... the Z06 raced in the FIA GT? Is it just suspension and tires?

 

Suspension, wheels, brakes, tires, some bodywork, tuning, safety equipment, exhaust, intake and other stuff I'm forgetting.

 

The GT 1 cars run 7.0L on e85 with restrictor manifolds. Radiators and other heat exchangers are in the back. suspension is 100% different. Really the only thins is common are the block/heads.The GT 2 cars run a ZR1 look alike body with the vette upper and lower A-arms. 6.0L motor with restitor plates. Obvious differences are brakes stripped weight, cages etc....I like the GT2 cars because all the competitors are much closer to the actual production variants.

 

He was refering to the FIA cars though. They are actually based off of road cars.

 

I would think they use a sequential transmission also. Does anyone know where the FIA GT races are shown on tv in the US?

 

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Not sure about what tv channel but you can try this website.

http://www.watchliveformula1.com/com...ve_online.html

 

Basically every single piece on the car is different except the tailights. Write a check to Pratt & Miller for about $1mill for the car and $3-4 hundred thou for the engine and trans.

 

Totally incorrect. he is is not talking about the Pratt & Miller cars. He was talking about the FIA cars, totally different. And based off the road cars.

Full specs here:http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-z...l?forum_id=100

 

I am afraid it is you who is incorrect. The op question referred to FIA GT--which is the GT1 cars ( given the GT2 cars have only just run for the first time) --so your answer is way off--the guy who made this comment to is reasonably close.
Even the idea that the the GT2 cars a that close to the road version is ridiculous. Spend multiples of the sticker price of the car to make it race ready and you wonder what could remain of the original car!
The problem with the attitude you express is this-- you believe that your road version is the same as the race car-and wow -what a smart gut I am - spending my money that way.In reality -- chalk and cheese .
None of that is to say that the Corvette is not a great basis for a race car--I think it has done extrordinarily well --but a silhouette is not the road version.

 

The FIA GT Z06 cars he asked about are GT3 spec, try clicking the link I posted.

They are road cars that are converted by Callaway.

 

Give up -read his question. The GT3 cars are not well known in the US-- all the publicity has related to Corvette Racing and in case you missed it and untill the last couple of weeks that was in GT1.
FWIW-- the GT2 and GT3 cars are closer to street version--like I said-- spend multiples of original sticker price and you have the race car. You can be assured the money is not spent on sticking in a race seat.
Your answers were not only wrong -more importantly they were missleading. Stick to answering questions that you actually know the answer to -and avoid making guesses as to what the answer might be.

 

I guess your thick? He asked about the FIA cars. Who cares if there not well known in the US? It's what he clearly asked. The Corvette boards are full of info on them, and it's a known fact stock Z06's are sent to Callaway Europe for the conversion. The FIA cars are in no way shape or form related to the cars that Team Corvette runs at LeMans. Looks like you need to stop assuming what you think the OP meant and answer the question he asked not the one you want to hear....

 

Guys, I can understand some confusion brought about by the OP's post. He's not very clear. When I think of "Z06" together with "FIA," I don't automatically think of the C6.R that was raced in GT1 class. That car (if I'm correct) is based on a steel chassis, so is perhaps more properly classified as a very heavily modified C6. That would leave the Z06 raced in FIA GT3 class, officially referred to as Z06.R, which retains the alloy chassis of the roadgoing Z06.

 

You are compounding your ignorance on this subject. All the GT1 cars that are running in the European Lemans series, FIA GT series and , etc. are ex- PM cars or refreshed P&M cars....for example the second place car [Luc Aphland] at Lemans was an P&M car, the recent FIA 24HRS of Spa was also an ex-P&M car, the winner in Porugal FIA Euro LeMans 2 weeks ago, same ex-P&M car ....GET THE PICTURE !! The Euro GT3 cars are Z06R's built from actual street cars by Callaway competition in Germany. They are for sale for about $800,000 complete. Callaway also builds the GT4 Corvettes...from standard C6's.
This is not unusual , for example Prodrive has sold their Aston Martins and before that their Ferrari 550GT's to other teams. No everyone can afford the latest cars. The rules of the classifications determine the origins of the cars. Even the C6.R GT-1 cars use plenty of Chevrolet knowhow, they are just farther from a street car than a GT4 car. Corvette has basically been the best GT car in the world since the C5 came out. The record speaks for itself.
BTW there will be a couple of European teams running Corvettes in GT2 next year , as well as in the upcoming FIA World GT series.
As others have stated in this thread...it's best not to talk about what you don't know about.