OK, so I am looking at the obvious here. The Z06 weighs about 3,130 lbs. and makes on avg. 455 hp to the rear wheels without any mods. That means Chevy is calculating a 10% drivetrain loss, yea right!
Also it is wearing 325's out back on a 12 inch wide wheel and all set up not to hop but rather hook up.
So stock, and I think the majority of these cars will remain stock except for cam work, head work, or nitrous. Blowing a car at this compression seems a little,,, well difficult. Does this car have forged pistons?, I know it has a light bottom end with those titanium rods.
So it has a (3130)
455 rwhp) 6.89 lb. to 1hp ratio. 6.89:1
If they can get another 100rwhp out of it at the rear wheels the ratio will be (3130)555 rwhp) or 5.64 lbs. to 1hp ratio. 5.64:1 Freaky!!
Now can we even get anything bigger than a 295 or 315 on the back of the Shelby with shock mounting and wheel well design? We sure as hell can on an 03/04 Cobra. Not to mention with a solid axle we can get a 325 tire in there.
Now the Shelby will probably weigh an unfortunate +-3750lbs and be underrated at 450hp. The 03/04 Cobra was underrated by some 9 % actually making close to 425hp stock sometimes more. If this is the case with the Shelby we are looking at 490.5 at the flywheel.
The following ratios are what we should expect. (3750)415 rwhp) I got 415 by calculating 85% of 490 hp= 415 rwhp estimate or 9lbs.:1hp which is sick. Not to mention we might not be able to put any rubber to the ground.
Now if we can get 600rwhp, which is all too possible approx 700hp at the flywheel we will have a nice little ratio of 6.25:1 which means we could possibly break the Z06's back in the quarter if we can get some rubber on this car in redlight to redlight trim.
If we run into a Z06 spraying making 555rwhp and 5.64:1hp we need to do better obviously.
Like 675 rwhp which some 03/04 Cobra owners are packing as we speak. In the Shelby this would equate to 5.55lbs:1hp. and approx . 776-800hp to the flywheel using 15-18% for drivetrain loss.
So in all reality a 3600lb Cobra wearing Nitto 315's and packing 600hp should spank the new Z06 redlight to redlight and in the quarter. The power to weight would be 6:1 better than the stock Z06's 6.89:1
I might just stick with my 03 since I can get the rubber on it one way or another and it is lighter by a touch over the unofficial Shelby numbers.
Also it is wearing 325's out back on a 12 inch wide wheel and all set up not to hop but rather hook up.
So stock, and I think the majority of these cars will remain stock except for cam work, head work, or nitrous. Blowing a car at this compression seems a little,,, well difficult. Does this car have forged pistons?, I know it has a light bottom end with those titanium rods.
So it has a (3130)
455 rwhp) 6.89 lb. to 1hp ratio. 6.89:1If they can get another 100rwhp out of it at the rear wheels the ratio will be (3130)
555 rwhp) or 5.64 lbs. to 1hp ratio. 5.64:1 Freaky!!Now can we even get anything bigger than a 295 or 315 on the back of the Shelby with shock mounting and wheel well design? We sure as hell can on an 03/04 Cobra. Not to mention with a solid axle we can get a 325 tire in there.
Now the Shelby will probably weigh an unfortunate +-3750lbs and be underrated at 450hp. The 03/04 Cobra was underrated by some 9 % actually making close to 425hp stock sometimes more. If this is the case with the Shelby we are looking at 490.5 at the flywheel.
The following ratios are what we should expect. (3750)
415 rwhp) I got 415 by calculating 85% of 490 hp= 415 rwhp estimate or 9lbs.:1hp which is sick. Not to mention we might not be able to put any rubber to the ground. Now if we can get 600rwhp, which is all too possible approx 700hp at the flywheel we will have a nice little ratio of 6.25:1 which means we could possibly break the Z06's back in the quarter if we can get some rubber on this car in redlight to redlight trim.
If we run into a Z06 spraying making 555rwhp and 5.64:1hp we need to do better obviously.
Like 675 rwhp which some 03/04 Cobra owners are packing as we speak. In the Shelby this would equate to 5.55lbs:1hp. and approx . 776-800hp to the flywheel using 15-18% for drivetrain loss.
So in all reality a 3600lb Cobra wearing Nitto 315's and packing 600hp should spank the new Z06 redlight to redlight and in the quarter. The power to weight would be 6:1 better than the stock Z06's 6.89:1
I might just stick with my 03 since I can get the rubber on it one way or another and it is lighter by a touch over the unofficial Shelby numbers.
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