Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Pace Car for Allstate 400

Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Pace Car for Allstate 400

A Chevrolet Corvette Z06 will pace the field for the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard on Sunday, July 29 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. A Chevrolet has performed pace car duties for all 14 editions of the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard, one of NASCAR's most highly anticipated events since the inaugural in 1994. To celebrate Chevrolet's pace car tradition, each of the past 13 Chevy pace vehicles will be featured at the Chevy Racing display at IMS.

"The fact that a Chevrolet has paced every NASCAR NEXTEL Cup race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway since the inception of this event says a lot for our vehicles," said Ed Peper, general manager of Chevrolet. "Pace cars must be safe, reliable and capable of leading a field of race cars. We're proud to have our Corvette Z06 pacing this race and look forward to sharing that heritage with a special Chevy pace car display."

The Corvette Z06, designed using extensive race car technology, is the fastest vehicle ever offered by Chevrolet and General Motors. With 505 horsepower and 470-lb.ft. of torque, the Corvette Z06 leaps from zero to 60 mph in 3.7 seconds and has a top speed of 198 mph. The Corvette Z06 pacing the field is nearly identical to the 2007 model available in dealer showrooms with the only major modifications being the addition of strobe lights, racing safety belts and a unique paint scheme.

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Stock heli plug in oil pan of 2001 C5?


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Can anyone tell me if the c5 (01 in particular) comes with a heli plug in the stock oil pan? Seems as though the dealership has stripped the plug and wants me to replace it for $1500! They said it comes stock with a heli coil. I want to find out for sure before I confront them.
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Sounds suspicious if you took it in for an oil change. If not then did you buy the car used - could previous owner have caused a leak by over tightening?

Here's how to get the answer. Go to a different dealer and ask:

Do you have an oil pan for an '01 C5 - if yes ask to see it... and inspect for stock heli-coil. Explain (only if you must) that you own one and you are concerned about the heli coil leaking.

If they don't have the oil pan on their shelf then you can check the diagram at their computer (it will show the heli coil part and number if one should be there). Just ask to see the diagram - they should be able to pull it up and even print it out.

Also, ask the price of a new oil pan - it may be a lot less than $1500 (prob more like $500).

Then ask them what it would cost if they replaced your entire pan ($1500 for a heli-coil job??? - Paying $1500 for a heli-coil fix is more like buying insurance 'cause this is a $75-$150 job (unless they are pulling the oil pan and replacing it ) I guess I'm misunderstanding you here. Do they want to repair it with a heli-coil and pass that off as a new pan? Or do they just want you to get a whole new pan>?
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Corvette supercharged 600hp Z06 dubbed the "Blue Devil"

GM can't stand to see the already potent 500hp Corvette Z06 gazed down upon as a second rate supercar. Instead GM is developing an alleged supercharged 600hp Z06 with carbon fiber components dubbed the "Blue Devil" as reported by Autoweek in a recent interview with General Motors vice chairman Bob Lutz. Prior to the release of the new 427 Z06 the mags were guessing it would cost $85k and it came in at $65k. The 8.4 L big block is an attention getter. That comes out to something like 507 cubic inches which is very close to the current crate ZZ502. If they used that basic design and cast the block in aluminum which they have been doing and selling as ZL1’s (454 CI) – that would be a rather potent combo. These are all the new Mark VI blocks and are mostly used in boats and replacements for cars. They would have no problem getting 650 HP out of that motor or more and still run in a less tuned state than the current Z06. The big thing with the big block is the massive amount of torque availabe even at the lower RPM’s. With a supercharger it would probably put out 850Hp in a modest state of tune. The only problem with a big block is big thirst – all of them are terrible, thus Gm would not want to put too many of them on the street and pull down their corporate fuel economy. Even with a blower it is hard to figure how they would get much more than $70k for it.

The BD or super Corvette won’t be using a 7.0L V8. It will be using a supercharged 6.2 OHV Gen IV based V8 that will be a modified version of the one going into a performance Escalade, and possibly a higher performance Silverado varient. There were pictures of the truck varient leaked months ago so this should not come as a shock to anyone who keeps up with GM future vehicles.

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