TWIN-TURBO C8 Corvette TESTING in PLAIN SIGHT! *LT7 ZR1*

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Dude took 5min to explain what the outer pipes were for. Just say it already... they're wastegate dumps! We all know!
 

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I believe the cars are Z06’s with the wide tires and E-Ray’s with the narrow tires. I can’t see a ZR1 being tested and available for our viewing pleasure when we can’t even get C8 stingrays into customer hands. I wanna know why the car below is the only one without the heavy camo...
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the only question I want to know is if its going to be offered in manual tranny or not... I have a feeling it will be the latter...
 

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The video is way too long for what it reveals, but what I did watch was interesting. I'll never own a C8 but I'll watch with interest as testing and development continue.
 

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The video is way too long for what it reveals, but what I did watch was interesting. I'll never own a C8 but I'll watch with interest as testing and development continue.

Never own because of cost or just not into them? For me it's cost, because if I had the money I'd love to have any C8.
 

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Im betting this is the last Vette ever made that isn't either a hybrid or complete electric.
 

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Im betting this is the last Vette ever made that isn't either a hybrid or complete electric.
I'd say sometime in the C9 life cycle it will be all electric. Don't they all have until like 203* to axe the ICE?
 

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the only question I want to know is if its going to be offered in manual tranny or not... I have a feeling it will be the latter...
I'm thinking no, that center tunnel above the "great wall" of HVAC buttons will be used to house the batteries. But that's only rumors...
 

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Still not beating a 2RS. But i'd sure like to see a max effort attempt... Seems that ship has sailed.
Agreed! 2RS is on another level. When was the last time Ford took anything to the Ring? I think GM may eventually follow suit and just gun for lap records on the mainland. The Ring is Porsche's back yard, they ain't gotta spend a lot of money to ship cars, teams, equipment etc... to do any sort of max effort run. Not to mention the bipolar weather on that side of the world can just screw all that up.
 
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Agreed! 2RS is on another level. When was the last time Ford took anything to the Ring? I think GM may eventually follow suit and just gun for lap records on the mainland. The Ring is Porsche's back yard, they ain't gotta spend a lot of money to ship cars, teams, equipment etc... to do any sort of max effort run. Not to mention the bipolar weather on that side of the world can just screw all that up.

2018. Ford brought the GT to the Ring in 2018 but nothing was published.

On that note, the GT2RS is bested by an italian and another german on their own turf....
 

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