Nurburgring TF - Corvette C6 Z06 -
2023 ж. 11 Сәу.
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Corvette C6 Z06 2007 - New rebuilt engine - Around 600 hp - It's crazy fast - Ohlins TTX suspension - Pirelli Trofeo R tires on stock wheels. Much traffic but still a really quick lap.
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Good driver encountering over take situations a regular race wouldn't contain. Looking ahead and giving car room that was coming up on a slow car prevented a bad accident 👍
Watching this makes me want a c5 or c6 z06 even more than I did before watching it.
Nice run
Driver: "it was a good run" Passenger: "it was a series of near death experiences" 😳
Driver: That’s what makes it so fun!
No shit! Just watching it! Yikes😮😅
Funniest thing I’ve heard today
It stressed me out on my couch...
Baaaahahahaha.
Pretty wild when yer dusting off big wing 911’s like they’re mosquitoes.
I was thinking the same thing. C6 Z06 has always been my favourite vette
the Z06 is the hammer to the track where the 911 is more of a scalpel.....if you just HAVE TO get there RIGHT NOW the Z06 is the hammer.
@@ssnerd583 you can get some serious work done with a good hammer
The way I see it, since they’re both race-developed cars, I don’t think the corvette is ever out of its league with a 911
It's open public track lol. People are driving to their ability and liking, none of this means anything including lap time. Great driving and awesome car though.
7 liter revving to 7,000. Amazing pushrod engine and my personal favorite corvette.
It went way past 7000. He money shifts around 1:40.
It sounds so good when you”re on it. I had two of them. The first one spun a bearing driving to work but they sure were fun.
@@bearlemleyHow did it spun a bearing? Were you changing your oil regularly?
@@sugerhitman1295that’s what I want to know..
@@sugerhitman1295 probably missed a shift. Badly. Lolol
Still my favorite Vette config. Perfect engine and curb weight and looks.
C6 Z06 is a beast. 1495kg with 90kg driver and full tank :)
@@trevik-nurburgringdriver Also, it would feel wrong not to get that yellow. I still hope I can find a clean manual in a couple years, fingers crossed!
Low key still the best bang for the buck drivers cars seeing the 5th gen viper being priced out of existence compared to the c6 zr1.
It's a real shame most of them are owned by senior citizens and barely driven.
@@soldieroftafari I got one waiting on you. 700whp NA
Nothing is scarier to a racer than a corvette owner who knows exactly what they’re doing
Oh God...
Shelby GT, or the cheaper 1 from those clone replicators, suppose to be faster and handle way better.
Viper owner
@@getphuked2Shelby’s handle like ass brother. At least in comparison.
@@wesleysnively9417, I don't think I will ever have an opportunity to be able to make a true comparison. But I wasnt actually talking about Shelby. I do know the Vette handle like shit in the past, and they were not really that fast.
C6 Z06 is one of the greatest cars ever made.
@Kiwigold your honda civic is?
@@kevingonfishing6023 You'll never get a response. The anti-Corvette people tend to be very low IQ. More than likely, he's a Ford fanboy, and just has a bunch of extra time on 'his' hands to talk crap on the internet while his s***-box Ford is being repaired.
@@kevingonfishing6023 2,000 HP Supra, bro.
@@kevingonfishing6023 negative 30 degrees camber yo
Except the interior is mostly parts from cheap Pontiacs and the motors kinda break along.
He ran the shit out of that thing
Thanks, C6 Z06 is really fast cars.
Absolutely
@@trevik-nurburgringdriver as a person who has raced a hellcat which they are super fast cars I can say the z06 is a monster compared to the cat
I'm picturing turd droppings all over the track
@@williamestrada1773 Wow, that's rare for a Dodge person to say. I ride a liter bike and hate to talk S, but those Cats are slow on the street; though fast on the strip with the prep. But Corvettes always make me sweat, even on the street, and I've been beaten by a few (granted not stock). I actually like Dodge cars, actually use to think the new Challangers were the coolest remake for a while, until everyone owned one. But sorry, they aren't fast.
One of the best Corvettes ever made and they didn’t look like a super car, this was one of the last good looking Corvettes
Wym one of the last good looking ones there’s only been two since😂
Yes sir the c6 corvette will always be my favorite corvettes. I am 25 and I owned a 2022 mustang gt that’s build from head to toe it’s an amazing experience hearing them downshift from that 10 speed with LTH and corsa extreme exhaust. My next car will be a ls3 corvette for sure 💪 two of my favorite American cars. They always get down no matter where you put the power down at the strip or highway or street.
if u know this track u also know how insanely fast this guy is. try to drive a 7:33 in an sim racing game.. even there it is really fast for a Z06. but in real life with heavy traffic, thats insane. u really have to know what ur doing. congrats mate!
Ive been doing alot of sim racing lately and thats pretty damn fast....im going to load up assetto corsa and try this in the corvette🎉
@@hungryowl1559 asetto doesn't have this Vette technically. It's the C7 stingray or C7 R.
@@charlesmcdonald8614 thru mods?
@@hungryowl1559 good idea!
Makes you wonder what lap time this could put down without traffic. Mad props to your driving man, and using these cars the way they were meant to be driven 🙂
He probably lost at least 15 sec due to traffic and being very aware of other drivers. And I reckon he can shave some 20-25seconds more without a passenger and while going hard. But best possible time at true limits, who knows...
@@ravedisc I agree. These cars are really fast stock and with more power, suspension and those tires, easy a sub-7 second car.
@@goldenmanuever1176 7 seconds? That must be like half the speed of light.
@@goldenmanuever1176 maybe not sub 7 mins. Viper ACR with 645 hp and a LOT of downforce managed a 7:01. C6 Z06 would still need a lot of work to come close to that even though it’s a very capable car out of the box.
@@goldenmanuever1176 sub 7 minutes is very difficult to meet. I’m pretty sure not even the C7 ZR1 broke 7
Absolutely flying! What a lap, very well driven. The car is an absolute dream, I love that it's a manual too. You really don't see these cars being driven (hard) on track that much which makes this even more special.
Thanks you. Those cars are fast, I love to drive classic stick shift cars :) You can also see my other videos when trying Camaro SS 2017 and Camaro ZL1 1LE for example :)
It takes a lot of skills to push manual car with that much power to the limit
Except for the fact that he can't downshift properly.
i'm surprised to hear you say they aren't driven hard. in america they don't get a rest.
@@ArmeniusLOD
4:30 Good heads up letting that car get around. The Porshe yielded way to find someone basically stopped ahead. Wow, just wow lap.
Yeah, I saw that too...props to obeying the safety rules!
Very clean, very tidy...kudos to all the attentive traffic that stayed out of your way as best as possible
Probably the best color choice for this situation.
Wasn't clean he was getting sloppy at the End
@@klausschreyer7062 maintaining that level of focus in that situation is ridiculously hard.
4:30 was a close call
@@tomsfruitstand6821 yeah I saw that too. I was like OH NO DON'T. Either that Porsche was just being a dick to slower traffic or he was too busy looking at the vette and not looking forward and didn't see that guy til last second. That would have been a very nasty crash. That speed differential was massive.
Corvette is just an American badass !!!!!!!
Fantastic lap I have been a BMW & Porsche salesman for 35 years never felt so proud to see that incredible American muscle blow them away so professionally!
Im a track driving instructor and have drove the Nurburgring myself. Sincerely, fantastic driving! That was enjoyable to watch.
Seriously one of the best laps I have seen around this track!
C6 purest Corvette
This video is so badass. C6 Z06 and a great driver. Bravo.
Wow I loved every minute, good clean driving and that 7litre LS7 z06 sounds gorgeous ❤
And this is why I love the C6 Z06 and why it’s still so effective. Big, powerful engine, lightweight body, big brakes, big tires. Everything needed to eat everything in front of it, nothing it doesn’t need (like weight and complexity). I did enjoy watching those 911’s “try” to run away from the Z. But Yoda in all his wisdom, “there is no try. Do or do not. “ They did not.
There no way normal people will be able to get anything close to this. Porsche and Ferrari for example have the technological aids in them to assist in faster more consistent lap times. The C7 corvette is a superior example. The C6 still is nothing but a jumped up kit car.
@@OneWayToPeaceOrthodoxy say what you will but at what point is it the car doing the driving instead of you? Driving aids don’t make the car better, they just bandaid a bad driver.
Best Corvette ever made in my honest opinion...
My favorite by far 427 👍🏼
C6 Z06 & C6 ZR1 are the best Vettes ever made.
by far my favourite corvette, engine + looks + size + weight + the fact that it was mid 2000s and probably the last of the really good feeling steering
looks like an absolute rocket - but so planted! Very impressive lap.
The C5 Z06 was the first from the 21st century to go up against Italian super sports cars and give some competition. This one, however, started beating the likes of V10 Lamborghinis and V8 Ferraris. The 2006 Z06 was the fastest Corvette ever made and it showed. Badass car.
C7 Zr1 or C6 Zr1 is the fastest
@@acefomin11 once they debuted, sure. With that said, they're far from being lightweight track proven Corvettes. That sole title still belongs to the C6 Z06. It was like a dream come true for Corvette fans all around the world.
V10 Lamborghinis didn't exist until the C5 was on the way out, and the C4 ZR-1 was eating Ferraris' lunch ten years prior
This man knows his machine and this track. The entry and exit speed of every turn. Straight track weapon🏁🏴☠️
Excellent driver awareness from pretty much everyone as you smashed past them. Outstanding driving.
Look at all of those moving chicanes! A few scary moments like the dive at 3:02, the Saab at 3:22 and the Porsche running into a seemingly stopped car at 4:30. But kudos to other drivers for not doing anything stupid and staying out of the way. Love the sound of the tires begging for mercy under braking and cornering! The Porsches were playing gansta until they heard the LS7 growl above 5 grand and got scared 🙂. You obviously know what you are doing, your machine and your track. Massive respect for your driving skills.
This guy is insane. I don't think I could ever drive half as fast as him, especially in a car with this much torque and horsepower, I would spin out before the first turn
You might not be as bad as you think. The C6 Z06 is a very forgiving car as long as you don't get too stupid.
He’s doing it, why can’t you?
1.55 he missed a gear but still going strong 💪🏼 ls7 baby !!!!🎉
I was thinking... money shift 😂
I think he didn't released the clutch fully he understood and done it, that would have been to 10k maybe
Amazing driving! I don't think I could lap a 600hp Z06 that fast in Gran Turismo 😎
Simulation is harder then reality. That true for flyling and driving in my opinion. (Just the flying part without all the rest)
@@phoenixsui its not^^ it just depends on ur setup and settings. i can crush this record by a ton in a sim racer. in real life driving that time in heavy traffic is just insane. of course if ur not used to sim racer and ur settings dont fit u, its bloody hard aswell
@@Satori-Automotive I mean more without the individual traffic situation. but in reality its much easier to pretend what happens with the vehicle and it has its mass that makes it less snippy ;D. Sorry english is not my mothertongue.
@@Satori-Automotive I’ve lapped the ‘Ring sub 4 minutes with the Redbull X2011 in Gran Turismo 5. Clean lap with no assists.
They're talking about the C6 Vette Z06, not the Red bull car. I can do it too, but who cares?
Love all Vettes, was a purist and only liked the c7 the best, but now im a c8 fan.Corvettes are the only American car I can think of that is respected all over the world because of the capability potential and all around awesome performance whether its a track or getting great gas mileage on a smooth ride down the highway.
One of the most amazing videos…loved it! Corvette kicking names and taking ass!😂😂😂 That Corvette is set up well!
Great video Nice run . When I was young wasn't much a fan for the Vette but when I got older realize it's truly a magnificent car
The way this guy keeps momentum makes me grin. Keeps it in the curve at all times. True talent.
Watching you put that Z06 through it’s paces was a thing of beauty great driving out there. Cheers 🍻
Awesome driving and great control, love it! Hearing those warmed up tires squeal is very satisfying in this car as its cornering traction appears limitless
Thanks, glad you appreciate it😊🇺🇸🏁
Those LS engines are one of the great V8s, great noise and piles on the power effortlessly and great driving to👌🏼
Yes! and reliable too
When they say "Drive it like you stole it" a clip of this video should play every time!! Damn that was badass!!
Great driving. I’m a Corvette enthusiast and especially like the C6 Z06. Still a world class sports car that most of us can afford.
Love how he gave room for slower cars to pass even slower cars! This was absolutely awesome! Before I die...I'd really like to do a couple laps on the Nürburgring, in pretty much any rental they'll give me. Call it a bucket list wish...
I'm stationed in Germany now And I brought my 2022 mustang GT. I'm modding it right now then I'm going to take it back to the Nürburgring! It's unbelievable to be there in person
You're only here once, go for it.
That is seriously impressive, both the car and the driving. I can't wait to eventually upgrade from my base model to a Z06
I did and I don’t regret it at all. Went from a base C5 to an ‘08 C6Z. Phew. Love it.
DO IT!!!!
This Reminds me of Driving to work in my C3 Corvette over forty years ago when there were no people living here in VA. Beach Va. !
I’m surprised corvette racing hasn’t offered you to drive for them, you know how to drive that beautiful beast very well. Great driving👍
Thanks, that would be a dream come true :)
They don’t make real corvettes anymore tho.
Sure, the Corvette has been dead since they killed the six cylinder, then it died again when it got fuel injection, then it died when it got hamstrung by CAFE, then it died again when it got ABS and traction control, then it died when they implemented 1-4 skip shift, then it died again when they killed the manual, then it died when they made it a hybrid, and it's gonna die again in a handful of years when it's an EV@@CorePathway
This man just sent it so fucking hard. What a legend.
Outstanding drive. Thanks for posting. 🇺🇸
A sound that gives you goose bumps.
Very impressive! Hardly any steering corrections. Probably one of the best Nurburgring runs ever. Excellent driving and setup sir!
Nice drive. That carousel exit was top notch 👌👌
Bro the drive that way at night at Le Mans. Insane! Love the sound of the Big block V8. Music plain and simple!
Although a 427 7.0 liter, the LS7 is a small block.
That's my dream car! When the C6 Z06 dropped I thought this was the baddest car ever, and it was for the US. When the ZR1 came in 2009 I knew it was the end of Corvette as I had always known it: RWD, pushrod V8, normally aspirated. at 505hp this was a hammer of a car and it beat the piss out of lots of folks who thought they were racing "just another Corvette"......your only clues were the little slit for the intake, some brake vents, and a little badge that said 505hp. Thank you for posting this!! I've owned two Corvettes, still own my 1972 LT-1, and I will on day own a 2011-2012 Z06. Those years because of the options and colors, but yeah 2013 was the last real Corvette if you ask me.
Damn fine driving sir
Put this on and fell asleep fast, so peaceful 😌
god the c6 vette was a masterpiece. zo6 and the Zr1. both had insane power. and the perfect chassis to match
That's impressive! I need a C6Z in my life, went with my C5Z less than a week ago and was nowhere near this pace. Great driving!
Excellent driving. I thought passenger must be crazy but you definitely drove Pro.
Everytime you got behind one of the Porsches first thing I said was let’s see if you really trying to go all the way! Sure enough they pulled to the right as they should have. Excellent driving sir💯🏁
Incredible control. I always loved Corvettes and when that car came out and beat the record of the track, I was so much amazed by the video. Time flies but that car is still brutally fast. I remember japanese always had trouble while testing it in touge or some circuits. It's too tail happy for them. You did really well and had extreme apex speed at dangerous corners. Wow...
ahh yes best motoring...they also did not test a lot of cars back that have so much tq so low in the engines rev range, so the style of driving they are used to doesn't always translate well with light weight high tq big tire cars like the Corvette. tire tech is also not what it was back then as it is today. (2006 is almost 2-decades ! c6z06) They've tested the C7 on best motoring and loved it.
Bro, bravo on the cam spec -- watching that thing pull through 3k turn exits like that and still rev to 7k is pretty sick!
rough rule of thumb, roller cams (like most modern overhead valve V-8s) are good for 4500 rpm power band. So 3-7K is decent. What is really cool is that with proper tuning, it will run at 1000rpm, which is a 40mph cruise in 6th gear - and from experience, when your behind someone that doesn't understand the 40mph speed limit, it will 'work' at 35mph as well (pretty much idle).
@@confuse3671 Yeah the OD 6th gear in the manual transmission GM put in feels like it could do space shuttle speeds if it had the power -- even with my 4.10's in my car 70mph in 6th gear is like just under 2k rpm
@@TheMrRichard 6th gear is .50 OD, 1500 rpm is 72 mph (3.42 rear) can get 30 mph at that speed. I love my Z06.......zoom zoom
oops! typo...........30 mpg not mph.
The engine sound omg, vette makes the best engine sound for the prices!
The sound of an LS engine from the cabin is pretty unmistakable.
What a clean driving. Love it!
Knows how to drive and great tires. Has a lot of guts and concentration.
Oh man this really puts a perspective on how fast a corvette actually is. Beautiful driving
I was really looking forward to the straight. Lol Great Driving!
Fantastic drive! Looks like the suspension setup gives quite a bit of confidence I never had that much confidence in my c6z with the stock suspension anywhere close to the limit
Very impressive. Nicely done Sir!
Thanks a lot.
I bet the Porsche drives can't STAND watching that corvette go right around um like the are towing a trailer or something!!! Great driving and obviously a badass vette!
This makes me love my vette even more
In Kentucky, from where the car originated, that kinda driving is callled "Running faster than a scalded dog!" Hope the passenger enjoyed themselves. That car looks like it runs on a rail in the turns.
Huge Vette fan, but that's hardly what I would call 'heavy traffic' on the Nurburgring. If anything, that was pretty light for that track. Though a 7:33 is still impressive with any traffic.
i could sleep to this video, the sounds are just so glorious
Never seen someone drive this hard at the ring and not bin it. This guy's a complete animal. That's what we call a full send, he wrung every last drop of performance out of that thing.
GT3 was sleeping or this Z06 is a spaceship
z06 has rebuilt engine around 600 hp
Congrats to you and the Engineers and mechanics that built this car. That was very impressive
The LS7 is the definition of grunt. It makes tons of torque everywhere. Those Porsches were trying, but the torque is unstoppable.
I drove my dads C6 Z06 once and its the only 4 wheeled vehicle I've ever driven that's scared me. I own a C5 Z06 and a C6 convertible. I've seen 180mph more than once in my Z. My Honda FireBlade is the only vehicle I've ever had access to that has commanded more respect than that 7 liter V8. Outstanding driving sir
I’ve had a similar run of toys. The c6z bit me, but I survived. Just barely. But it gave that same feeling when pulling into the garage as my fireblade….”i gotta get rid of this thing before it kills me” lol
but what if you added two wheels and an LS7 to the Honda
It's crazy how much the C6Z has gone up in prices, but then again I can see why. Still a great bang for the buck.
Very nice and with a stick.
Just nasty, raw and unapologetic. Love it - Go Chevy' Go.. Incredible time too with a passenger on board.
Now that is the way to drive a Corvette!! Kudos
If you like this video, here is another one when I'm chasing a Porsche GT4 with this American beast ;) kzhead.info/sun/pKixdMuCsIaGd40/bejne.html
absolutely love this. Great driving, great car, great sound. Nothing else to tell. Good to see how good AC is - I have the feeling I know the track- which is not true in reality, of course.
@@spxram4793 the tracks in the top 10 or so sims are all laser scanned, and plenty of drivers have said depending on the car, the sims do a remarkable job The big difference though is that you can find your brakepoints by going too fast because it doesn't matter if you crash, as opposed to having to work up to them in IRL - much more difficult
first i thought you are a lazy shifter, but i have seen you struggling to get those gears in. is that a corvette problem?
😢😢
Impressive and mental!!! As a 2nd passenger, pucker factor 99!
Those tires and that suspension set up we’re doing WORK. The way that car stayed planted @exit thru several of those corners under mad power is very impressive. All together a very good display of driver ability and car set up /configuration knowledge. Put to work out on one of the most iconic tracks on the planet. BRAVO!!!! 😁😂😅🫡👏
Dude can drive.. that Vette is killing it
That’s wild. Not once did the motor sound like it was being pushed and you drove crazy fast. Kudos.
Except for that one money shift lol
@@slycarlo8747 what money shot dumbbell, did it break? Lol? What's lol about it?
Awesome driving! Without traffic you can achieve a sub 7 laptime!
No. Not that fast.
Amazing lap. The torque is there in abundance!
You and your Corvette are a great Racing- Team 💪👍👍
Who says American muscle can’t corner?!
All the haters... that's who.
Corvette isn’t muscle. It’s a sports car.
Passou as 911 como se fosse nada ..nossa que incrível esse corvette
Well done! Pushing the tightrope of the edge of control.I felt it and was breathing it.Thank you!
Nice video and great lap! As the owner of 2 C6 Zs, this video makes me smile. My '09 3LZ is a garage queen and my '08 2LZ is a 700 hp gutted track monster...all motor. I love my 2021 Z51, and I love the DCT, but there is still no replacement for a manual gearbox in my opinion.
Very nice driving and a wake up call for a lot of porsche driver (-;
I mean a z06 is a supercar-esque performer and would probably ice anything within x2 of its MSRP, but I don't think those porsche drivers were driving them very hard
@@hansolo631 well those P cars are just advanced Volkswagens anyway....
Money shifted almost grenaded the trans at 1:50 😅
I have had some trouble to get the fifth gear in sometimes so when I feel it wouldn't go in (that fast as I want) I back of my hand and rev the engine and then get it in smooth.
What a beautiful sounding beast 🇺🇸💪🏻
What a driver! I am on my second Vette. I take my car to work, vacations or golfing with two sets of clubs in the trunk and I win "friendly" races. My Porsche friend(s) make excuses.
That "cheap" 11-18y.o "plastic" Corvette forcing those European asses to the right, nothing sounds like the 7k RPM redline of the LS7 block👌🤩 Your drive was just glorious to watch, the initial missed 5th gear at 1:51 was very quickly recovered at some 145mph without a hint of lockup - *insane reflexes you and that Corvette are simply one on pavement !* Why did the auxiliary speedometer fail , too much G-force around those bumps ?
I know, I watched a few people post these and this is by far the most extreme driver yet, I'm having flashbacks from John Mero doing the official C6 ZR-1 hot lap a decade ago, 7:18 was it ? *This guy's got serious skills that's for sure!*
“European asses”? Lol, chill. They’re enjoying their drive and obeying the rules by letting a faster car past.
The little Speed thingy on right part video it's in Kilometers not MPH Mr Commentator
@Klaus No need to tell me, I was born in Europe, I'm fully aware a Corvette doesn't travel at 270mph....smh.
@RSD3 I wasn't putting down the drivers just, saying those pretty EU car behinds are having to move out of the way for this one and some of the cars he passed are actually faster if driven to the limit.
Great driving Trevik. I am curious and a bit envious of the shifter you are using. It seems very precise and appears much tighter than the factory shifter. What shifter are you using? Hurst, B&M, MGW, I am so curious, please do tell.
Stock. 06 was mushy. 07+ had it on lock.