against a 997 cab, I feel the vette and Z4 cabs are very different cars.
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The OEM Goodyear's on the C6 were, to be very nice to them, absolute crap tires that should have never gone on any car. The Gen2 Eagles that were on my current GS when I bought it were better, but only when the tires were hot. Not "up to temperature around town", hot like you were 2 laps in on a track. |
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For a part as simple as a brake dust shield I would either skip it entirely or make my own before I paid $400 for one, lol. That's crazy talk paying that much for a thin piece of stamped metal that serves next to no purpose.
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I smell another bromance happening.
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