[rpoz-29]

My Camaro has been a body shop for two weeks getting the top painted under warranty. It's a hardtop and this is the second time. I shouldn't have told them I was in no hurry. Anyway, I was griping about it during lunch at a "Street Survival" school I was helping with. Another club member overheard me and offered me a ride in his '02 Z06. WOW. I'm just kicking the idea around right now, but is there a year to stay away from? Any preferred years? Is a Z06 that much better than a standard Corvette? Just wondering!

[CMC #37]

My R888s better last more than two weekends! (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) Most folks get more than 1/2 a season out of Toyos.

[Lordvader]

Ok friends..let me explain the kind of amateur road racing ( track days ) we do here, is no car rules. Our main competitors on our group are a few exotics, like Porsches GT3RS, some Modenas (only sometimes) and the rest of the field are a couple street modified SRT-4s and some more mundane and slower european and japanese machinery. We are a group of 4gen F-body drivers/fans with some modifications; usually, more engine, either NAs or superchargers, big wheels, tires, aftermarket brakes, GC/Koni coil overs, swaybars, bushings and so on.

There is a friend with good hands (natural talent) and nerves, who is running with the Porsches on a C5Z06 STOCK! ( Amazing, right?). So now we have some investment on our F-bodies already. Thinking to migrate to a C5Z06 would mean some stiff money now, especially because our mexican peso has lost 40% its dollar value the last weeks and everything we use we buy from USA. I know very well from past experiences ( I used to vintage race a 71 L48 with little modifications with excelent results ) the Camaro is the cheapest racing car you can have on earth and still go pretty fast and for a long time. But my concern is the next tough question: Would it make sense to go the Vette chassis and investment on parts, considering the related cost or better stay with our good, old, reliable, noble and still fast F-bodies?

This post has been edited by Lordvader: Nov 22 2008, 07:43 PM