Meet GheyRay: Lower, Wider, Lighter! - Page 7

**Kracka** · 05-16-2014

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Originally Posted by goodhart

Vette's feel slower than they are because of the deceptively long gearing too IMO.

Hughes, is your neighbor with the black vette jealous yet? haha

VERY true on the gears! You feel like the car is barely pulling because you're not shifting often, then you look down at the speedo

He is! He was actually over on Wednesday after I got my dad's detailed and kept saying how "Bad to the bone!" these are!

We're going to get together with Andrew and his dad's blue C5 on Saturday for a group picture.

**Kracka** · 05-17-2014

For comparison, C7's are putting down around 420whp Dynojet in stock form.

**Kracka** · 05-20-2014

The C6 is now safely in MN! My dad flew down Friday and we drove it up Sunday. The cruise was set between 80-85 MPH the whole way and it averaged 26 MPG so pretty impressive in my opinion.

turbotalon1g · 05-20-2014

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Originally Posted by Kracka

The C6 is now safely in MN! My dad flew down Friday and we drove it up Sunday. The cruise was set between 80-85 MPH the whole way and it averaged 26 MPG so pretty impressive in my opinion.

Awesome sauce.
What are your thoughts on C6 vs C7, now that you have some time in both? (Just curious)

rose0529 · 05-20-2014

Top up or down?

**Kracka** · 05-20-2014

Up for the cross-country trip, but was down plenty Friday & Saturday

**Kracka** · 05-21-2014

Sort of like comparing an Evo IX to Evo X; the 7 is more refined and overall improved/better with more technology packed into it, but the 6 is still a very fun car and more of a raw sports car (no where near as raw as a IX though, still can be a comfortable touring car). The C6 does have a slightly roomier cabin than the C7 too. The engines are very strong in both and the cornering grip impressive.

turbotalon1g · 05-21-2014

Nice, thanks for that.
Did you see the article about the "final 638" Chevy is going to bring back a few C6 ZR1 cars that weigh 29xxlbs and make a bit more power.

**Kracka** · 05-21-2014

I did not! Got a link?

turbotalon1g · 05-21-2014

http://www.autospies.com/news/2015-C...all-C6s-81362/

**Kracka** · 05-21-2014

Thanks, that's really badass!

turbotalon1g · 05-21-2014

yeah, I need to get into some C6s and FDs this summer to figure out what I want.

**Kracka** · 05-21-2014

After bombing around in my dad's C6 I was thought, "Damn, why didn't I buy a used one of these instead of the Evo X back in 2010?!"

turbotalon1g · 05-21-2014

Just what I wanted to hear.

**Kracka** · 05-21-2014

Did a quick photoshoot before taking the C6 to MN!

-C5 2004 Corvette LeMans Commemorative Edition (blue)
-C6 2006 Corvette convertible Z51 (red)
-C7 2014 Corvette Stingray Z51 (white)

**Kracka** · 05-21-2014

PlanoEvo's father recently passed and in his will gave his Corvette, with only 12k miles on it, to Andrew.

**Murlo26** · 05-21-2014

Wow, crappy to hear about Andrew's dad, my condolences.

Great photoshoot though, red/white/blue, murican in Texas!

Is it just me or does the C6 look quite a bit narrower than the c5/c7? Also, the c5 still doesn't look as dated as the c4 (i hate the c4) but its started to look less sexy unfortunately, just because the c6/c7 look solid. All great cars though.

**Kracka** · 05-21-2014

Likely just the angle, but let me dig into the dimensions...I do know the C6 is 5" shorter than the C5 though.

**Kracka** · 05-21-2014

Length/Width/Height
C5: 180 x 74 x 48"
C6: 175 x 73 x 49"
C7: 177 x 74 x 49"

**Murlo26** · 05-21-2014

Ha, so I was RIGHT! 1"!

lol