Next Gen ICE CT5 Officially Confirmed!!!!

[Rob]

Nope. I don't own the V-Club. I haven't read the article yet. I'm just getting home from a long day in work

 

[DCV]

It's clear you and the second person haven't driven a Z06. I have one and have had for over a year. Drive one in anger before saying what you think you can do, based on your experience with Ford's (pathetic attempt at a) flat plane engine. The Z06's engine makes its peak power way, way up high, like 8400RPMs. And its redline is a mere 200RPMs higher. You are not fast enough to properly shift a manual transmission car within 200RPMs in a free-spinning FPC engine. It isn't going to happen. You're going to hit the rev limiter every single time.

The Z06's engine is a gutless block of pretty aluminum in the lower RPMs where we do most of our driving on the road. There's so little low end torque in the engine. The low end is part of the 5BW's wonderful character. That immediate kick-you-in-the-chest grunt that's there everywhere in its admittedly smaller rev range. There's no need to think outside the box with this. I've had a 5BW, I have a C8 Z06, and I'm selling that to go back to.. a 5BW. The Caddy has a certain type of character that would be destroyed with a high-revving, gutless-down-low V8 engine.

Actually I have gotten a few test drives. One was used and the salesman told me to hit it, and I did! I’m quite used to high revving engines as I rode various sportbikes for 36 years that went up to 14k or so rpm. So I’m used to it. I also was a licensed racer in WERA and CCS.

 

[Rob]

So, here's my unprofessional opinion...given my job of nearly 10 years, I've driven 1,000s of Corvettes...let me spell that out...thousands. That includes C7 Z06s with manual transmissions and C8 Z06s, and more recently, C8 ZR1s. While I have admittedly not driven a CT5-V Blackwing, the powerplant is essentially the same as the C7 Z06.

You're comparing apples to oranges. The C8 Z06 is a completely different animal compared to a C7 Z06 and I would assume, a CT5-V Blackwing.

It really comes to: what are you looking for in the driving experience? Both are exhilarating. The Cadillac, more luxurious, more creature comforts. The C8 Z06, more like Ferrari...purpose built and driven for a particular driving experience.

Ever since I was a little kid, I always lusted after Ferrari and Lamborghini. For me personally, the C8 Z06 comes pretty damn close to what I would expect to hear, feel and experience in a Ferrari.

I just drove 4 C8 Z06s and one C8 ZR1 this morning. I love the new ZR1, but the Z06, tickles my joystick in all the right ways. I'm not downplaying the CT5-V Blackwing, by any stretch. But until I can drive one, I'm going to have to go on my previous C7 Z06 driving experience. Still an amazing car with a manual transmission, but the C7 Z06 doesn't instill the same level of confidence near the limit as a C8 Z06.

But hey, what do I know? I've owned a 1990 ZR-1 for 30 years now with a pitiful 375 naturally aspirated hp....but I'll be damned if the ole girl still didn't put a shit-eating grin on my face last weekend as I was rowing through the gears...

It's all about the driving experience and what tickles your joystick...

 

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